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16 THEATREAS THERAPY Whitworth students are using theatre to teach valuable life skills to members of On Stage!, a local theatre-based program for people coping with mental illness. But the students participating in Theatre Professor Rick Hornor's, '70, service, learning project are acquiring important skills as well, and are finding that their perspectives, and in some cases their career plans, are being transformed in the process.

18 COMMUNITY AS CLASSROOM Though Whitworth has a strong tradition of service to others, the last five years have seen service learning become an integral part of the college IS curriculum. Andrea Pal pant, '00, explores this evolution and its implications for Whitworthls students and for the individuals and organizations that constitute the "community as classroom."

22 LIVESOF COMMITMENT With support from a $l-million grant from the Murdock Charitable Trust, Whitworth is launching an innovative program to help students connect the beliefs they develop in college to personal and professional behavior in the complex world they enter after graduation.

5 Whitworth News 13 Sports 15 President's Message

24 In the Loop 25 Class Notes

On the cover: Joining hands to illustrate connections through servicelearning at Whitworth are: top, Ruth Lutz (mother afDottie Mohrlang, '66), left, and Nikki Kealalio, '00; center,Johnnie Beans, '02, left, and Lauren Orwig, Class of 2019; bottom, Dolly Jackson, '92, left, and Pono Lopez, '00. Photography byJulie Riddle, '92; cover design by Su Chism.

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Terry Ra~di1;9J'hell, '93 aSS~&~~le~9itor WriterlPhotographer amember of the Core 150 team, Another benefit of service learning I lead discussion groups for is its effect upon both the helper and K 30 students each semester. the 4lhlflpee." Students often volunteer One of their requirements is a service- for service assuming that all the benefits learning project that sends them into of such service accrue to those who re- cqlJJI;}Rc\leWrS the community to do whatever is help- ceive help. That's rarely the case. In Mike Chorey, '01 ful to support established outreach Pr'> Julie Riddle's, '92, story on Page 16, Steve Flegel, '89 grams and the people who participate you'll meet students whose experience Karen Habbestad, ,62 in them. Every once in a while some- with people coping with mental illness Greg Orwig, '91 one tries to get out of the project or tries has brought them insights and knowl- Andrea Palpant, '00 to convince me that painting a middle- edge that they couldn't have gained in Garrett Riddle Mike Rojan class neighbor's fence qualifies as service any other way. At its best, service learn- Tad Wisener, '89 to the disadvantaged, but most students ing benefits everyone involved. are happy to roll up their sleeves and Whitworth's service-learning pro~ lend a hand. And many are surprised by grams also help to equip students for edit'i<}i!i1Lhoard the change in perspective that such a meaningful careers. When you read Marty Erb project engenders. the Whitworth Portrait about John Gordon Jackson Several semesters ago, one of my stu- Rasmussen, '97, who works to improve Terry Rayburn Mitchell, '93 dents who was obviously well-to-do - the future of kids who've seen more ug- Greg Orwig, '91 nice car, nice clothes, nice life - went liness in their short lives than most of Fred Pfursich down to Spokane's CityGate, an out- us will ever encounter, you'll see that Tammy Reid, '60 reach program for homeless people, his undergraduate internship made it Julie Riddle, '92 where he participated in a worship ser- possible for him to move into his job TadWisenor, '89 vice and served dinner to CityGate eli- with skill and confidence. And in enrs. He was amazed at how much he Andrea Pal pant's, '00, article on Page admiPeii1ItKtation enjoyed the experience, even though it 18, you'll read about Kelly (White) William P. Robinson bothered his conscience. "I thought Padgham, '99, who discovered through about the money in my wallet," he wrote her Whitworth service-learning experi- Vice President for Institutional Advancement in his project summary, "and about how ence that the law degree she seeks will Kristi Burns much my clothes cost, and about the fact enable her to be a voice for the poor and that I had the key to my expensive car the disadvantaged. Director of Communications Greg Orwig, '91 in the pocket of my expensive jacket. I Whitworth's service-learning pro- just wanted to kick my own butt." gram won't tum every participant into Managing Editor of Publications I laughed at his candor, and I knew a John Rasmussen or a Kelly Padgham. Terry Rayburn Mitchell, '93 just what he meant, Even though the But it brings home for every participant, Summer2001, Vol.70, No. I most important reason to reach out to even if only for a fleeting moment, the others is that there are lots of folks out needs of the less fortunate, the lessons Whitworth Today magazine is there who could use some help, doing to be learned from those in need, and published twice annually by so is also a sometimes painful reminder the opportunity to gain the skills for a Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington. that many of us have much more than lifetime commitment to service. we need. And though such a realization And, speaking only for myself, if a Send address changes to: Whitworth College, MS 1903 is uncomfortable, it's also a stimulus for self-inflicted motivational kick in the 300 West Hawthorne Road each of us to make some decisions about pants is an unexpected byproduct, so Spokane, WA 99251 what's really important in life.e:r~i~~much the better. whitworth

SPRINT TO THE FINISH: FAITH IN THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN CLOSES IN ON GOAL The finish line is in sight. With just 12 months remaining in Whitworth's Faith in the Future Campaign, Campaign Director and Associate Vice Prest- dent for Institutional Advancement Stacey Kamm Smith, '86, says that "Do; nors have contributed a total of$46. 7 million to the campaign, which rep- The Whitworth Fund ,------==-c, resents 93 percent of our Faith in the Future Campaign $50-million goal." $2.500.000 $50 million by June 30,2002 Whitworth's new aca- $2,000,000 $3,353,391 demic building, to be named for longtime $1,500,000 Whitworth benefactors $1,000,000 C. Davis and Annette Weyerhaeuser, will be the $500,000 $46,646,609 major focus for fund-rais-

ing in the last year of the 95-96 96-97 97-98 99-00 00-01 01-02 The Academic Program campaign. "We have $2. 7 $27,460,000 by June 30, 2002 I.Raised 0 Balance Needed I million left to raise for the $3,765,020 new academic building, and this continues to be our highest fund- CAMPAIGN ON raising priority," Smith says. Other fund-raising emphases in the THE WEB months to come will be endowed faculty chairs and professorships Check the progress of and technology improvements. the Faith in the Future Recent major gifts to the campaign include a $2-million pledge Campaign at $23,694,980 from Chair of the Whitworth College Board of Trustees Chuck www.whitworthftture.com. Boppell, '65, and Karlyn Boppell, '67, for the new residence hall; The Building Program a $ Lmillion grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust for the $12,240,000 by June 30, 2002 "Lives of Commitment" project (see Page 22); a $250,000 pledge $1,181,324 from Whitworth Trustee Curtis Estes for The Whitworth Fund, the new academic building and The Whitworth Foundation's insurance program; and a $100,000 gift from the estate of Ester Dornsife to be added to the Jim Little Endowed Faculty Develop- ment Fund. $11,058,616 The balance needed to reach the campaign goal is $3.4 million. "But since donors give to areas outside of the campaign, the bal- I_ Raised 0 Balance Needed I ance needed to fulfill key campaign initiatives is $7.2 million," Smith Totals as of 4/30/01 says. The campaign runs through June 30, 2002.

HONORING HUMILITY, SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP President Bill Robinson and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Tammy Reid, '60, recently conferred an honorary doctor of divinity degree upon the Rev. Sam Whan Kim, pastor of one of the largest Pres- byterian churches in the world. Rev. Kim founded Myung Sung Presbyterian Church in 1980 and has shepherded the church's congregation from its original 30 members to more than 54,000 today. The recipient of the 1994 Prot- estant Church Leader of the Year Award, Rev. Kim has led Myung Sung in its tireless efforts to support mission work in Korea and around the world. "Pastor Kim is one of Korea's greatest spiritual leaders," said Robinson during the evening ceremony in Seeley Mudd Chapel. "His humility and spirit of service set the tone for the church in Korea and for Presvbterians From left, Robinson, around the world." Kim and Reid.

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faculty/staff notes 'TIED TOGETHER AND ACCOUNTABLE': CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER SPEAKS, RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE • Doris Liebert, '75 M.Ed., (Education) Whitworth's lllth commencement is history. This year's ceremony also received the 'iJ7ashing- highlighted history - the history of the Civil Rights Movement in America- ton State Excellence in embodied in the Rev. Joseph L. Roberts, [r., of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist faculty/staff notes Teacher Education Church. Roberts received an honorary doctor of di- - continued from left Award from the State vinity degree and offered the keynote address at and chaired a research- Board of Education. Spokane's Veterans Memorial Arena on Sunday, May Liebert attended an paper session on sexual 20, where approximately 4,000 people witnessed the awards ceremony in abuse at the Bl st Olympia and received culmination of the academic careers of Whitworth's annual convention of a $2,500 stipend to newest alums. the western Psychologi- use for professional Roberts, who has been at the center of sweeping cal Association .• Sean development .• Greg social changes since he succeeded Martin Luther King, Bushey (Kinesiology), Fritzberg (Education) Sr., as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist in 1975, dean assistant coachfir the Region /V Olympic had a piece of research livered his commencement address, Tied Together and from his book, In the Development Program Accountable, to 437 graduates, as well as their families Shadow of "Excel- (ODP), spent Spring lence": Recovering a and friends and community members. He told the Break in Hawaii Vision of Educa- graduates that while they will never all be together helping identify and tionalOpportunity in the same place again, they must look beyond themselves and work to- train players for for All, published in gether for lasting solutions to world problems like racial discrimination, Hawaii's ODP state Journal of Thought, war, destruction of team. The youngsters will attend this and a chapter on the rainforests, and educational mentoring summer's regional mental illness. "Rev. published in the book camp .• Scott Kolbo Voices of Mentoring Roberts has been a (Art) earned the Best of in Diverse Settings. champion in work- Show in Printmaking Fritzberg also ing for racial har- Award at the 28th addressed issues related mony and justice," annual Bradley to President Bush's saysWhitworth Pres- National Print and Drawing Exhibition in education plan in ident Bill Robinson. guest appearances on Peoria, !II. Kolbo also "Our community Iowa and Spokane attended the annual radio stations, in a and our graduates meeting of the Sojourners magazine surely benefited from Southern Graphics article, and in Above, Chad Miyamoto, 'OJ, celebrates with his parents, his message of recon- Council in Austin, Spokane's The Pacific Larry and Marilyn, at the undergraduate commencement ciliation and peace." Texas. •Jim Edwards, Northwest Inlander. ceremony. Below right, M.lM. ProfessorJohn Falvey signs Graduates of '67, (Religion) was new graduate Sylvester "Sly" Chatman's program at the named Most Influen- • A graphite drawing Whitworth's seven by Gordon Wilson master's-degree commencement. tial Professor by master's-degree pro- (Art) was selectedfir Whitworth,2001 inclusion in the grams invited Robinson to deliver the keynote address at the graduate com- senior class.• Ginny Spokane Arts mencement event. His message, Going Back into the Cave, was inspired by the Whitehouse (Commu- Commission's All - writings of Plato. Ninety degree recipients participated in the ceremony on nication Studies) Media ]uried Show. Saturday, May 19, in Cowles Memorial Auditorium. received the Northwest Wilson's artwork was At the invitation of the Career Educators and Employers Association alsofeatured in an undergraduate Class of2001, exhibit, Illuminated Outstanding Service Associate Dean of Students Letter, at The Huneke Award fir her Gallery at Spokane Richard Mandeville and contributions to Art School; and his Assistant Dean of Students Whitworth's career- drawing Boy at the Dayna Coleman spoke at related programs. Window received the Sunday's baccalaureate ser- • Graphic designer Juror's commendation vice. In their address, Lis- Arvita Mott was elected president of the and a purchase award ten: Your Life is Happening, at Concordia board ofVO/CES Mandeville and Coleman University's Arte (1!oicesfor Opportu- Sagrado Exhibit. discussed ways in which nity, Income, Child • Noelle Wiersma, stories and questions can Care, Education and '80, (Psychology) deepen people's relation- Support), a nonprofit, presented her research ships with one another and low-income issue- - continued at right with God. advocacy group. whitworth

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: BOPPELL HALL TAKES SHAPE Where there was nothing in April, there's now a three-story testament to the Boppell family's continuing connection to Whitworth College. Boppell Ha ll, Whi twort h's ,,------'=-,0;0-.:..:.---- .. _-._ ..... newest student residence, is rising rapidly at the northeast corner of the campus. Four generations of the Boppell family have supported Whitworth. Now Chuck Boppell, '65, the chairman of the board of trustees, and his wife, Karlyn (Allbee), '67, have pledged $2 million for this new campus resi- WOMAN OF de nee hall, for which ACHIEVEMENT they broke ground at the spring board meeting in April. Rory-Anne Cudney, The $4-million, 29,OOO-square-foot project, being '98, was recently honored at the built by Walker Construction, will house 81 students Spokane Area \.\'lUmens in suite-style rooms. It is slated to open in October. Leadership Conference, "The enrollment boom of the past five years has where she was named stretched our campus housing capacity to the limit, the community's 2001 so this new residence hall will provide much-needed WOman of Achieve- space for more of our students to enjoy the benefits ment. Cudney has been of living on campus," says Whitworth President Bill instrumental in the Bill Robinson and organization and Robinson. "It is typical of Chuck and Karlvn Boppell to seize this opportunity Chuck and Karlyn development of the to make a significant difference in the lives of our students. We are blessed by Mead Community the generosity of these wonderful friends of Whitworth." Boppell break ground Services Food Bank, in April for the which feeds more than building bearing the BUILDING BRIDGES OF RECONCILIATION Boppells' name. At 100 families each The Rev. Elias Chacour, a Catholic priest and three-time Nobel Peace Prize month. She adminis- top, Boppell Hall in nominee who travels the world discussing the history of the conflict between mid-construction. ters day-to-day Israeli Jews and Pal- operations, coordinates food drives, and builds estinian Arabs, vis- and maintains ited Whitworth this relationships with local spring. schools, churches, and Chacour. who businesses. shares the title of Israel's Man of the Year with former Is- raeli prime minister Shimon Peres, told the audience in the chapel of his desire for peace and reconcilia- Rev. Elias Chacour, left, shares a meal with Whitworth tion in the Middle Sociology Professor Raja Tanas. Chacour was the featured East. "I hope," he said, speaker at several Spokane events during his visit. "that my visit will generate more friend- ship, understanding and solidarity with Palestinian Christians, particularly with those in Israel." Chacour was invited to Spokane by pastors Woody Garvin, a Whitwocrh crustee, and Don Meekhof of First Presbyterian Church .

• SERVICE, SCHOLARSHIP CELEBRATE GAGE When Whitworth Math/Computer Science Professor Howard Gage, '62, spoke in Chapel last October about The Thorn in My Side, chronicling the effects of Parkinson's disease upon his body, his personality and his relation- DR. B ship with Christ, neither he nor the Whitworth community could know that - continued from left in little more than a month he would lose his battle with Parkinson's and we often learned what leave his friends, col- mistakes could be avoided in the lab. " leagues and former stu- Hairston went on to a dents shocked and sad- position as hazardous/ dened by his sudden injectious waste passing. coordinator fir the city Known as one of of Spokane, and was Whitworth's best "pleasantly surprised teachers, Gage was in when [her} path once again crossed with Dr. love with math - so in Bocksch's. " His interest love that he encour- in serving his aged his daughter, community led him to Julienne, '95, to do chair Spokane's Solid FAREWELL, story problems back- waste Advisory DR.B wards, just for fun. Committee, where he Chemistry Professor Though she protested met up again with Emeritus Bob when he suggested Howard Gage in the classroom in 1996 Hairston; he was also a Bocksch, who taught member of the citizen's this, Julie said at her father's memorial service, "If it weren't for his persis- at Whitworth ftr 35 advisory committee for years (1958-1993), tence, Iwouldn't have passed the math class I was taking at the time." Other the proposed north- died May 3, just a ftw Gage students spoke at the service, many remembering his almost-always-suc- south .freeway. "He was days short of his 70th cessful attempts to interest them in math and to help them learn, and even always an enthusiastic birthday. Bocksch, like enjoy, difficult concepts. advocate for the Howard Gage, suffered Gage was also a pioneer of Whitworth's computer science curriculum. Chemistry Department and its programs, " says from Parkinson's Though he hadn't enjoyed the one computer course he'd taken, he was con- disease. At the time of Chemistry Professor vinced by the early '70s that computers were the next big thing. So one sum- his retirement from the Don Calbreath. "Bob college, one of mer he went to a local computer business and asked for a minimum-wage job was open to trying new Bocksch'sformer in order to learn all he could about computing. "Soon," according to his wife, ideas and came up students, Monica Judy, '63, "he was reading every computer book he could get his hands on, with a ftw himself, Rollins Hairston, teaching each new language as he learned it. He worked summers and eve- such as ... the forensic '85, profiled her nings in the computer industry, absorbing each new variation like a sponge chemistry course he taught fir several former professor in this and finally sending out his first graduates in the late '70s." magazine. She had years. " Calbreath adds, A raconteur who visited his on-campus friends frequently and always had a decided to attend "Students were always Whitworth at the piece of information or a joke to share with them, Gage often greeted people his priority, whether in suggestion of her high- with "Read this!" or "Look at this!" He usually carried with him some tangible the classroom, in the school chemistry evidence of his current project, whether it was his schedule for the faculty lab, or at a cookout at teacher, who recom- social committee, the latest chapter of the Bible study that he wrote and taught his home." Bocksch's mended the college - for Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church, or a student paper that he survivors include his wife, Mary June, '82 and "Dr B" - highly. had found especially exciting. "After completing those M.Ed.; his three sons, Remembering Gage's dedication to celebrating life with the campus corn- initial science courses Brian, '82, Don, '88, and having Dr. Bas munity, Whitworth President Bill Robinson said of his friend and colleague, and Ken, '92; and his my advisor, "she wrote, "A part of my own sadness has revolved around the loss of Howard's creation two daughters, Linda "1 understood what of joy on this campus. Now, everyone in our community will have to chip in Mega, '84, and the praise was all a little more happiness to make up for Howard's departure. And we can do Karen Bocksch-]ose, about. Chemistry that in the hope and confidence that Howard, now with his savior, is happier '86. Memorial contributions may be courses taught by than ever." Dr. B were actually made to the Bocksch/ In addition to his wife and daughter, Gage is survived by his son, Brian, '91. interesting and Stien/Hicks Scholar- ship Fund. Contact challenging. He shared An endowed scholarship is being established in Howard Gage's name. For addi- June Hanson at humorous storiesfrom tional information or to make a contribution, contact Associate Vice President for his graduate days. Institutionai Aduancement Stacy Kamm Smith, '86, at [email protected] 509-777-4343 or and from these stories [email protected] or 509-777-4388. - continued at right for information. • whitworth

grant notes 'THE SINGLE BEST MEASURE': LAMON AWARDED PUSHCART PRIZE • Gordon Jacobson (Student Employment) A poem about pain, both physical and emotional, has brought Whitworth grant notes received an $8,375 English Professor Laurie Lamon, '78, one of the - continued from left Higher Education nation's most prestigious poetry awards. Lamon's poem Microsoft Challenge Coordinating Board Pain Thinks of the Beautiful Table will be included in grant to upgrade Washington Student Pushcart's 26th annual anthology, The Pusluart Prize classroom technology. Work-Study Grant to 2002: Best of the Small Presses. • Dale Soden develop a CD-ROM (Weyerhaeuser Center "The image of a table is an important symbol that program to help for Christian Faith can suggest presence and absence, family, community, establish work-study and Learning) will positions with and different kinds of nourishment," says Lamon of administer a businesses. • Richard her poem, the opening of which follows. $225,000 grant from Stevens (Physics) the way water looks up Pain thinks of the beautiful table/ the Stewardship received a $5, 000 in- surrounded by light Pain thinks of glass & cup irides- Foundation for kind donation of a cence/ & afterwards paper & mouth the wall Pain is support of the center. soft-walled clean room • Soden, Terry Lamon used to craving from NASA. Stevens McGonigal (Chapel) also received a The poem is part of a cycle of more than 30 that Lamon has written using and Jerry Sittser $15,924 grant from pain as a device through which to explore various elements of human experi- (Religion) received a the NASA Glenn ence. Two of the poems deal with Lamon's experience with chronic pain, while $49,996 Theological Research Center to the rest del ve into broader historical, psychological, sociological, and religious Exploration of develop a method to areas of human experience. vocation planning spectroscopically grant from the Lilly Twelve of the 30 poems in the cycle have been published, including two in analyze carbon grid Endowment. •Julia erosion in ion The New Republic, one forthcoming in August in the 30th anniversary issue of Stronks (Politics and thrusters. • Pamela Ploughshares, and three forthcoming this fall in The Colorado Review. History) will Corpron Parker, '81 "I'm very honored to receive the Pushcart, and I'm grateful to the editors of administer a

(English), with four the small presses where my work has appeared, l) says Lamon. "Their efforts to $1,014,000 grant collaborators from keep these extremely valuable journals ongoing in the face of increasing finan- from theM.}. other universities, cial isolation are heroic." Murdock Charitable received a $15,000 Trustfor the five-year Winner of the Publishers Weekly Carey-Thomas Award, the Pushcart Prize grant from the Council project Lives of for Christian Colleges anthology was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Commitment: and Universities to Review, which calls it "the single best measure of the state of affairs in Amen- Connecting Belief fund a study, Gender, can literature roday." The 2002 installment of the anthology will include about and Behavior in the Genre & Faith: 60 short stories, poems and essays selected from 5,000 works that were nomi- College Years. TO Religion and the nated by Pushcart Press staff, contributing editors, and hundreds of small presses. learn more about this Nineteenth-Century The anthology has included works from such previous winners as joyce Carol innovative program, Woman Writer. seePage 22. • Frank Oates, Margaret Atwood, Richard Ford and John Updike. • CCCU also awarded Caccavo (Biology) a $15,000 grant to received $33,330 from Steve Meyer, '80 NPR COMMENTATOR TELLS HOLOCAUST STORY the M.}. Murdock (Philosophy), who, in Martin Goldsmith, senior commentator for National Public Radio's daily Charitable Trustfor a collaboration with two-year undergradu- classical music program Performance Today, told a rapt audience at Whitworth ftculty from other ate researchproject, institutions, will that he owes his life to his parents' love of music and Ecology of continue his research to an orchestra no longer in existence. Bioaugmentation on the argument for Goldsmith read from his book, The Inextinguish- with Metal-reducing design in creation. able Symphony: A True Story of Love and Music in Nazi Bacteria .• Lois • Kathy Storm Germany, about his parents and a little-known piece Kieffaber (Physics), (Student Life) received of Holocaust history - the Judische Kulturbund, or Finn Pond (Biology) a $3,000 grant from and Karen Stevens Jewish Culture Association. Formed in 1933 by mem- Washington State (Chemistry) received a Campus Compact to bers of the Third ReICh, the Kulturbund consisted of $10,000 grant from fund travel to service- jewish artists who performed for jewish audiences. the Carl M Hansen learning conferences. Goldsmith's parents, Gunther Goldschmidt, a flut- Foundation tofund • Ken Pecka, J80, ist, and Rosemarie Gumpert, a violist, met and fell an undergraduate (Instructional in love while performing in the Kulrurbund arches; summer research Resources) received an tra. While most of Goldsmith's relatives died in project; the college $18,123 Independent provided matching Hitler's death camps, his parents, through Kulturbund Collegesof Washington Goldsmith signs a bookfor funds for a second - continued at right an audience member. connections, escaped to America. project. - Whitw°'t»dlll student notes »Stepbanie Flaherty, M.I.T. '01, andJulie Axell; '02, presented research about their work with a child THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES with autism at the This spring Whitworth bids farewell to longtime faculty members Jay International Kendall and Michael Young, as well as to Julie Fish. '92, who served Whitworth Association for in several capacities between 1977 and 1991 and returned to campus as de- student notes - continued from left Behavior Analysis partment secretary for English and Modern Languages in 1995. Conference. • Kiara After spending two decades working his way up to the rank of vice presi- • Nine Future Business Cromer, '02, is Leaders of America! dent with the Bank of Arrlerica, Kendall felt a "growing suspicion that I might working at the Phi Beta Lambda National Cancer prefer teaching management as a vocation. U In 1984 members won 24 out Center as part of a he came to Whitworth to test his theory and stayed of 72 awards at the summer fellowship for 17 years as a member of the Economics and Busi- Washington State with the National ness Department. Competitive Events Institutes of Health. When asked in his first year why he had come to Conference, with Andy Price, '01, • Nathan Mullen. the college, Kendall said, "There are so many forces '03, was accepted into Brad Norleen, '01, in society pushing people the wrong way. I've been an internship program Amy Olsen, '01, with the Bonneville down that path before; there's no joy, no happiness." Garret Zumini, '01, Power Administration He found the fulfillment he was looking for in the Henry lAn. '01, and Portland State classroom and in his work as a freshman advisor who Rebekah Nelson, '02, University. • Summer dedicated time to helping students adjust to college Kristy Colgan, '01, Gibbs, '03, is life. After battling multiple sclerosis throughout his Chan tel Lindquist. working on a summer '03, and Harry Kendall years at the college, using teaching assistants and turn- frllowship at the Donleor; '03, ing to the computer for technological help to allow Center fOr Biojilm qualifyingfOr the Engineering at him to teach as long as possible, Kendall decided this year that the time had national competition. Montana State come to retire. •Julia Marsh, '02, University .• Cruz In a tribute to him at the annual employee banquet, Vice President for received the 2001-02 Ordonez. '01, Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Tammy Reid, '60, said, "Jay, your Woodrow Foundation Carolyn Henry, '00, example of commitment and caring for our students will ripple forth in ways Scholarship, which provides full tuition and education faculty we cannot measure. For that contribution, and for the courage you have shown Dennis Sterner and and booksfor one in grappling with the disease that has held you back from shaping even more Doris Liebert, '75 academic year. M.Ed., presented a lives on our campus, we thank you." • Whirworthian staffirs paper at the 2001 Michael Young came to Whitworth 25 years ago, after a brief foray into Kelly Schanzenbach, Northwest Association preparing for the priesthood. Saying that the ora et labora (prayer and work) '01, Kelly Siebe, '02, of Teacher Educators required by his Benedictine order "was a bit too much for me," he came to and Meagan Stirling, conference.• Continu- Whitworth and plunged into an equally demanding '02, receivedfirst-place Greater Northwest ing Studies student vocation as music professor, concert performer, pro- Kristine Ruggles, Student Journalism lific composer - and mountain climber. '02, won a $1,000 Awards .• The scholarship from Among his compositions, Young lists two svmpho- Whitworth Jazz Houghton Mifflin. nies, works premiered by the Spokane String Quartet Ensemble I won • Troy Schneringer, and the Spokane Symphony and Chorale, and the second place in the '03, was named a commissioned work Visions from the Apocalypse, which college/university 2001 Undergraduate Whitworth's choir and wind ensemble performed at division at the 34th annual Lionel Fellow by the Fund fOr the wind ensemble's spring concert. "The performance Theological Educa- Hampton Jazz was incredible, wonderful, superlative," Young says. tion. • Seniors Lisa Festival. The Gavareski, Rachel "It was definitely the highlight of my time at Whitworth Jazz Iblings, and Whitney Whitworth College." Choir won third Baird received the Young Other highlights include his mountain-climbing place in the multi- Presidents Cup Award adventures; he has scaled more than 300 peaks and microphone college! fOr maintaining a 4.0 has written music to capture those experiences. At the employee banquet, university jazz choir competition, and grade point average Reid called him "a committed and caring teacher, able to present music art is- throughout their Mike Frederick, tically as well as technically to his students," and offered her thanks to those Whitworth careers. '04, took jirst place who sent Young Whitworth's way in 1976. "The Benedictines' loss has been in the jazz guitar solo - continued at right our gain," she said. "Thank you, Michael, for 25 years of service to Whitworth." competition.

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FRIEDRICHS HANGS 'EM UP: FAMILY CALLS, COACH ANSWERS Head Men's Basketball Coach Warren Friedrichs knew it was time to retire when he missed one of his 15-year-old son's basketball games. All coaches - ,------, especially those who have programs as successful as Friedrichs' - miss such family events, and Friedrichs had always taken such losses in stride. "But then I began to feel that 1 didn't have that much time before he finished high school," he says. "I didn't want to miss any more." After 16 seasons and 251 wins with the Bucs, Friedrichs retires from coaching and turns to what he calls "phase 11of the Whitworth career experience," full-time academics. He'll serve as professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Athletics. And though he'll miss his spot at the helm of the Pirates - "I have felt honored to be a coach," he says - he's looking forward to some new experiences, like joining his wife, Cindy, in some serious rooting for his favorite teams. "I look forward to being a fan of both Mead [his kids' high school] and Whitworth," he says. Friedrichs retires as the most successful hoops coach in Whitworth's history, posting a 251-195 record and appearing in three NAJA Divi- sion II national tournaments. His 1996 team, which he calls "the one Warren Friedrichs that gave me the most satisfaction," made it all the way to the final game at announces his plans to nationals, losing in overtime to Albertson College. He was named Coach of retirefrom coaching to the Year nine times, including NAIA Division 11Coach of the Year in 1996. teachfull-time at Calling Friedrichs "the most accomplished basketball coach in the history of Whitworth. Whitworth," Athletics Director Scott McQuilkin, '84, adds, "When Whitworth writes its second lOO~year history, Warren will be in a select group." And 'AN AUTHENTIC, Whitman College coach Skip Molitor summed up the feelings of his fellow URGENT VOICE' Northwest Conference coaches when he sent this message to Friedrichs upon Award-winning poet hearing the announcement of his friendly rival's retirement: "Hallelujah!" and activist Adrienne Rich, the English Department's 2001 Endowed English Reader, hasfor more than five decades crafted language that incites action and invokes deliberation about a broad array of social issuesand global concerns. Described by renowned poet W S. Merwin as "oneof the authentic, unpredict- able, urgent, essential voices of our time, " Rich readfrom and signed her books during an evening reading in Cowles Memorial Audito- LOVE, LOVE ME DO... rium. In an earlier Masquerades, merriment and marriage were the order of the day in Whitworth question-and-answer Theatre's spring production, Servant ofT wo Masters. Cast members performed session with students playwright TOm Cone'spresent-day version of Carlo Goldoni's 1750 commedia and ftculty, Rich dell'arre play. In the scenepictured above, Clarice (sophomore Julie Kurtz) and explained that what Silvio (seniorJan Pettersson) want to be married, but Clarice'sfather has betrothed she searchesfor in her her to another; Silvio rejects Clarice because he thinks she is in love with her poems is a way "to betrothed. "By the end, of course, love conquers all and, as in any classic comedy, explore transcendence everyone gets married, "says the play's director, Theatre ProfessorRick Hornor, '70. and the human experience. "

• NEW SCHOOL, NEW DEAN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL COMMERCE FINDS A LEADER On July 1, Whitworth will consolidate several popular business and management programs with growing international emphases into its new School of Global Commerce and Management. 'This signals to our students, to the business community and to our other constituents that we're serious about building a first-class business program," says Tammy Reid, '60, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. "We're dedicated to preparing our graduates to meet the challenges of ah increasingly global marketplace." On Aug. 1 the new school will welcome its first dean, Kyle Usrey, a lawyer with extensive experience in international business management and law in both higher education and industry. Usrey comes to Whitworth from Hardin-Simmons University, in Texas, where he served as director of global education and Usrey strategic alliances and assistant professor of international business. His background is augmented by teaching experience and extensive contacts abroad. Usrey will oversee the school's undergraduate programs in accounting, business management, economics and FROM THE HEART OF A international business; the organizational management program for working GRANDFATHER ••. adults; and the master of international management graduate program. "International business is one of the fastest-growing sectors in business to; Biology Professor Emeritus Howard day, and students in the 21st century must be adequately prepared to deal with Stien is the author of the complex transactions, mix of cultures, and challenges of the globalized a new children 5- book, world in which we live," Usrey says. "I believe Whitworth is positioning itself Stump House Stories. to be a significant leader in higher education in the next century. The School The book, about one of Global Commerce and Management is committed to preparing business curious little girl and leaders who will be not only technically competent, but ethically and spiritu- the surprising visitors who make her ally primed to make a difference across the globe." acquaintance, is based upon true stories of SHAKESPEAREAN ENSEMBLE WOWS WHITWORTH, SPOKANE Stien 5grandchildren Simplicity, skill and subtlety ate the hallmarks of Actors From The London and the stump house Stage, who presented several performances at Whitworth this spring. The en- he built for them. It semble, part of an educational program based in London, England, and at the includes engaging r------,-."....::....------, University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, per- illustrations by forms full-length Shakespeare plays at col- Spokane artist Christina Hogue. leges and universities nationwide. For information The five professional British actors staged about Stump House Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Whitworth, Stories. call509-466- using minimal lighting and props, the inven- 5449 Monday-Friday, tiveness of their acting, the power of the text, 8-5 p.m. Pacific and the imagination of the audience to bring Time, or write to Shakespeare's words to life. Stump House Books, 11411 North Pinecrest Brought to campus by English Professor Drive, Spokane, WA Doug Sugano in collaboration with the 99218. Gonzaga University Theatre Department, Actors From The the ensemble performed at Whitworth for the Spokane community and for London Stage are, 700 area high-school students. The troupe also conducted workshops and joined from left, Mairead several Whitworth classes, directing students through scenes and discussing Carty, Andrew the art of acting. Readman, Doyne "Their residency at Whitworth was phenomenal," Sugano says. "They are Byrd, Alison Skilbeck and Nick Tigg. some of the most talented Shakespearean actors you'll find anywhere; I've gotten rave reviews from students, teachers and the community."

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"Because in India, they're just crazy study he completed in three years. For on cricket," he said. "Field hockey and two of those years, he competed in the soccer are big, too, but the whole na- All-India inter-university champion- tion just goes berserk over cricket. All ships, so the NCAA granted him just the money, all the infrastructure, is de- two years of eligibility here. misses voted to it." He spent much of the first one try- It's not surprising, then, that while ing to overcome hamstring trouble, run- home, but track athletes from nearly 60 nations ning in the low-ISs and finishing third improves have gravitated to colleges and univer- in the Northwest Conference champi- sities in the Inland Northwest to study onships. res been much smoother sail- skills at and compete, Fernandes is the first to ing in 2001: He won theNWC title with arrive from India in more than 20 years. a 14.85 clocking, and later lowered his Whitworth And he was the one who did the re- lifetime best to 14.78. cruiting. Explained coach Toby Schwarz, "He It started the way many things do just didn't train the way we train. We these days, with some "goofing around asked him to get in the weight room, on the Internet," he said. Fernandes and he didn't really do it. But he spent tapped into a site of a Florida-based or- the summer here and he's been working ganization that aids international stu- hard and his body shows it. He's a dif- by John Blanchette dents in lining up scholarship opportu- ferent-looking kid - not big, by any Eighteen mil- nities here. means, but definitely more toned." lion people, one As an NCAA Division 1lI school, Size would seem to be working track. Whitworth doesn't offer athletic schol- against Fernandes - he's just 5-£00t-11 Getting there arships. in an event dominated by the extra- takes Navin Fernandes an hour and a Opportunity, yes. long-inseam crowd. half from his home and leads him past For Fernandes, it's the opportunity to "But my center of gravity is over the scads of grassy cricket pitches where the chase some ghosts. hurdles," he said. "People say I'm too sporting passions of India are played out His race of choice is the high hurdles, short, but the ideal height for the event daily. A few starts, a few flights of and he was twice the national junior is probably 6-1 or 6-2. It's even more hurdles, maybe some intervals and then champion. His grail is to represent In- difficult for the 6-5 guys ro bend." back through the streets of Mumbai, and dia - first at the Asian Games in 2002, Nonetheless, he might be better home again. and perhaps at the Olympics beyond suited to the 400-meter intermediate Three hours coming and going. that. It's not the impossible dream, but hurdles - and while he dreaded that race On one of those commutes, perhaps, it's improbable if for no other reason when he first came here, it's growing on it occurred to Fernandes that there than this: India hasn't sent a high hur- him. So is the resurgence of Whitworth's might be a quicker route to where he dler to the Olympics since 1964. team under Schwarz, who had a record wanted to go. "It's tough given the conditions you 84 athletes out this year. Even if it included a 7,800-mile de- have to run in there," he said, "It would "When I saw so many people here tour. be possible if the Indian team were given doing two, three, four events, I felt awk- So here he is at Whitworth College, the opportunity to compete with other ward doing just one," Fernandes said. where the track is maybe a minute and countries, but we're just running against "That's something that's happened to a half from his door and where he's dis- ourselves." me here. covered his chosen sport doesn't have Likewise, Whitworth's school record "Before I came to Whitworth, track to be the lonesome callmg it was, oddly - a hand-timed 14.2 shared by John Lee to me was strictly an individual sport. enough, in the world's fifth-largest city. and Roger Menter-dates back to 1967; I'd been on track teams in India, but I'd Not that any of Whitworth's home only three Pirates records are older. never had this kind of feeling - cheer- meets at Boppell Track bring out the Even the Boppell Track mark of 14.67 ing for one another, hanging around at throngs. In the American spectator was set during the facility's inaugural the track until everybody's run their sports buffet, track is the candied aspara- season of 1995. races, making it all about the team. Back gus congealing in the corner while ev- Fernandes didn't break either record, home, you finished your event and left. eryone bellies up for football, baseball, but he hardly had time. "I miss home every day, but it's a lot NASCAR and scripted rasslin'. He actually came to school here with easier when you have another family to Still, Fernandes is one of the few in- a bachelor's degree in commerce - be part of." ternational athletes to come to school meaning he upped WhItworth's athletic A family of 84, all on one track. in the United States and find his sparr graduation Tate just by enrolling - from © 200 1. Reprinted with permission from The has a higher profile here than at home . the University of Mumbai, a course of Spokeman-Review.

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TRACK AND FIELD RUNS AWAY WITH HONORS; SCHWARZ NAMED REGIONAL, NWC COACH OF THE YEAR After his teams won both the men's and women's Northwest Conference championships and sent six athletes to nationals, Head Track and Field Coach Toby Schwarz was honored as USTCA West Regional Division III Men's and Women's Coach of the Year. The conference championships were the first ever for the women and the first for the men since 1972. Schwarz was also named Men's and Women's Coach of the Year in the NWC. "When you consider that one out of 18Whitworth st(}denrs is competing in track and field, that's a significant ratio," says Athletics Director Scott HayfOrd McQuilkin, '84. "But beyond the fact that we filled HAYFORD TAKES two buses with student, athletes who qualified for the MEN'S HOOPS SLOT conference meet, beyond the fact that both our men's Jim Hayford, who led Schwarz and women's track teams won the conference title, the University of Sioux and beyond the fact that Toby and his staff are technically superior coaches, Falls (S.D.) to within a our track athletes are having great experiences socially and spiritually, as well. game of the NAJA In the end, that may mean more to the students than record times and per- Division II national sonal-best throws." tournament in each of Whitworth's women beat Willamette 208-185.67 in the conference finals. the last two seasons, is Whitworth's new head Leading the Pirate women, Kristen Shields won the 100-meter dash and took men's basketball second in the 200; Julia Lucas won the 3,000M; and Annie Scott took both coach."U7e are extremely FIELD OF the 5,000M and the 10,000M. The Bucs also triumphed in the 4X100 relay. pleased that jim DREAMS The men beat Linfield 168-162 for first place. Men's leaders included Bryce HayfOrd will be leading Kemsley Marks, '63, McDonnell, who won the 1OO~meter; Leo Suzuki, who finished first in the our men's basketball sister of the late Diana 400; Navin Fernandes, who took the 110M hurdles (see facing page); Aaron program, " said Athletics Marks, speaks at the Baldwin, who won the pole vault; and Quantae Anderson, who triumphed in Director Scott dedication of the McQuilkin, '84. "In the triple jump. Whitworth sofiball his eleven years of field named fOr her collegiate coaching, he sister. Diana Marks BASEBALL RESURGENCE: has proven to be a coached a variety of SQUIRES DRAFTED BY MLB AFTER GREAT SEASON tremendous recruiter, a sports at Whitworth Whitworth senior Matt Squires (LHPjDHjOF) was drafted by the Phila- successful head coach, from 1957-1984 and delphia Phillies of the National League, capping off a great season for the and a wonderfUl fit for served as academic Bucs. Squires is the first Whirworth player to be drafred Whitworth's mission. " chair of the Physical since Mark Linden in 1990. Hayford, who succeeds Education Department longtime Whitworth The team finished its best season in recent memory with from 1977-1987. The Head Men's Coach most successful coach in a 15-7 record in conference (20-20 overall). Whitworth's warren Friedrichs (see the history of the second-place Northwest Conference finish is its highest Page I I), compiled a college, she was since 1991. 37-27 record at Sioux dedicated to providing A number of Pirate players made Whitworth's season- Falls, where he was competitive athletic best hitting and pitching lists. Junior first baseman Scott head coachfor two opportunities fir Biglin's five triples placed him second on the Pirate list for seasons. His team at female students and USF set a school record most triples in a season. Sophomore second baseman Jake was instrumental in fir wins in a season, changing national Krummel had 13 doubles, tying him for 10th. Freshman going 22- I 2 in 2000- attitudes toward outfielder Josh Taylor's 10 home runs also tied him for [Orh, 01. Prior to Hayfird's women's athletics. At and his slugging percentage of. 705 is 9th all-time; fresh- arrival, the team was 9~ Marks' memorial man pitcher Jason Myers' winning percentage (6-1, .857) 17 in 1998-99. ''f am service in 139{ j ranks 4th all-time, behind three pitchers who went unde- honored tojoin the Marcia Dashiell, ~ feated. And Squires now ranks 4th on the Whitworth single- Whitworth community, }) '68, MAT '72, said of ~ said HayfOrd. "My ~L- _ season list with 77 strikeouts. herformer coach, passion fir coaching is "If I couldn't have John Senior Matt Despite the stellar numbers and the excellent finish, consistent with the Wooden as my Squires mows Head Coach Keith Ward's assessment of his team's stron- mission and purpose of basketball coach, I down another gest asset has nothing to do with stats: "The trademark of Whitworth, and that's wanted Diana Marks. " hapless opponent. this team is its character," says Ward. exciting _____ president's mes

honest, that's not what I was there for. Looking back on my years of under- Lessons from I went to Bughouse Square because graduate study, I remember that I was it made me feel good. To me it was "the almost always involved in some kind of real world." Real? Hardly. The regu- social service. Todav's students have the Bughouse lars escaped reality with bottles inside same desire to serve, and the service- of brown paper bags. I escaped reality learning experiences described in this Square by buying a few bowls of soup and be- issue of Whitworth Today provide a great ing a friend to some pretty smelly way to inform and direct these students' people. It was the perfect place to ex- wonderfully virtuous impulses. he firsr years of my college edu- cuse myself for not being angry, for not Learning through serving others is a cation were spent on the north being in Vietnam, for walking past ab- triple blessing. We've experienced the Tside of Chicago, jusr a block ject poverty every day of my life, and dual blessing of service, bringing assis- away from the famed Bughouse Square. for living the fat life of a WASP. tance to others in a way that makes the This little park, bridging Division and Did we do any good in Bughouse giver feel great. But in service learning, Dearborn streets, provided a safe plat- Square? Sure. It was good for us and a third benefit accrues to givers that goes form for prophets like Studs Terkel, good for the people we helped. But it beyond feelings. Very important practi- Alphonso the drag queen, Tony the could have been really good. With cal and theoretical learning takes place. street preacher, and an alcoholic who structure, advice, support and reflection, And when that happens, it will always thought he was prizefighter Billy Conn. we could have done so much more to improve the quality of the service. By the time 1 left, in 1970, the whole bring significant change to those we One of the most important service- nation had become a Bughouse Square. tried to help, and so much more for our- learning experiences in my life occurred The big-name prophets had discovered selves beyond feeling good. 1remember at the state penitentiary in Stillwater, the media, leaving the square with a doing shifts while the guy who thought Minn. When I arrived to lead seminars generous collection of "bums" who he was Billy Conn went through de- for a groupof inmates, the chaplain took opined confidently, knowing they would lirium tremens. We cleaned him up, me aside and said, "Don't forget, Bill. If no longer be challenged by folks who found a Nebraska farm where he could Matthew 25 (where Christ explained held the advantage of sobriety. work and get involved in a church, and that when we help the most disadvan- I arrived at college with no shortage arranged transportation. We left him taged people we are helping him) is of idealism. I wanted to improve - yea, alone for 20 minutes right before his right, you didn't come here to bring Jesus save - the world. Within nine months, departure. He bolted. Two days later, to these guys; you came here to find my idealism was replaced by bewilder- we found him strutting around the him." That changed forever the way I ment. Martin Luther King, jr., and square sporting a fine haircut, a fine would think about service. I hope our Bobby Kennedy lay dead, and 1 didn't suit, a fine smile and a two-day drunk. students will find the living Christ in think protesting, flowers, dope and lava 1 felr sad and suckered. Had we been this exciting enterprise that provides lamps offered much hope. So my friends conned by Conn? 1don't know. I think and I took a pass on fixing the world he just got scared. I think we were close and decided to go save bums at to helping him. We just weren't Bughouse Square. I learned a lot about equipped to understand or accomplish b7ii"~:-~ life from my grizzled friends, bur to be our own goodwill.

b milie Crossley doesn't lie awake at night worrying about whether she'll find a mean- E ingful career after graduation. Instead, she lies awake mulling over a multitude of details- securing financial support, finding a good location, recruiring talented staff - that will make her dream of establishing a theatre company for homeless youth a Thealre reality. The sophomore theatre major conceived the idea while participating in a Whitworth Theatre Department servi e,learning project in which students teach acting skills to I as

adults coping with mental illness. "My mother is a counselor, so I had some un e the tools people with mental illness use to work through whether it's giving a report in front of a class or talking about issues," Crossley says. "But I didn't realize that theatre could be themselves in a job interview." a tool- that idea wasnew to me." Whitworth students help On Stage! actors shed their fears Whitworth students have the opportunity to cultivate and inhibitions by teaching them the techniques of panto- career goals, uncover hidden talents, and overcome deep-seated mime, creating illusion and alignment of the body; and fears and stereotypes when they participate in service-learning improvisation, creating character and story line in the moment. projects. In Theatre Professor Rick Hornor's, '70, mime and "In improvisation, the performers really playoff of one movement and improvisation classes, the students reach acting another and have to be aware of one another," Hornor says. skills to such groups as adults coping with mental illness, third- "Improv techniques help them build self-confidence because grade students, and junior-high students taking part in an after- they have to perform in the moment, spontaneously, which is a school tutoring program. lot more threatening than memorizing a line." Many Whitworth theatre students such as Crossley lead Before each weekly workshop, the service-learning workshops with members of On Stage!, a local theatre-based students present a lesson plan to Hornor that outlines their recovery and rehabilitation program for people with psychiatric objectives for the session, such as getting the On Stage! disabilities. Affiliated with the Washington Institute for actors to make eye contact, touch one another, or be more I Mentallllness, Research and Training, On Stage! conducts physically expressive. theatre classes and provides performance opportunities to "My students have to explain to me which structures they I people coping with mental illness to help prepare them for will use in order to have the group move from comfort, to vocational training, supported employment, school or the discomfort, to comfort," Hornor says. "After every session we workplace. Led by Program Director Donna Douglass, the talk about the process. What happened? What worked? What group rehearses musical numbers and maintains a demanding didn't work? What are your concerns?" performance schedule. Each student also maintains a graded journal throughout the "Two major things we work on are building people's self- semester. "It is nor just a diary but a real reflection - what have confidence and overcoming performance anxiety," Douglass you learned about the organization or yourself, or about service says. "Theatre can bring dramatic improvement in those areas, learning? How have you changed?" Hornor says. which carries over into other parts of the participants' lives, Many Whitworth students initially experience powerful

16 Whitwo~dllg anxiety and fear as they anticipate interacting with people line, and gave a performance, Mime and Dance On Stage!, in coping with mental illness. Prior to their first workshop, Cowles Memorial Auditorium's Stage II. It was an evening of Douglass meets with the students and Hornor to discuss the high emotion and broken barriers. dynamics of mental illness and to help prepare them for the "I knew the On Stage! crew would be nervous to act in front experience. of strangers, especially college students," says senior communi- "Having never worked with people coping with mental cations major Lilian Ngatunyi. "We did some warm-up illness before, I really didn't know what to expect," says exercises to relax, and it was amazing to see what the group did sophomore communications major Colin Hesse. "I had the when they performed." stereotypical view that they are very weird and hard to Douglass saw the actors' inhibitions melt as their talent communicate with. We were told to be careful around them shone through that evening. and not even to touch them, which heightened my fears." "It was just awesome," she says. "The acceptance of the

Theatre strips away all barriers by its very nature of giving and receiving and playing together; it gave our group a wonderful I... atmosphere of community. ~

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Whitworth theatre students pose with On Stage.'actors after a perfonnance in Cowles Memorial Auditoriums Stage II. Hesse's fears quickly dissolved during his first meeting with crowd, the applause throughout the evening, and the ovation On Stage!. "The people were wonderful. They welcomed us with they received at the end was fabulous. And to be in a real open arms, really desiring to be a part of the workshops," Hesse theatre was so exciting for the performers." says. "They were normal people who simply wanted a little love According to Hornor, the On Stage! actors are the true in their lives. We couldn't help but feel comfortable around teachers in the service-learning arrangement. them after only half an hour. Theatre stnps away all barriers by "The people in On Stage! do more for us than we could ever its very nature of giving and receiving and playing together; it do for them," he says. "They allow us to see their courage and gave our group a wonderful atmosphere of community." to be a part of their really difficult lives. and to see them Hornor, who attends his students' first On Stage! workshop struggle, courageously, to move on rather than just give up." each semester, sees the transformation in his students and has One of the greatest challenges Hesse faced during the experienced it himself. service-learning project was helping On Stage! performers step "By the end of the very first session, the students are saying, outside their comfort zones. Hesse found himself undertaking 'These are wonderful people who are kind and loving, and they the same challenge. "To get a glimpse of a group of people I want to learn.' That's significant. We move from ignorance to knew very little about was a great experience. I discovered that understanding and therefore from fear to acceptance." I need to stop trusting in stereotypes to shape my view of others The experience is just as significant for On Stage! actors, and to really seek to get to know people first," he says. "And it Douglass says. was a terrific opportunity to get outside the college and sharpen "For our people battling the stigma associated with devastat- my skills in the wotld." ing disorders to experience acceptance from these Whitworth Crossley's involvement in service learning not only inspired students is just incredible," she says. "They appreciate so much her to pursue a career teaching theatre to homeless youth; it being treated no differently than anyone else. The Whitworth taught her that learning is a lifelong adventure that transcends students show no fear, just acceptance, which establishes an classrooms and books. immediate rapport between the two groups." "I loved having the chance to teach others what I was Last spring Whitworth mime and movement students learning in my theatre classes," she says. "And I realized I can helped On Stage! actors create mimes related to circus themes. go into any situation with the idea that I don't know every- The group then constructed a scene with characters and a story thing and be taught and helped by the people I am teaching." journalism student tutors a teenage boy in a high school hallway. A student of kinesiology stands before a group of junior- highers, teaching the important steps of infant CPR. A music major plays the piano in a hospital ward. A group of theatre students rehearse a play with people who have psychiatric disorders. C These scenes show Whitworth students at work in just four of the college's service-learning projects, which run the gamut from working with disabled children to developing ommunily high-tech websites. Though the rarefied air of academia can get a little heady, service learning allows the lofty concepts of hig er education to find feet and walk around in the world. as . -~assroo

One project this sp eatre Professor Rick Hornor's, '70, music to Spokane's a mime and movement and improvisation Heart Hospital, where it beca classes coordinated efforts with On Stage], a healing balm for the injured and the community program that works with people coping "We played Disney songs in the pediatrics unit, says Yukiko with mental illness in Spokane (see story on preceding Kirajima, a sophomore piano performance and pedagogy pages). Students from Keith Wyma's ethics class volunteered major. "The children would come over and listen to us play. with Interfaith Hospitality Network, which provides shelter, I think the music therapy helped create a soothing environ- meals, and assistance to homeless families. Ginny ment in the hospital." Whitehouse's article- and feature, writing students mentored Kitajuna's project sprang from her piano pedagogy class, journalism students at Rogers High School. The list goes on. one of many courses on the Whitworth campus that blends Although the number of service, learning classes has almost service learning into its curriculum. doubled since the fall of 1999, when the program kicked The college defines service learning as "a teaching into high gear, not everyone was gung-ho about the idea at approach integrating academic instruction with community the beginning. service that engages students in civic responsibility, critical "At first I thought it was mickey-mouse," says Politics and creative thinking, and structured reflection," says Linda and History Professor Julia Stronks, who calls herself a Hunt, '78 MAT, faculty director of the service-learning recent convert to service learning. "I thought it was an program at Whitworth. Hunt illustrates the idea with a excuse for faculty members not to work. But I've recently simple metaphor. been persuaded that experiential learning is one of the most

"The community is a classroom, as well, II says Hunt. effective tools for today's students. "Students come back from that live textbook with a "Students' expectations today are higher in the sense that different angle of understanding, which makes the classroom we're in a consumer-driven society, so they're conscious of really lively. Service learning adds real dimension to getting their money's worth, conscious of career, and worried theory." about translating their learning into product. They're very Classes across the disciplines have joined the program: goal-oriented, and experiential learning helps them see

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clearly the impact their education has in the world." turbulence found force in the college scene, as student Mike Ediger, an instructor in kinesiology and biology as activists and some educators began to break down what they well as an assistant athletics director, discovered the merit of saw as old, aloof academic models and to build in their place the service-learning model through a personal encounter. models of communitv-conscious education. They sought to While driving in a northside neighborhood on his way to merge civic-minded action - service - with an understand- class a few months ago, Ediger found an elderly woman who ing of that action and its connection to existing knowledge had fallen in the street, face bleeding, with a compound -learning. fracture to her elbow. Six cars had driven by without Over the years, a growing number of colleges and stopping to help. After caring for the woman in Good- universities across the country have built service-learning Samaritan fashion, Ediger discussed the importance of the components into their curricula. Whitworth began formaliz- incident with his emergency response class. ing its service-learning program about five years ago with

The community is a classroom, as well. Students come back from that live textbook with a different angle of understanding .... Service learning adds real I... dimension to theory. 'I - Linda Hunt Faculty Director, Whitworth's Service Learning Program

Cora Lininger, '04, searchesfor aftvorite audiocassette with a participant of Respite Daycare, an Alzheimer's support program at First Presbyterian Church.

"I asked my students, 'Why are people afraid to help?" the help of a Washington State Campus Compact grant. says Ediger. "Why won't someone help an old woman on the Former sociology professor Lee Fish, '63, '70 M.Ed., helped street? Why don't people get involved? What does it mean layout the initial design and development process while to have an ethic of care as people in our community with Vice President for Student Life Kathy Storm and Director of training? Do we have a greater responsibility morally or Institutional Research Gordon Jacobson wove the program ethically to help others!" into the fabric of the college's educational goals and Reflecting on this experience, Ediger built in a service- curriculum. learning component to his course curriculum which required "Whitworth has a long history of service," says Storm, students to conduct presentations on various health topics "So we came to a crossroads, as service programs were at after-school community learning center programs in the increasing in number, in determining how we could give Mead School District. Other students volunteered at them more centralized institutional support without agencies around the community. diminishing the grass-roots energy of student-initiated "Service learning is a way to incorporate the academic service endeavors." structure of my class, the instruction of first aid, with civic In spring 1998, English Professor Linda Hunt was asked engagement, helping others," Ediger says. to serve as the faculty director of the service-learning While service learning may be a relatively new phrase in program. A faculty committee was established to guide the higher education, the idea behind it has a long history at development process and an advisory committee of local Whitworth and beyond. The college has always adhered to a leaders was invited to provide community input. Now an service-oriented mindset based in the Christian tradition. On initiative on poverty is in the works as an attempt to focus a national level, the principle of service-based learning began long-term service endeavors in various areas of Spokane, working its way into college curricula about 30 years ago, particularly the West Central neighborhood. During the '60s and '70s, America was engaged in a While the service- learning program is not focused on struggle to redefine social, racial and economic boundaries. career preparation with an internship orientation, it never- Urban uprisings and Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty theless provides experiential learning opportunities and dragged the country's social issues into the center ring. This influences how students shape their professional career paths. --- Kelly (White) Padgham, '99, who graduated from gestures must reach beyond the patronizing hand of pity Whitworth with a degree in political studies, didn't know to embrace a relationship of mutual service. that a service, learning project would help to shape her Rick Hornor believes in the importance of "moving career. Exposed to the inner workings of the legal system beyond the 'white man's burden' of self-righteousness - 'I'm through Stronks' civil society seminar and experiential- blessed so I should share it with those in need' - to 'I am learning courses, Padgham decided to pursue law at the more blessed by them. '" graduate level. She is currently in her second year at the Linda Hunt concurs. "Our students are in partnership Gonzaga University School of Law and also provides legal with agencies that are already doing all the heavy work," assistance to Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, says Hunt. "We're fortunate they let us come and be a part which provides low-income housing in the Spokane area. of that. It's important to recognize the positive strengths "My service-learning experience was very impqrtanr," within individuals in the community - to come in saying,

Above, Sam Scriven, '03, left, and Gabe Schmidt, '03, play with children involved in the Interfaith Hospitality Network at Knox Presbyterian Church. At right, Cora Lininger, '04, plays the piano with a Respite Daycare participant at First Presbyterian Church. says Padgham. "It's the only exposure I had during college to what I'm interested in doing - law - so it's basically what inspired me to go to grad school." Padgham worked in downtown Spokane at the Center for Justice, a nonprofit organization run by several former public defenders who handle a variety of cases for citizens who are unable to afford lawyers. "I organized files, did legal research and some pleadings, served [subpoenas upon] some people, and sat in on client 'What are the assets in this community and how can we interviews," says Padgham. "That was very valuable. There help those develop?'" are a lot of people out there who don't qualify for public Service-Learning Coordinator Karina Bosler, '99, works defenders but who also can't afford an attorney. So as the official liaison between Whitworth and the commu- there's a need for lawyers to be willing to take cases for a nity. Brought on board two years ago, Boslet establishes reduced fee. And I see the law as a very powerful tool in connections with local agencies, guides faculty members in influencing people - in speaking for those who wouldn't implementing service learning, and coordinates the logistics otherwise have a voice." of student placements. A crucial part of service learning involves the "I research what other colleges have done to incorporate community's cooperation in providing students a place to service learning into their courses," says Boslet. "Then I talk learn from those who know the quirks and angles of the to various agencies and to faculty. As we go along, we learn system. As with any humanitarian effort, altruistic how to integrate service learning into classes and I try to $

find places that tie in well to each course. We want to service-learning program is finding its identity on campus create reciprocal relationships with community organiza- and in the community. Faculty continue to get their tions. We're serving them, and our students are learning pedagogical feet wet and students continue to dive in. from the service in return, so it's a partnership." Beyond campus, Whitworth graduates explore careers in the Susan Keys, nursing director for the Providence Center community and begin to exercise socially conscious living. for Faith and Healing, worked with Judith Schoepflin of "Service learning packs a double punch," says Whitworth Whitworth's Music Department to provide piano students President Bill Robinson. "It's connected to the three goals of an opportunity to play music in various areas of Sacred the college's mission - honor God, follow Christ, serve Heart Hospital. Keys surveyed a number of patients and humanity - the third of which is a consequence of the first hospital staff who all offered unequivocally positive feed- two. But it's also more than our Christian duty: Serving back for the program. others is our fundamental obligation as world citizens and as

But it's also more than our Christian duty: Serving others is our fundamental obligation as world citizens and as I... members of the human race. '-I - Bill Robinson Whitworth President

Sara Pitzer, '03, teaches infant CPR to students at Northwood Middle School.

"When I was in the oncology unit," says Keys, "I came members of the human race." out of a patient's room and a nurse was literally dancing Still, no one can predict the impact of an experience. No down the hall, and then the nurse manager on duty saw her professor can assign an attitude change. A college can't coming and said to me, 'You're going to have to stop this engineer compassion. But Whitworth can provide an program. My nurses are entirely too happy.' It was a beauti- opportunity for the soul to stretch, for the eyes to see, for ful, grace-filled moment. So, talk about the purpose of the the hands to learn how to give and receive graciously. And music to provide that sacred environment. It's good for us service learning offers the tools and the ground that foster and for the patients, as music is a universal thing that such growth. touches us all and teaches us the sacredness of one another." "Through service learning, students develop the Ian- Despite its ongoing positive impact, there are practical guage of justice and mercy," says Stronks. "Those are biblical challenges to the growth of the service, learning program. commands to all of us, and service learning gives students a Transportation poses a logistical problem. With pressures on much different idea than traditional classroom learning of students' time from jobs and other commitments, most what that means in their lives. It's exciting. Service learning faculty have to offer alternative assignments when service provides the impetus through which we can put the mind learning proves impractical. and heart into action." "The program, being new, also poses a major learning curve for faculty," says Hunt. "We face several challenges. Which courses benefit most from this component? How can we ensure that the service-learning projects link directly to the goals of the class? How do we design assignments that give students a chance for quality reflection and integration of their experience with course content?" As the college works through these challenges, the

- ichael LeRoy arrived at Whitworth in 1985 with a compartmentalized worldview that 1'1squeezed faith into a carefully proportioned part of his life. Being a Christian, as he then understood it, was about "being a good person and following the rules." Over the next four years, LeRoy was challenged by faculty mentors and peer role models to stretch his faith to cover the 'Lives whole of his life. He engaged in community service and completed a Washington, D.C., internship with a group lobbying against apartheid in South Africa mrrutme

- experiences that sparked a passion for civic engagement and taught him to balance political ideology with biblical theology. And he came to understand that being a Christian was just as relevant to his career goals in political science as it was [Q his friends entering the ministry. behavior in the complex world they enter after graduation. But Since graduating from Whitworth in 1989, LeRoy has help is on the way.Whitworth has been awarded a $1,014,000 completed a doctorate in political studies at Vanderbilt Univer- grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, combined with sity and has risen through the ranks to chair the Department of about $864,000 in college resources, to launch a program based on Political and International Relations at Illinois's Wheaton new research that identifies tools for helping college students College, one of the country's premier Christian higher-education develop a strong worldview that becomes a way of life after they institutions. He also has started a private consulting firm that graduate. promotes understanding and cooperation between corporations The five-year project, "Lives of Commitment: Connecting and non-governmental organizations that are frequently locked Belief and Behavior in the College Years," is one of the largest in conflict. And he is writing a book, Acts of Faith in Public Life, non-science programmatic grants ever awarded by the trust, based that will profile diverse leaders whose lives are shaped by their in Vancouver, Wash., and is the latest in a long list of Murdock Christian convictions rather than by money, power and grants awarded to Whitworth over the past three decades. recognition. "The Murdock Charitable Trust has been the biggest sup- LeRoy believes that many of his personal and professional porter of science and technology in Whitworth's history," says choices have been driven by the integrated worldview so Whitworth President Bill Robinson. "Now, for the trust to come carefully nurtured at Whitworth. But he can't shake a nagging forward and support this kind of program affirms and supports the feeling that God is calling him to do more to live out his 'heart' side of Whitworth's mind-and-heart mission in a very Christian convictions. powerful way." "I'm very aware that the greatest needs of America are with the The "Lives of Commitment" project builds on research done urban poor and people of color," he says. "I live in a suburb and I by Steven Garber ofthe Council for Christian Colleges and teach a student population that is 90 percent white and 80 Universities and Sharon Daloz Parks, '64, a former Whitworth percent upper middle class. I can't help but wonder if I could be chaplain and Harvard University professor now affiliated with doing more to serve those Jesus would say have the greatest need." the Whidbey Institute, an interfaith center focused on ecologi- LeRoy isn't alone. Many students struggle to connect the cal, social and spiritual challenges to achieving a more sustain- beliefs they develop in college to personal and professional able and just world. Garber's research identified three common elements in the college years of people who, unlike many of their The senior project will build on prior coursework and service-learn- peers, were able to connect belief and behavior into adulthood. ing experience and will be presented in an annual research sympo- They are: formation of a worldview strong enough to meet the sium beginning in the fourth year of the program. complex and competing influences of modern society, a mentor Cohort students will be surveyed in their freshman year, senior who models a life consistent with his or her worldview, and a year and five and 10 years after graduation about the extent to community of peers who positively reinforce living out the which they feel they are living out their worldview commitments. convictions of one's worldview. Parks' work confirmed the same Their responses will be compared with responses to the same ques- general results but also found that students who engage in tions by current seniors and by peers of the cohort students to fur- activities or service that reflect their convictions while in college ther gauge the program's impact. are more likely to live out those commitments after graduation. "Our hope," Srronks says, "is that no matter what vocation Whitworth has always emphasized the need for students to students pursue after graduation, they'll be confident in their think carefully about the worldview that directs their lives, says ability to make decisions about civic responsibility, family life Associate Professor of Politics and History Julia Stronks, who is and economic priorities that reflect the worldview commitments directing the "Lives of Commitment" project. The Murdock they make" grant will enable the college to be more intentional and systematic about helping students connect their worldview beliefs with behavior during and after college, she says. "Students tell us that justice, civic responsibility and commu- Menlors needed for 'Lives nity service are priorities they will pursue 'later,' but, with the pres- of Commitment' program suresof adulthood and finding their place in a complex world, 'later' often never comes," Stronks says. "We want to break that cycle. Whitworth is looking for individuals who take There is a biblical command that calls all of us to be instruments of seriously the biblical call to be instruments of mercy and justice. We want this campus and our students to be mercy and justice in all aspects of their lives and invigorated around the idea of what it means to answer that call." who are willing to share their experience with Brooke Evans, '01, who is starting a yearlong fellowship with students. the Congressional Hunger Center before attending graduate school, Student mentors will fill a vital role in a major believes the program has great potential to help students make a new Whitworth initiative: "Lives of Commitment: successful transition to post-college life. Students whose Christian Connecting Belief and Behaviot in the College convictions have been sheltered and nurtured at Whitworth need Years." The five-year project, supported by a to be prepared, she says, for a popular culture that can be ambiva- $1,014,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Chari- lent, if not hostile, to their faith. table Trust and $864,000 in college resources, will "It can be a shock to the system to encounter people who ap- begin this fall. proach things from a completely different worldview," Evans says. Associate Professot of Politics and History Julia "But as long as you have a solid foundation, challenges to your Stronks, who is directing the program, hopes to worldview can be growth opportunities. This program has the po- recruit hundreds of alumni and community leaders tential to give students that solid foundation." to serve as mentors to Whitworth students who The "Lives ofCommitment" project will support visiting speak- have common interests. Most contact will likely ers, research seminars, faculty-development programs and other ini- occur via email or other forms of correspondence, tiatives to integrate worldview issues and civic engagement into but personal interactions would also be appropri- the college culture and curriculum. In addition, freshmen will take ate, Stronks says. a seminar course exploring what it means to live ethically in soci- In many ways, the program will multiply and ety, and all students will be encouraged to take advantage of ex- formalize the many life-changing relationships panded service-learning opportunities. that already occur between students and The main thrust of the project will be a model cohort program Whitworth professors or other supportive adults. in which 20 freshmen will be selected in each of the next five years The value of these relationships is underscored by to take part in an intensive set of courses and extra-curricular ac- a Council of Christian Colleges and Universities tivities to link belief and behavior. Beginning in December, the study which shows that students are much more cohort students will be mentored by community leaders and alumni likely to live out their faith convictions if they who have common interests and who have lived out their convic- have mentors who model how to connect belief to tions in their professional lives. Each cohort will also be encour- personal and professional behavior. aged to live together in college housing throughout the program to Alumni who are interested in serving as help create a supportive community environment. mentors or in recommending others who would be Participating students will take part in service-learning projects good mentors should contact Stronks at each year of the program, culminating in a senior research project [email protected] (509) 777-4577. addressing a demonstrated need in the community, Stronks says. in

HAVE A BALL IN SPOKANE THIS SUMMER Whitworthians will have two opportunities to gather for local pro sporting events this summer- on Saturday, July 14, at the Spokane Shadow soccer club game (Spokane is coached by Whitwonh alumnus Stuart Saunders, '94), and at the Spokane Indians baseball game on Thursday, Aug. 16. Look for information in your mailbox in the coming weeks.

WRITE IF YOU GET WORK .•.OR MOVE...OR RETIRE Eemail may be the favored way of communicating for some folks these days, but the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations still accepts alumni news the old-fashioned way (though we welcome electronic messages, too). We encour- age you to mail us notices of new careers, moves, celebrations and life changes - anything you would like to share with other members of the Whitwonh family. We are particularly interested in hearing more alumni news from the decades of the 1940s- 70s. Mail your news to Whitworth College # 190 1, 300 JOIN US FOR W. Hawthorne Rd., Spokane, WA 99251. HOMECOMING THIS FALL ALUMNI IDEALS AWARD WINNERS Homecoming At Senior Reflections on May 19, two graduating seniors were presented Weekend, Sept. 28-30, will be packed with with the annual Alumni Ideals Award. activities. From an Beth Poteet, of Prosser, Wash., and Nathan Palpant, of Spokane, were nomi- all-alumni awards nated by faculty and staff and chosen by local alumni. SUMMER banquet on Friday Poteet, a peace studies major, was active in Amnesty International and REUNION 2002 night to a Whitworth worked to bring international human rights speakers to campus. It's never too early to family picnic and the Palpant served as a ministry coordina- think about next year's football game on summer reunion week- tor and health coordinator and majored Saturday to a chapel end. On June 28-30, service on Sunday, this in biology. He will serve as a medical mis- 2002, the Whitworth will be a great sionary in Kenya for the next year before campus will host the weekend for all going to medical school. Early Fifties Reunion alumni to come home (Classes of 1950-54 to campus. U7e will At left, Politics and History ProfessorJulia are all invited), the also celebrate the 10th Stronks and award winner Beth Poteet, '01. 40-year reunion for reunion of the Class of Below, from left, Music Professor Richard Classes of 1961-63, 1991. Evans, award winner Nathan Palpant, '01, the 3D-year reunion and Religion and Psychology Professor Keith fOr Classes of 1971-73, Beebe. and the 20-year reunion for Classes of 1981-83.

CONTACT US For information about these and other activities, contact Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Tad Wisenor, '89, at (509) 777-4401 or 1-800-532-4668. 1'Oucan also e-mail him at twisenor @whitworth.edu.

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IN MEMORIAM

Flaval Pearson died Oct. 29. She gradu- Jeanne (Henderson) Ruby, '46, died Jan. Mary (Stirn) Simonson, '71, died Nov. 9. ated from the University of Washington 18. During her working years, she was After working as a secretary at several and worked in Anacortes and Chehalis, employed as a public school teacher and elementary schools in Spokane, she worked Wash., before coming to Whitworth as a county extension agent in Anacortes, at Whitworth as an executive secretary librarian and teacher. She remained at Wash. Her survivors include two daugh- from 1965 to 1982. She is survived by a Whitworth until her retirement in 1980. ters, Edna (Ruby) Elavsky, '76, and son and daughter, one brother, six grand- She is survived by two sisters and sev- Esme (Ruby) Davis, '81; two sons, children and 11 great-grandchildren. eral nieces and nephews. Henry Ruby, '77, and Bob Ruby, '78; and two brothers. Bruce Talkington, '72, died Nov. 20. A Bob Bocksch, chemistry professor from freelance writer, he received two Emmy 1958-1993, died May 3. (See story on Glenn Gilden, '48, died Mar. 11. During Awards as story editor for Disney's tele- Page 8.) his 43 years with the Salvation Army, vision series The New Adventures of Major Gilden worked with Vietnam War Winnie the Pooh. He also wrote Winnie J.F. Victor Vaughan, '23, died in May. refugees in Hong Kong, helped disaster the Pooh Stories for Bedtime. His survi- (See story on Page 26.) victims in Latin America, and oversaw vors include his wife, Susan. the construction of a community center Mary (Hinton) Knoll, '31, died Dec. 7. in Spokane. He is survived by his wife, Drucille Iverson, '88, died Mar. 25. She Following her graduation from Whitworth, Melba, two daughters, two sons, two was a graduate of Deaconess School of she spent many years as a missionary brothers, 17 grandchildren and 14 great- Nursing and worked as an emergency to the Mono Indians in California. After grandchildren. room registered nurse and as a nursing marrying, she and her husband, Lee supervisor at Deaconess Medical Cen- Knoll, served several pastorates be- Samuel Tague, '50, died Dec. 15. In ter. At the time of her retirement in fore making their final home in Spo- addition to receiving his bachelor's de- 1999, she worked in administration for kane in 1968. She is survived by a son, gree in education from Whitworth, he Group Health. Her survivors include a Paul Knoll, a daughter, Ruth (Knoll) also served as an athletics coach at the sister, Ladonna Colbert. Seignemartin, '65, four grandchildren, college. He is survived by one stepson one great-granddaughter and numer- and numerous nieces and nephews. We have also been informed of the deaths ous nieces and nephews. of Leonard DePew, '55, Sept. 30, and Howard Gage, '62, died Dec. 2. (See Evelyn (Sherwin) Yeates, '39. Harold Eastburg, '40, died Nov. 1. He is story on Page 8.) survived by his wife of 23 years, Geraldine, one daughter, one brother, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. :i~ ~. future whitworthians

We are pleased to welcome Susan (Odone, '88) and Steven Stevenson, Christopher, '94, and Joellen Hamming, the newest members of the a boy, Kyle Alan, Oct. 27. a girl, Shayla Rose, Oct. 17. Whitworth family and to congratulate .-their parents. Thomas, '89, and Carrie Lachermeier, a Gregory, '94, and Jennifer Loudon, a girl, Isabelle Catherine, Jan. 23, 2000. boy, Christopher Scott, Jan. 25. Debbie (Henderson, '80) and Peter Dodd, a girl, Sarah Joy, May 16, 1999. David, '90, and Sharon Hendrickx, a Heidi (Schmidt, '94) and David Pommer, girl, Brittany Leigh, Nov. 11. '96, a boy, Josiah Matthew, April 27. Susan (Frink, '81) and Mark Peterson, a girl, Pauline Elizabeth, May 12,2000. Susan (Packard, '90) and David Hagman, Camilla (Porter, '94) and Lance Rickman, a boy, John Spencer, Oct. 23. a girl, Gabrielle Renee, Jan. 15. Lori (Cloninger, '83) and Jeff Sweeney, a boy, Quinn Connor, July 29. Tim, '90, and Carol Kalafut, a boy, Spencer Michelle (Mooney, '94) and Andrew Robblee, Allen, Nov. 27. '95, a girl, Jessica Noel, Dec. 9. Phyllis (Bistrow, '83) and Robert Bistrow- Johnson, a girl, Tamela Kaye, July 20, Mark and Paige (Baker) Mcllraith, both Derek, '95, and Kim (McFadden '96) 1999. '92, a girl, Kenna Ann, Jan. 15. Edwards, a boy, Dietrich Kale, Nov. 19.

Peter, '84, and Violy Swicker, a boy, Melanie (Allerdings, '92) and Tim Figart, Misty (Davis, '95) and Anthony Jensen, Isaac Thomas, June 9, 2000. a girl, Maria Joy, July 22. '96, a girl, Rebekah Rae, Sept. 12.

Russell, '84, and Linda (Hendry, '85) Debra (Sorokin, '92) and Jerry Walker, Erika (Herrmann, '96) and Corey Kahler, Brown, a girl, Katherine Beth, May 30, a boy, Caleb Rogers, Oct. 30. a girl, Delaney Renee, Aug. 22. 2000. Toben and Joanne (Friedenstein) Heim, Amanda (Smith, '96) and Nathan Probst, Andrew, '87, and Kristine (Romberger, both '93, a girl, Emma Tyson, Jan. 25. a boy, Noah Durham, Nov. 2. '93) Sonneland, a boy, Andrew William, Karl, '93, and Shellie Roth, a boy, Kaleb Jonathan, '97, and Raechel (Densley, April 16. David, June 27, 1999. '99) Allen, a girl, Hannah Grace, April 13. Steve, '87, and Beth (Griffith, '89) Matthies, Jana (Baxter, '93) and Roger Olson, a a girl, Kathryn Ann, Jan. 29. girl, Karina Janae, Sept. 30 .

• class of '70 Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. Rhonda FAREWELL TO OLDEST ALUM was listed in Who's Who Among Wendell Jackson retired and America's Teachers 2000. sold his State Farm Insurance we're sad to report Richard Waterman received his agency. He and his wife, Carol, that J.R Victor master's in education from Old now spend summers in Anacortes, Vaughan, 23, Dominion University. Brian Leavitt Wash., and winters in South- passed away in is now a full-time grade-level ern California. They are also late May, just a counselor at Rogers High School enjoying traveling. few weeks after his in Spokane. 100th birthday. Vaughan, right, is class of'7 3 class of 'S2 shown celebrating 30th Reunion for Classes of 1971-73 - 20th Reunion for Classes of 1981-83 June 2&.30, 2002 his birthday on - June 28-30, 2002 May 6 with Phil and Vicki (Dobbs, '74) ftmiiy and friends Spangler hosted a group of 15 class of'S3 in Southern Whitworth students in Utah for 20th Reunion for Classes of 1981-83 - California. At far the third Spring Break in a June 28-30, 2002 right, the dashing row. Their home in Logan is a Vaughn in fUll great stopping point on the Michael Hale married Annemarie ftotball regalia way to the National Parks of Sauer in November in Los An- during the early Southern Utah, a favorite haunt geles. Lori Cloninger Sweeney 1920s at for Pirate outdoors enthusiasts. lives in Portland with her husband, Jeff, and son, Quinn. Whitworth. He The spangiers enjoyed the vis- She is campaign manager for was a SCience its so much, they want to rec- the Oregon State University major who, after additional coursework at ommend the experience to other Foundation. Bill Kuba has put the University of Southern California, Whitworth alumni worldwide. together a group of educators worked as a chemical engineer for 55 years. Phil works for Herff Jones Year- books and was recently pro- to form a decision manage- vaughan leaves one son, five grandchildren, 18 great-grand- moted to area sales manager ment consultant group, which children and one great-great-granddaughter. forthe Northeast U.S. and Eastern works with higher education Canada. Thefamilywill be moving institutions in developing strategic to Gettysburg, Penn., this summer. operational plans for recruit- class of '50 classes of'S 3 and '54 ment and retention processes. Early Fifties Reunion for Classes of Early Fifties Reunion for Classes of L_ Sue (Almour) Carroll is now 1950-54 - June 28-30, 2002 1950-54 - June 28-30, 2002 class of '79 working as the assistant to J. Graley Taylor and Dorothy Susan Lonborg completed a the associate vice president Johnson were married at First class of '61 certificate in human research for development at San Diego Presbyterian Church in Logan, 40th Reunion for Classes of 1961-63 - eth ics atthe University of Wash- State University. Utah, Oct. 21. Theylive in Kirkland, June 28-30, 2002 ington School of Medicine and Wash., where he is creative is a psychology professor at class of 'S4 director of the Academy of Re- Central Washington University. class of '62 Peter Swicker lives with his ligious Broadcasting and pro- She lives with her two children 40th Reunion for Classes of 1961-63 - wife, Violy, and son, Isaac, in ducer of ARB's Annual Awards in Ellensburg. Ian Maclnnes- June 28-30, 2002 New Jersey, where he works of Excellence. He also writes Green is interim minister at for the Department of Justice. The Creative Edge, a monthly Gerry Freese has moved from St. Andrew Presbyterian Church column reviewing films and Santa Maria, Calif., to Colville, in Davenport, Iowa. television. Rabbi Samuel Lerer Wash. class of 'S5 has retired from his congrega- class of'SO Ronald Oldenkamp is associ- tion in Mexico City. He and his ate pastor of discipleship at class of '63 Karen (Gundry) Assad, her wife have moved to Israel. First Presbyterian Church in 40th Reunion for Classes of 1961-63- husband, Osama, and their Roseville, Calif. June 28-30, 2002 children moved to Portland, Ore., cia" of '51 from Egypt, where Osama served 50th Reunion for Class of 1951, '50 class of '65 as country coordinator for Dorcas class of 'S6 and '52 Invited - June 29-July 1, 2001 William Duvall has been ap- Aid International, a Dutch-based Delaine Swenson is serving as Early Fifties Reunion for Classes of pointed the E. Jerry Whipple Christian relief and develop- regional director of the Ameri- 1950-54 - June 2&.30, 2002 Chair in History at Willamette ment organization. They have can Bar Association's legal reform University. established the first Dorcas project in the central Asian class of '52 Aid America office in Portland. nations of Kazakhstan, Turk- Early Fifties Reunion for Classes of class of '66 menistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1950-54 - June 28-30, 2002 class of 'SI and Kyrgyzstan. He currently Jim Meyer has returned from lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 20th Reunion for Classes 1981.s3 - Flossie (Jones) Holman is Mainland China after teaching of June 28-30, 2002 moderator of Sacramento English at Huinan Engineering Presbytery. General Assembly College in Anhui Province. He Rhonda (Ellis) Stradling mar- Moderator Syngman Rhee was hopes to be in India in 2002. ried Fernando Lara in August. in attendance at her installa- They are completing a home in tion Nov. 28. 26 Whitw0'tlrdllj class

class of '88 class of '89 has become a partner in Corkey in the Central Valley School and Jones Benefits, Inc" in District in Spokane. Ryan Lee Clements and Beth Timothy Black and his wife, Spokane. Marie Nurvic were married in AmY,'93, formed their own Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April community choral society in class of '91 7, 2000. They are living in Kentucky, where she directs class of '90 Homecoming and 10th Reunion - Spokane. Ryan is a financial the Lake Cumberland Children's Lisa Stack married Steven Jensen Sept. 28·30, 2001 consultant with Merrill Lynch, Chorus, and he conducts the in October at Glendale Presby- Corey Nelson completed his and Beth is a personal trainer Lake Cumberland Youth Jazz terian Church in La Crescenta, master of divinity at McCormick at 24-Hour Fitness. Laurena Choir and Adult Chorale. Amy Calif., with Tom Adams, '78, Theological Seminary in June Ketzel-Kerber helped lead the teaches fifth-grade music and officiating. Matt Hllgaertner 2000. Tracee Hackel is pas- Allied Signal-Honeywell Aero- choir at Meece Middle School, is now associate pastor for tor at Moran Presbyterian Church space merger integration. She and Tim is the director of mu- congregational life at Lake Grove in Moran, Kansas. Candace is now product line director for sic and teaches music theory Presbyterian Church in Lake Grossman works at Casey Family turbo propulsion engines for at Somerset Community Col- Oswego, Ore., and lives with Programs, a child and family Honeywell Aerospace in Phoe- lege in Somerset. Paula Pulver his wife, Kristi, in Tigard. Brian services agency. She is work- nix, Ariz. married Charles Hiatt, Sr., in Hastings is now counseling ing on her master's degree in March 2000. The Hiatts live in children in elementary schools social work at the University Ellensburg, Wash. Marcus Jackson of Washington. Brian Gage is

Alum seeks to unlock life's mysteries You've seen DNA models - strange, when 1 give a talk to a scientific audi- convoluted stick-and-ball contraptions ence or teach a class to medical students, that appear impenetrable to the non- I use the same intellectual skills that I scientific mind. Just as a layman might learned in my literature and history contemplate such a model, trying to un- classes. They taught me the importance derstand its intricacies, a team of te- of paying attention to details and of see, searchers, led by Professor Primal de ing how things connect. These two Lanerolle, '68, is plumbing the rnvster- things are the essence of being a good ies of DNA and RNA - and finding new scientist. " and surprising answers. After graduation, de Lanerolle got a Inside the nucleus of a cell, DNA master's degree in English literature at moves through protein "factories" on an San Francisco State. "But some of the assembly line that forges RNA messages upper-division science classes I had taken from DNA templates. Now, for the first from Howard Stien and Glen Erickson time, de Lanerolle and his team are dem- at Whitworth were starting to intrigue onstrating that these tiny factories, Primal de Lanerolle me," he says. "I did research at a local which produce the building blocks of life, works may demonstrate new ways to hospital for two years and fell in love with appear to be powered by myosin, a mo- treat cancers and other diseases." it. Research had the intellectual chal- lecular "motor" inside the cell's nucleus. Though de Lanerolle came to lenge that [ needed. [ also recognized that The group's findings were reported in the Whitworth planning to major in pre- it had great creative possibilities." 10 Oct. 131 2000, issue of Science. med, he found a new range of interests After earning his Ph.D. phvsiol- "The discovery is important," says de here. "What I really enjoyed were my ogy and pharmacology at u.e. San Di- Lanerolle, "because scientists figured English and humanities classes," he says. ego and spending five years at the Na- there had to be an engine or motor in "There was a group of terrific professors tiona 1Institutes of Health in Maryland, the nucleus powering transcription." in the humanities - Ebner, Richardson, de Lanerolle has been at the College of But he says that no one could find it- Cunningham, Duvall, Lee - who In- Medicine, University of Illinois at Chi- until now. "Our work shows that tran- spired the scholar in me. They chal- cago, since 1984. scription and muscle contraction are lenged me intellectually and taught me "My Whitworth education did not similar," he says. "Consequently, it may the skills that I use to this day." prepare me for a specific job," says de be possible to use what scientists know Those skills continue to contribute Lanerolle. "It prepared me for any job, about muscle contraction to better un- to de Lanerolle's work. "1 use the same period. I also made some great friends derstand transcription, the key first step approach that I learned in my freshman and did a lot of growing up in an mcred- in gene expression. DNA transcription speech class at Whitworth to organize ibly supportive atmosphere. For these is essential for cells to grow and divide, my grant applications," he says. "When things, 1 will be eternally grateful to so an improved understanding of how it 1 research a subject or write a paper, Whitworth."

• 21. Both are employed as youth appraiser and a member of the directors in Spokane. Marga- National Association of Mas- ret works at Hamblen Park Pres- ter Appraisers. He has earned byterian Church, Nathan at Heri- the designation AAR, "Accred- tage Congregational. Amy Roberts ited in Appraisal Review." Andrew Wark is on a three-year tour Dalzell is president of Wasted with the Air Force in England Monkey Productions in Glen- and lives 70 miles north of dale, Calif. He has recently London. Scott Schmidt is working been involved with projects at on the restoration of down- Universal Studios and Disney- town Spokane's historic Dav- Quest Orlando and has com- enport Hotel (including gild- pleted the audio work for a ing the Marie Antoinette room). film, Richard Roe, which is touring Tanya Heiple is living in Redmond, film festivals. He has also been Wash., and plans to finish her involved with dialogue record- master's degree in English as ing for the Warner Brothers' a second language at Seattle series Batman Beyond, Deten- Pacific University this summer. tions, The Zeta Project, Jus- Matt Boles has been working tice League and the video re- on a combined M.D./M.Sc. de- lease of Batman Beyond: Re- gree in the Caribbean and has turn of the Joker. conducted athesis orotcct. The SIX GATHER FOR CLASS OF '41 REUNION Effects of Iron Deficiency Ane- class of '97 mia on Cognition in Infants, in Five graduates from the Class 0/'41 and onefrom the Class of Teresa Hochstatter married Alan Grenada, West Indies. The project '42 assembled at their reunion, held on May 19. Pictured are, Nicholas in May 2000. Amy was accepted for presentation from left, Betty (Ferrell) Messex; Harriet (Thorndike) (Clark) McNelly and her hus- and publication at the Ameri- Eaton, '42; Faye (DujJ) Luck; Edith (Purcell) Manildi; band, Matthew, '98, are at- can Medical Student Associa- Rev. Douglas Coleman; and Dorathea Teeter. tending Princeton Theological tion Conference, where it earned Seminary, where she is work- honorable mention. Matt is ing on her master of divinity now living in Portland, Ore., for the Seattle Supersonics at completing medical training at degree, and he is working on and running his own design Full House Sports and Enter- St. George's University Hospi- his master of divinity and master firm. Check out his work at tainment in Seattle. Andrea tal in New Jersey. Sheila Brown of arts in youth ministry. Kresha www.btiangagece sign.corn . Tuinstra has completed her married Jeramie Anderson in Frankhauser has moved to master's degree in art with a August 1999 and is in the pro- Spokane to pursue a career in special focus on clay sculp- cess of opening a music acad- class of'92 opera. David Collins is work- ture at the University of Mon- emy. She is music director at Dolly (Cooke) Jackson recently ing on sound design for video tana in Missoula. She is now Country Homes Christian Church left Whitworth after nine years games and other multimedia working at her studio in Spo- in Spokane. in the annual giving program at LucasArts Entertainment kane and applying for teach- to live in Connecticut and work Company in San Rafael, Calif. lngjcbs at colleges. Scot Crandal class of '96 as a regional gift officer for St. He recently composed music conducted for the Episcopal Bonaventure University in Olean, Joshua Hsieh received his master for a documentary video on Parish of St. John's as they N.Y. She and her pug dog, Chester, of divinity degree from Vancouver child abduction. Tisha Leslie produced their first CD, Mozart can't wait to see their first School of Theology and serves moved to Atlanta, Ga., where Mass in C Major, available on autumn in New England and to as a youth pastor in the San she works at JWG Associates, Amazon.com. Scot's wife, Karen enjoy life one hour north of Francisco area. Lesley Will· an advertising agency. Virginia (Gruber, '91), was also involved New York City. Susie Chang iams leads focus groups for a (Beavis) Hill is living in Poulsbo, in the production of the CD. graduated with honors and re- research firm in Los Angeles. Wash., and working as a mar- ceived an MBA from Georgetown Her work recently took her to keting/advertising consultant University in May. After vaca- class of '94 England, France, Italy, Spain, for local and national Chris- tioning on the West Coast, she Julie Litchfield married Eric Germany and Finland. She is tian ministries. Dave Roth is will join KPMG Consulting in Main in June and is working at also a member of the Pacific working in Portland, Ore., as a Virginia as a senior consultant a rehabilitation center for adults ResidentTheatre in Venice Beach, marketing coordinator for in their communications and with acquired brain injuries in Calif. Christine Bishop mar- Learning.com, which delivers content industry group. the San Francisco Bay area. ried William Trochman in No- technical skills training mod- Laurie Werner is getting her vember. The Trochmans live in ules via the Internet to the K- class of '93 master's in public administra- Santa Clara, Calif. Mumtaz Khan 12 market. Mark Jackson com- tion at Evans School of Public completed his doctorate and, pleted his master's degree in John Jenkins and Divina Palmes Affairs at the University of Wash- upon returning to Pakistan, began pastoral ministry at Gonzaga were married Oct. 14 in Saipan. ington, where she is research work at a local college as dean University and is now director Karl Roth is senior pastor at assistant to the associate dean. of the business management of congregational ministries at Crossroads Community Church department. Three years ago, Central Lutheran Church in in La Habra, Calif., where he class of '95 he established Cybernetics Spokane. Angela Dudley and lives with his wife, Shellie, and College, which focuses on in- Joseph Feryn were married Dec. tnetr two children. Kevin Parker Margaret Meeker and Nathan formation technology. Peter Ives 16. The Feryns live in Spo- works in community relations Carson, '98, were married Oct. is a state-certified real estate

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kane, where Angela works for finished her master's in higher months in the Washington, D.C., School of Law, where she is a Greater Spokane Young Life education and is working as a area. Hilary Martin finished member of the Law Review. and Joseph teaches at Gonzaga career development counselor her master's in industrial en- Nathan Williams and Star Olson, Prep. at Massachusetts Institute of gineering at California Polytechnic '00, were married Sept. 21. Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Institute and works as a capi- They are living in Hermiston, class of '98 Monica Parmley is an office tal systems engineer at Intel Ore., where Nate teaches sixth manager for Portland Metro in Hillsboro, Ore. Kimberly (Sage) grade and Star is a special- Kyra Brandvold married Dustin SMART(Start Making AReader Rasmussen has returned from education teacher. Camille Cooke Richardson in July. She is teaching Today), a children's literacy volunteer teaching in Nairobi, is working as marketing coor- at Riverside Elementary School program. Katherine Pavidis is Kenya. Stacey Withrow mar- dinator for the Los Angeles in Spokane, and he is a pro- working as a resource special- ried James Hill, '00, in De- Philharmonicand HollywoodBowl. duce clerk at Fred Meyer. Jen- ist, teaching English to grades cember in Spokane. Jason, '99, Kristen (Vancil) and Ryland nifer Lee is in the doctorate of six through eight. She is living and Carry (Kyle) Struthers live Carter moved to Vashon Island, clinical psychology program at in Long Beach, Calif., and plans in San Diego, Calif., where Wash., where he is a youth pas- George Fox University. She works to finish her master's degree Jason works in gene therapy tor in partnership with Young as a teaching assistant for a in education this May. Jesse research and development. Carry Life, and she is enrolled in a graduate-level ethics in cor- Malott receivedthe Dean's Schol- works at the Salk Institute master of theology program at rections health course at arship at Fuller Theologlcal Semi- and plans to pursue graduate the Northwest extension of Fuller Multnomah County Jail. Kelley nary, where he is working on school in the fall. Theological Seminary. Brent Leigh was married in Septem- his master of divinity degree. Kaufman and Jennifer Rickard ber to Samuel Matthews in His wife, Marilee (Nunn), is class of '99 were married Aug. 4 and are Edinburgh, Scotland. They own working on her master's in the- living in Spokane. Brent is an Jessica Moore is in her sec- a Scottish import business in ology. Sheridan Allen joined assistant manager at Office ond year at Seattle University Catoosa, Okla. Alisa Tongg Americorps and will live for 10 Depot, and Jennifer works for Tissue makes a break for pros It's possible that no one expected [en- NCAA Division I players selected in the nifer Tissue, '98, to be where she is to, draft, which also included most of the day - except Jennifer Tissue herself. major international players from such After years of dedication and hard work, powerhouse women's soccer nations as Tissue is a member of the Boston Break- China, Norway and Brazil. ers of the Women's United Soccer As, "It's such an honor," says Tissue. "I satiation (WUSA). really didn't expect to get drafted. I After graduating as the holder of ev- thought I had a good shot at getting ery Whitworth soccer scoring record, signed as a free agent." Tissue spent some time as an assistant Boston, which signed U.S. national coach with the Bucs, then as a player team members Kristine Lilly (mid, for the San Francisco Nighthawks, a fielder), Kate Sobrero (defender) and semi-professional team. She led the Tracy Ducar (goalkeeper), also drafted Nighthawks in scoring for two seasons Dagney Mellgran of Norway, who scored and was chosen to join a select team of the game-winning goal against the players in a series of matches in China. United States in the gold medal match Then came the Women's World Cup, at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. in 1999. The first-place finish of the Jennifer Tissue After being drafted by the Breakers, home team in this tournament, held on who playa Zl-rnatch regular season U.S. soil for the first time, spawned plans 200 players was invited after a nation- schedule that began in April and runs for a professional women's soccer league wide search, and most were products of through August, Tissue still had to make made up of the highest-caliber players major NCAA Division I soccer pro- the team. Twenty-eight players invited from around the world. The WUSA was grams. But Tissue made the most of the to camp were whittled down to the 20 formed, with members of the World Cup WUSA's invitation to show her stuff. who would make up the final roster. championship team assigned evenly Undeterred by the high-powered com- Again, the slighrly built young woman among the eight initial association petition, she distinguished herself at the from the tiny Division-Ill. school came teams. combine and was drafted by the Break- through and made the cut. After the 2000 Summer Olympics, an ers in the first WUSA draft in Decem- "It's going to be a challenge," says the invitation-only women's soccer com- ber. Fewer than half of the original play- taciturn TIssue about competing with bine, sponsored by the WUSA, was held ers invited to the combine were drafted. some of the world's best players. "But I in Florida. The final pool of just over Tissue was one of only two non- feel pretty confident."

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First Interstate Bank. Angela schools in Spokane's School Sharalyn Throckmorton in Au- grad student notes Reynolds is working with the District 81. gust in Spokane. Cindy Little's Peace Corps in Gaya, Niger, research paper, Gifted Children Jim Creasman, M.I.T. '93, an where she is building a school- class of '00 with Disabilities: A Closer Look, English and creative writing teacher house in a village of 400 people. will be published in Gifted Child at North Central High School Julie Bonner and Jason Ross Polly Martin is working on her Taday's Fall 2001 issue. Kevin in Spokane, was named Teacher were married July 22. They live master of library science de- Benson is the assistant direc- of the Month in April by East- in Kotzebue, Alaska, where Julie gree at Indiana University in tor for annual giving and church ern Washington University, KHQ is a second-grade teacher, and Television and Sylvan Learn- Bloomington. Nicole Polen was relations and fine arts tour co- Jason is teaching the fourth accepted for the doctoral pro- ordinator at Whitworth. ing Center. Hoon Jang, M.I.M. gram for human development grade. Alicia Favreau spent '99, is working on the Infor- some time working in Zambia mation Systems Team for at the University of California class of '01 at Davis, where she has been as a Peace Corps Public Health Samsung Securities in Seoul, working on her master's in child volunteer. Damian Putney is Luke Edward Thomas and Jen- Korea. Graduate School of In- living in Spokane and working development. Richard Wells and nifer Marie Mittmann were ternational Management alumni as a staff accountant in the Diane Lyon, '00, were married married Aug. 5. They are liv- Kyutae Shim and Minkyu Park, in December at St. Aloysius tax and business ,assurance ing in Spokane, where Luke is '99, Hyunju Kim, '00, and departments at Moss Adams Roman Catholic Church in Spo- a teacher at Mount Spokane Kabmook Kaung, '01, have LLP. Shane Wolf won the As- kane. Sarah Dingman married High School and Jennifer is in launched Dotcom Club Co. Ltd., sociation of Presbyterian Col- Peter Bungum in September. bankcard services at Bank of a venture-consulting group based They are living in Eugene, Ore. leges and Universities' first- America. Sarah Guske will at- in Seoul, Korea, which assists Brooke Kiener has been ac- annual poster-design contest. tend UC Davis Law School next international start-up businesses. cepted by New York University's His winning entry will be used fall to study patent and intel- The Graduate School of Inter- in APCU's future publicity ef- graduate program in theatre lectual property law. Stacey national Management is a semi- education. Julia Frey married forts. William Mather and Rachal Fundenberger celebrated her finalist in the nonprofit cat- Shim were married in January Brad Bytnar, '01, in August in graduation with a vacation to egory for the Spokane Regional 2000 by Curt Kekuna, '70, at Spokane. Jared Stover is working Southern California, and won Chamber of Commerce's AGORA First Presbyterian Church of through a series of schools as $46,000 in cash and prizes on Awards program. The annual Honolulu, Hawaii. Nate Tomsheck a combat medic in the Marine The Price is Right show. She program honors entrepreneurs has been accepted for the top- Corps Special Operations in plans to put her winnings to- for their contributions to the ranked graduate program in tech- amphibious reconnaissance. ward paying off her student Inland Northwest's economic nical theatre at Yale Univer- Jennifer Hardt is a counselor loans. and cultural progress. sity. Aaron Sweatt married at Bemiss and Stevens Elementary Alumni group names first Hardwick Scholar When the Hardwick Union Building worked with the college to come up with came down in 1993, rhe college losr another appropriate tribute to more than an antiquated campus land, Hardwick. mark. It also lost a tribute to one of Now, to honor their Whitworth men; Whitworth's finest. tor and friend, alumni of the Hardwick Francis Tiley Hardwick served era have established the Francis 111ey Whitworth in myriad ways during his and Fern Hardwick Memorial Scholar- 20-plus years at the college, most sig- ship Fund. In a little more than one year nificantly as dean and interim president. since its formal creation, the fund has A true Renaissance man, he is credited been fully endowed at more than with keeping Whitworrh alive during $25,000 with contributions from 115 difficult times that included The Great different households. Depression and World War II. The first Hardwick Scholar was an- LeRoy Hook, '40, poses with Rose Sliger, Graduates from the Hardwick era '02, the first recipient of the Francis Tiley nounced in May: Rose Sliger, an En, (1929-1949) have contnbuted to vari- and Fern Hardwick Scholarship. glish literature major and member of the ous programs at the college for more class of 2002 from Davenport, Wash., than 50 years. Some of them assisted growing legacy of the college. hopes to work in a library, school, or mu- with plannmg and fund-raising for the Since 19931 a tenacious group of seum after graduating. She will receive original Hardwick Union Building (the alumni volunteers including Dorothy $1,500for the 2001-02 school year, thus first HUB). Many of these alumni have (Brown) Helland, '39; LeRoy Hook, guaranteeing that the accomplishments also sent their children and grandchil- ,40j Keith Murray, '38j Grant Rodkey, of Francis Tiley Hardwick and the dren to Whitworth, contributing in both '39; John Rodkey, '47; Dorathea Tee- alumni of his era will live on at tangible and intangible ways to the ter, '41; and Paul Wikstrom, '40, have Whitworth in perpetuity.

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¥to ~yat~WWt ~HE ~W9RTH ARCHIVE IS ALIVE and growing, .~. 1\'lbng with our collection of historic college materials e: and 10 9,lI,),'!nf40n / ~e' d like to include your church in the archive. J c please mail a copy of your church's history book or booklet to: ~ I - ~ --Janet Hauck, Archivist / b r,r,.;Whitworth College Library 300 W. Hawthorne Road Spokane, WA 99251 If your church is interested in donating all of its historical records to the archive, please contact Dale Soden, professor of history and director of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning, at (509) 777-4433 or dsodeneewhitworth.edu, or get in touch with Janet Hauck, college archivist, at (50~) 777-4751 or v [email protected]. We will develop a donation record for your church and arrange for the transfer of materials. On your next visit to campus, stop by "'-' the Whitworth Arthive in furriet Cheney .s Cowl.!. Memolial Lib~ary_an"dsee~na( Ih~ we're up to!~r.J c- ; ,/i~ ,,-4- ~ ~~ -<-L-L frV;1~ / ~ P k /.;J7~~~d)