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IN YOUR WORDS Ɋ&A and Letters 4 What is the one thing you couldn’t have survived at Rolla without?
AROUND THE PUCK Wetland warrior 6 Donald Hey, CE’63, is restoring wetlands. An oil against obesity 7 Wild almond tree oil affects insulin resistance. An app for depression? 8 Internet usage could signal the blues. Homecoming overview 10 Miner Road Trip review. Overview: inductions 12 and commencement “The sky is not the limit.” Supporting what 14 matters most A look at the year in giving. Ɋueen of speed 17 Nikia Chapman races to win … in Elmo socks.
FEATURES A modern mentor 18 Get to know S&T's 21st leader. Need for a house 25 hits home for Miners Finding a place to call home.
ON THE COVER BEYOND THE PUCK Section events 31 Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader List of upcoming events. (atop Centennial Hall) intends to Class notes 32 take Missouri S&T to new heights. Find out what your former classmates are up to. Memorials 43 We remember our classmates and friends. Donor 48 Steve Frey, MS Phys’86
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, , MAGAZINE 8000000 Missouri S&T Magazine is written, edited and designed by the staff of the Missouri S&T Communications Department and the Miner Alumni Association.
Gallons per year of water savings projected from the geothermal energy project. CHANCELLOR Cheryl B. Schrader
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Joan Nesbitt
MINER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT John Eash, AE’79, MS EMgt’90
EDITORS Megan Kean-O’Brien, MS TComm’12 (Design & Production) 600 Percentage of 600 Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84 (Alumni) Wells to be drilled on S&T freshmen Mary Helen Stoltz, Engl’95 (News & Features) campus as part of the receiving geothermal energy ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS financial aid or project. Drilling Andrew Careaga Linda Fulps Mindy Limback scholarships. began in the Lance Feyh John Kean Luke Rinne spring. ASSOCIATE ALUMNI EDITORS 82 Linda Fulps Katie Machovsky Nancy Zamazanuk
ASSOCIATE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION EDITORS Brandan Deason Jake Otto Year the geothermal STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER energy project is expected B.A. Rupert to be completed.
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EDITOR’S TOP FIVE Dear fellow alumni: It is my great pleasure to introduce to PICKS you Cheryl B. Schrader, the 21st leader of Missouri S&T. Since arriving in April, she’s wasted no time getting to know the campus and its people, as well as alumni (and share their own stories) when they Did you know Chancellor Cheryl and government leaders. Now it’s time for come back to Rolla. Chancellor Schrader 1} B. Schrader was honored by the White House for mentoring you to get to know her. supports that vision and gave the project women and underrepresented Her story is compelling. A champion of a boost this fall by earmarking a $500,000 minorities in engineering? Read STEM education and women and minorities estate gift for the house. The bequest will her story on page 18. in education, Schrader has a passion for be used as a challenge grant to attract mentorship and understands how powerful more contributions. When the challenge Karl F. Hasselmann, MinE’25, was one of the first people to positive role models can be for young is met, we’ll be $1.5 million closer to 2} successfully drill for oil in the adults. On the following pages, you’ll learn completion of the project. Read more Gulf of Mexico. Read more about about her own role model and about the about the project, including ways that the namesake of the Hasselmann ways she mentors today’s students. You’ll you can contribute, on page 25. Alumni House — and learn more learn about her research background, meet Keeping in touch with Miner alumni — about giving opportunities — on her family and learn about her vision for and faculty, staff and students — is one page 26. the future of Missouri S&T. of Chancellor Schrader’s goals. One of the An S&T grad competed in track A large part of that vision involves ways she’s doing that is through social 3} and field at the London Olympic you, fellow alumni. As we continue to media. Follow her on Twitter at Games. Find out how he did on raise funds for the Hasselmann Alumni @SandTChancellor. page 40. House, we do so with the dream of having Read on, and enjoy the Fall/Winter issue a comfortable place for Miners to gather of Missouri S&T Magazine! People with symptoms of 4} depression use the Internet differently than others. Read Mary Helen Stoltz more about the research behind that finding — and plans to create Engl’95 an app to trigger a diagnosis — on news & features editor page 8.
2013 marks the 105th Best Ever. 5} Come back to campus March 16 Corrections and help us celebrate.
Thank you to Dave Zimmerman, CE’69, for On page 30 in the “On the road” section, we pointing out that we misidentified one of the cars mislabeled two of the photos. Photo No. 2 is displayed by Dick Burdick, ME’52, in his classic actually the Camaro owned by Stephen Rode, car garage in Texas. What we labeled a 1957 ChE’84. Photo No. 3 is the Galaxie owned by Chevrolet Bel Air convertible in the photo on page Lloyd A. Meffert, ME’88, and his wife, Deanna. 41 of the Summer 2012 issue is actually a 1956 We apologize for these two errors. Chevrolet Bel Air.
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To read additional answers, letters and for all of this issues’ tweets, go online to magazine.mst.edu.
A roof-mounted FM dipole antenna. … I vividly recall the day I braved brisk winds and a very steep roof atop the old three-story Sigma Nu “White House.” I was able to secure an inexpensive A dipole antenna to the brick chimney, after which I sat on the peak of the roof for what seemed like a It would be my HP calculator. I had an long time. My prolonged rest had less to do with HP 28S in Thermodynamics. Without it, a fabulous view than it did with my appreciation I would never have been able to graduate. for the danger of going down backward over I will always live in an RPN universe. shingles rendered smooth and brittle by Shame on you, TI and Casio lovers. decades of sun and rain. The effort, however, And also a beer or two, but that’s a given. paid dividends far in excess of the investment. For years I listened to (St. Louis radio station) Richard A. Geisler, EE’89 KSHE FM from midnight to whenever I finished Indian Trail, N.C. my homework. … Who knows? Perhaps I could have survived without the antenna, graduated Q Nothing was better on a cold night after without KSHE, and learned to embrace music by hitting the books than loading up a bunch One Hundred and One Strings or “Coal Miner’s of guys from the gym in one of the old Daughter.” Maybe I could have a useful and What is the one jalopies and heading out to Ramey’s for a fulfilling life without the inextricable linkages cheeseburger, a cold beer and those greasy induced by “Hijack” or “PNS” or the frequency- thing you couldn’t French fries, listening to that loud juke box. modulated alchemy of the counterculture Dick Boyett, CE’58 expressed as song; but I cannot imagine a better Fort Smith, Ark. place and time to visit in my music-induced have survived at reveries. Oh, please don’t tell my mother about the whole roof thing. Even though the event is My wife, Jan. We were married the summer more than 40 years in the past, she still worries. Rolla without? before I started and that gave me a purpose Ron Durbin, EE’75 to stay focused. We celebrated our 41st Everybody has one. You know, that Shalimar, Fla. anniversary in July 2012. one thing that got you though school. For some it was a laptop, a calculator or Tom Mittler, CE’75 My slide rule. Because God did not give me a slide rule. For others, it was all about Longview, Texas enough fingers and toes. friends and family. Here are a few things Miners say they couldn’t have lived without Terry Wormington, EE’71, MS EE’72 during their time on campus. Satellite Beach, Fla.
Watch for the next question in your Miner Email your answers to [email protected], or via Facebook or Twitter, by Jan. 1, 2013. Alumni Association eNewsletter.
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On Nov. 23, 1965, I took possession of a 1966 I very much enjoyed reading the latest I really enjoyed the recent Summer 2012 issue Pontiac GTO hardtop in Rolla, Mo. I was a college magazine — particularly the article on the of Missouri S&T Magazine. I am also a car graduating senior. I had no job. I had, as yet, no two young rally competitors. enthusiast. This is a photo of my 1932 Ford firm job offer. Nonetheless, the dealer offered a Back in the day, there were other alumni who Roadster. Best regards. financing deal: my old 1958 Hillman Minx, no did well in this sport. Mike Muenter, CSci’81, was payments for 30 days. The first year’s insurance an accomplished co-driver, winning mid-divisional was included in the purchase price and the first championships in 1985 and 1986. three payments were $25. The deal was closed After getting prescription glasses, I was in less than 30 minutes. The dealer gave me the Southwest Division driver champion in 1988, keys and told me to drive it off of the show room 1989, 1992 and 1994. Mike and I shared great floor, which I did. I bought the car with every times. He changed to the driver’s seat and we intention of keeping it forever. So far so good. had matching paint jobs for a season or two. The week of July 4, 2012, the National Many, many miles and many chocolate GTO Convention was held in Loveland, Colo. I chip cookies with beer. Great times. We still entered my Goat in the unrestored (or factory get together when I am back in Missouri. original) category. I received a plaque certifying Raymond Lasmanis, GGph’63, Dave Thomas, ME’81 that I am the original owner. The car (not me) Ranier, Wash. Waxahachie, Texas received a Concours Bronze Award (as did about 10 other cars). I missed silver by only 13 For years, Internet security has been a pet peeve of Zeno’s Motel and Steakhouse closed down shortly points. And, the crowning glory — Best of Show mine. Specifically, the absurd belief that replacing after Homecoming 2011. The establishment was for Factory Original. password characters with black dots somehow founded in 1957 on what was then U.S. Highway I am thrilled to have received these awards. makes the whole process secure. 66 by the Zeno Scheffer family. It featured a first- I just had to share this with you. Typing any complex series of characters, class restaurant, cocktail lounge, renowned gift often from a very small keyboard, is difficult and shop, 50 rooms of lodging, banquet rooms, and fraught with errors. Many Internet users select a indoor and outdoor swimming pools. Over the simple, easy-to-remember (and type) password to past 54 years, it played a part in the lives of many avoid the inconvenience of dealing with a strong students and alumni during Homecoming and password. Worse yet, they use that same password St. Pat’s celebrations, fraternity party weekends universally. As they type their dog’s name, for and other functions. Mike and Tracey Scheffer example, seeing each character being replaced by operated the facility through 2011. It was a living a black dot, they mistakenly believe their account tribute to a lifestyle that seems to be sadly fading on the ‘secure’ website they are entering is, in fact, and will be missed by many old alumni. secure. Laughable, to put it bluntly. Your research on the FREEDM project might Dave Bufalo, CE’66 consider my simple and secure technique for real Denver website security. If users on the smart grid are challenged with the black-dot password entry you can be sure that their mother’s middle name I am not the only one who smiles when the hard will be used as a password then as often as it is copy of your magazine is delivered to me in my today. How secure will the grid be then? hometown in Shiraz, Iran, by the mailman. The mailman himself, a young man in this case, sees Don Laughlin, Math’64 this as a sign that his job is going to stay for the Colorado Springs, Colo.
time being, so he delivers the magazines to me Details of Laughlin’s website security with special care and honor. technique are available online at Ghassem Takmil, ChE’77 magazine.mst.edu. Shiraz, Iran
Jim Toutz, ME’54 Dodd City, Texas
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Photo by Rebekah Raleigh
Donald Hey: wetland warrior
Crusade: Donald Hey, CE’63, executive agricultural outlet ditches, storm sewers, His plan: Convince farmers in the basin director of Wetlands Research Inc. in and canalized streams and rivers.” to give up growing commodity crops Wadsworth, Ill., is passionate about like corn and soybeans, and convert proving the effectiveness, sustainability The solution: “Wetlands are a natural their fields to wetlands, creating what and economic efficiency of using restored solution for flood water storage,” Hey he calls a “nutrient farm.” Land owners wetlands for water quality management says. They will also remove contaminants participating in the riverine national and flood control. He believes wetlands like nitrogen and pharmaceuticals, and park would keep their land, build trails are the answer because they’re good for sequester phosphorous and mercury and lodges, and collect fees for hunting, conservation and the economy alike. now contaminating our water resources. fishing and camping. At the same time, “Aquatic plants absorb the contaminants, the owners would produce and sell The problem: Over the past 200 years, die and sink below the surface of the other ecosystem services: water quality the loss of more than 70 million acres of water where they become peat,” Hey credits, flood water storage and carbon wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin explains. “As long as we don’t try to use sequestration. These services would has caused poor water quality, increased the newly formed peat for animal feed or generate three to four times the income water pollution and flood damage, and human consumption, we are safe.” that the landowners now earn from reduced wildlife habitat and biodiversity, raising livestock or growing commodity Hey says. “Water used to sit on the Next big thing: Hey hopes to create a crops, Hey says. “We have a lot of work ground between eight and 20 days after riverine national park — a 14-million-acre to do to get our lives in balance with it rained or snow melted. Now it is gone wetland restoration project in the upper nature but we can do it. That’s what I’m in less than 24 hours due to drain tiles, Mississippi River floodplains. working for.”
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An oil against obesity
By affecting microorganisms in our bellies, an oil made from wild almond tree seeds could help our bodies fight obesity and diabetes, saysDaniel Oerther, the John and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering. P eabody Adding sterculic oil to the diets of obese laboratory mice increased their sensitivity Energy gift
to insulin and improved their glucose tolerance. The oil suppresses the bodily enzyme Peabody Energy recently contributed stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, which is associated with insulin resistance, a condition that $250,000 to a rock mechanics can lead to diabetes and obesity. laboratory at Missouri S&T. Ph.D. candidate Shreya Ghosh studied 28 male mice — 14 of them obese and 14 The facility gives students a place normal. She separated the mice into four groups and for nine weeks fed a standard diet to prepare and test rock samples, to one group of obese mice and one group of non-obese mice. Over the same period, she characterize rock formations, check added 0.5 percent of sterculic oil to the diets of one group of obese mice and one group of safety and stability, and model and non-obese mice. Ghosh recorded the weights, food consumption and glucose levels of the analyze ground control. mice during the nine-week period. A DNA analysis of the gut microbiota, conducted at King Abdullah Institute of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, confirmed a correlation between the diet, improved glucose tolerance and groups of microbes. Even though the mice fed a diet with sterculic Virtual mining oil did not experience weight loss, both Ghosh and Oerther believe their findings could lead to new insights into controlling diabetes and weight gain. Mining engineering students can now Oerther and Ghosh presented their research last June at the 2012 American Society for get simulated training in surface mining Microbiology general meeting in San Francisco. techniques, heavy machinery and materials handling systems, all without leaving the comfort of McNutt Hall. S&T’s Virtual Surface Mining Facility was funded through gifts from A rare view of Venus Caterpillar Global Mining, Luminant Energy, Immersive Technologies and P&H Mining — all members of the Mining Engineering Development Board. The facility houses two AES 2B base simulators, one dragline conversion kit and one shovel-dump truck conversion kit. In addition to teaching S&T students, the facility will allow for industry training and development.
In print
September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far, by John C. McManus, associate professor of history and political science.
Design for Six Sigma in Product and Wyatt Aegan, 8, of Vichy, Mo., views the transit of Venus across the sun through the filtered Service Development, co-edited by 80-milimeter telescope at Missouri S&T’s observatory near sunset on June 5. Below Aegan is an iPad Elizabeth Cudney, PhD EMgt’06, showing a view of the sun through a telescope in Hawaii. Venus is the black dot silhouetted against assistant professor of engineering the orange solar disc. The observatory was busy for the entire transit time between 5:05 p.m. and sunset with hundreds of area residents lining up to see the rare sight. The next chance to see Venus management and systems engineering. transit the sun will occur in December 2117. (Photo by Terry Barner/ Missouri S&T)
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An app for Depression?
College students who show signs of depression tend to use file-sharing in a more “random” manner — frequently services, send email and chat online more than their counterparts, switching among applications, perhaps according to Sriram Chellappan, assistant professor of computer science. from chat rooms to games to email. Chellappan studied the link between Internet usage and depression, and Chellappan thinks that randomness may indicate trouble concentrating, a hopes to use his findings to create software that could track Internet usage characteristic associated with depression. and alert users if their patterns indicate symptoms of depression. A paper describing the research, titled “Associating Depressive Symptoms in hellappan’s study is minimum criteria for depression based College Students with Internet Usage believed to be the first that on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Using Real Internet Data,” is scheduled uses actual Internet data, Depression scale. The researchers then to be published in the December issue of collected unobtrusively and collected a month’s worth of Internet data IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. anonymously,C to associate Internet usage for those students, assigning pseudonyms Kotikalapudi is the paper’s chief with signs of depression. Previous studies to keep their identities hidden. They found author. His co-authors are Chellappan; relied on surveys to collect data. He that the depressed students used the Frances Montgomery, Curators’ believes surveys are less accurate because Internet much differently than the other Teaching Professor of psychological people’s memories fade over time and study participants. science; Donald C. Wunsch, the M.K. they tend to answer questions in a way Chellappan and his colleagues found Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor that will be viewed favorably by others — that depressed students tended to use of Computer Engineering; and Karl F. a tendency called social desirability bias. higher “packets per flow” applications, Lutzen, information security officer for In the study, Chellappan and those high-bandwidth applications often Missouri S&T’s IT department. Raghavendra Kotikalapudi, MS CSci’11, associated with online videos and games, tested 216 Missouri S&T undergraduates than their counterparts. for signs of depression. About 30 percent Students who showed signs of of the students in the study met the depression also tended to use the Internet
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Prehistoric rocks offer clues about climate change For most of the past decade, Wan Yang has spent his summers camping and High-tech hiking in the Bogda Mountains in northwest China, collecting rock samples grave hunting that predate dinosaurs by millions of years. His goal? To better understand the Earth’s climate history and gain clues about future climate change. Using modern technology, a group of geological science and engineering “The formation of rocks has everything to do with climate,” says Yang, associate professor of researchers from S&T helped a Phelps geological sciences and engineering. “Different climate settings have different sediments, soil County cemetery locate old grave sites types and vegetation. The beauty of the geological record is that we can see changes in the dating back before the Civil War. past, which gives us some guide to predict future changes.” “Corn Creek Cemetery has graves Yang spends his summers working in the high desert of northwest China because it’s dating back to the 1830s, and many one of the few places to have a land record from Pangea, the supercontinent that existed graves are marked by only a simple between 200 million and 350 million years ago. Land records are hard to preserve because natural stone, if that,” says Neil they are exposed to the elements, Yang says, so most research has typically been done Anderson, professor of geological using marine records instead. The seawater offers better protection of the rocks below, as sciences and engineering. Missouri S&T students saw first-hand in June during a field course led by Yang and two Using ground-penetrating radar other professors from Trinity and Guizhou universities in southern China. technology, the researchers found six “Most people don't realize that 250 million years ago the greatest, most severe mass locations where there are likely grave extinction in the Earth’s history occurred,” Yang says. sites with no identifying grave stones. Yang returned to Rolla in early August with more than 300 pounds of volcanic ash Evgeniy Torgashov, a graduate (known as tuff). Zircon, a special mineral in the ash, can be used to accurately date student in geological sciences and the rocks and will help to more precisely determine the pace of the terrestrial mass engineering, used the technology to extinction and climatic change, he says. differentiate potential grave sites from “There are so many things we would like to know,” he says. things like buried rocks, roots and other ground disturbances. The cemetery association plans to mark the six locations found with natural stones out of respect for the buried remains and to help ensure that the final resting places remain undisturbed.
Wan Yang examines rock samples that predate dinosaurs by millions of years in an effort to better understand the history of the Earth’s climate.
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Homecoming Miner Road Trip recap
At the 2012 Homecoming Legends Banquet, the Miner Alumni Association honored a select group of alumni and faculty for their accomplishments and their devotion to the association, the campus and students. Selected from an impressive list of nominees, these awardees represent some of S&T’s most talented and dedicated alumni, faculty and staff. Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader and John Eash, AE’79, MS EMgt’90 (above, center), president of the Miner Alumni Association, are pictured with the recipients (from left). Congratulations to the following award recipients: Milt Murry, EE’64, MS EE’80, adjunct professor at Jefferson College received the Frank H. Mackaman Alumni Volunteer Service Award Forest Breyfogle III, ME’68, president and CEO of Smarter Solutions received the Alumni Achievement Award Sarah Stanley, assistant professor of business and information technology at Missouri S&T, received the Class of 1942 Excellence in Teaching Award Jason Brinker, ChE’97, Vistamaxx PBE brand manager at ExxonMobil Corp. received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award Preston Carney, CE’02, MS CE’03, estimator/project manager at Sheehan Pipeline Construction Co. received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award Joel Burken, associate chair and professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, received the Alumni Merit Award Harry Laswell, Phys’78, managing partner at American River Ventures received the Alumni Achievement Award.
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The Miner Alumni Association celebrated Homecoming 2012: Miner Road Trip in style on Oct. 13 with a Cruise-In for alumni and friends to show off their hot rods and vintage cars, and a tailgate party before the football game.
1. Miner spirit was on display at the tailgate party. More than 400 people came to the event.
2. Joe Miner helped spruce up the cars on display at the Cruise-In.
3. Former S&T softball player Diane Butrus, CSci’85, visits during the Silver & Gold Gathering with Don Kennedy, head softball coach at S&T, and starting catcher Kaylea Smith of Blue Springs, Mo., a senior in civil and architectural engineering.
4. Jacob Careaga, CE’98, and his son, Maksim, enjoy Saturday’s tailgate party.
5. Despite the wind during the Homecoming football game, the Miners beat the William Jewell Cardinals 52-17. The win assured the Miners of their second straight winning season. The Miners sported pink socks in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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overview: Inductions and Commencement
Aac demy inductions This year, 26 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students.
Academy of Stephen R. Nelson, EE’77, of Academy of development manager at Perrin Roller, GeoE’80, of Chemical Engineers Gunter, Texas, vice president of Miner Athletics Engineering Surveys and Spring, Texas, a principal at IC Design for REMEC Defense Services, football team Upstream Forensics, football and Richard A. Bausell, ChE’70, of Ro bert T. Berry, CE’72, of and Space John Gibson, EMgt’74, of Tulsa, wrestling teams Chesterfield, Mo., retired director St. Louis, retired vice president Steven Pflantz, EE’87, Okla., chair, president and CEO of Ronald Rosner, AE’89, of of pipeline and power URS Corp.’s and general manager of of St. Louis, association and ONEOK Partners, basketball team Lake Ozark, Mo., director of David R. Scharf, ChE’78, of Burns & McDonnell’s St. Louis I&C/electrical engineer for CRB Kevin Griesemer, EMgt’83, environment, health and safety for Tulsa, Okla., president of natural office, football team Consulting Engineers Inc. of St. Louis, principal of G&W Haas Group International, cross gas gathering and processing John Borthwick, PetE’86, of David C. Wang, EE’77, of Engineering Corp., football team country and track and field teams with ONEOK Partners LP Clinton, Mo., project manager Langley, Wash., president of Paul Stricker, LSci’82, of for Shaw Environmental, cross Morris E. Hervey Jr., MinE’81, Boeing China San Diego, a sports medicine Academy of country and track teams of St. Louis, co-founder and Kory G. Mathews, EE’84, of president of TSI Engineering Inc., physician with Youth Sports Civil Engineers Dick Boyett, CE’58, of Ballwin, Mo., vice president and football team Awareness Enterprise, swimming Brett Hanke, CE’72, Fort Smith, Ark., a retired civil program manager for Boeing team MS EMgt’84, of Wentzville, Mo., engineer in the coal production Tony Kaczmarek, LSci’87, of Defense, Space and Security Royce Vessell, CerE’76, of president of Hanke Constructors industry, football team Rolla, Mo., a physician at Central and vice president and program Missouri Urology Clinic, football St. Louis, president and owner of Alan A. Kamp, CE’64, MS CE’66, Diane Butrus, CSci’85, of manager of the Phantom Works team VMPC Resources, basketball and of Kansas City and Branson, Mo., division St. Louis, chief operating officer golf teams vice president and senior project of Diba Imports, softball team Jeffrey Kipp, ME’81, of Denver, co-owner and vice president of Charles “Pete” Weitzel, ME’55, manager for Black & Veatch Co.’s Academy of Terry Buzbee, EMgt’77, of operations for Conception to of Ballwin, Mo., president of oil and gas business line Engineering Marshalltown, Iowa, president Reality Inc., basketball team Weitzel Construction Co., football Pat McCown, CE’74, of Kansas Management of Fisher Controls International, and track and field teams City, Mo., CEO of McCownGordon basketball team J. Gary McAlpin, CE’73, of Wendell L. “Buddy” Barnes, Plantation, Fla., director of Newton Wells, ME’59, of Construction LLC David Cadoff, ChE’96, EMgt’73, of The Woodlands, coastal zone management for College Station, Texas, retired Ranney McDonough, CE’66, Gainesville, Va., director Texas, client services manager Collier County, Florida, football general manager of Dover Corp., of Dunwoody, Ga., president of of partner solutions for for MWH Americas in the and wrestling teams football team McDonough Engineering municipal wastewater division pureIntegration, swimming team Donald McGovern, ME’58, of Billy Key of Rolla, Mo., retired Stephen H. McVeigh, CE’72, of in Southeast Texas Kenneth Cage, ME’63, Lake Saint Louis, Mo., retired vice director of athletics, basketball Houston, an independent oil and MS NucE’66, of Bumpass, Va., an Bill Daughton of Colorado president and general manager coach and professor emeritus of gas consultant attorney with McDermott, Will Springs, Colo., former professor of McDonnell Douglas’ Joint physical education at Missouri and Emory, football team Michael J. Perry, CE’80, of and chair of engineering Advanced Strike Technology S&T, honorary member St. Louis, president of HBD management and former special Donald J. Dowling Jr., ChE’51, Program, football team Mark Mullin of Rolla, Mo., Construction Inc. assistant to the provost for of Sun City, Ariz., retired product Steve McVeigh, CE’72, of director of athletics and former eLearning at Missouri S&T manager for Buckeye Cellulose Amy Strauss, CE’90, Spring, Texas, a consultant with swimming coach at Missouri S&T, and retired chemical and MS CE’91, of Springfield, Mo., Dan Hinkle, EMgt’73, of Celerant Consulting, football ex-officio member production engineer for Proctor senior engineer in power Sugar Land, Texas, owner of team generation for City Utilities of a contract-lobbying firm that and Gamble, football team Academy of Mines James Murphy, ME’56, of Springfield represents clients before the Gene Edwards, CE’53, of and Metallurgy Stamford, Conn., president of Texas legislature and regulatory Paducah, Ky., retired CEO of Paul Wojciechowski, CE’83, of Murphy & Murphy Realtors Charles D. Croessmann, agencies Kit-Mo Rental and Supply, Wildwood, Mo., senior associate and Moorings Apartments Inc., NucE’81, of Edgewood, N.M., football and track and field teams and St. Louis office manager for Academy of football team. Mr. Murphy died senior manager at Sandia Alta Planning + Design Cecilia Elmore, EMgt’86, of Aug. 3, 2012 National Laboratories Mechanical and Rolla, Mo., director of student Zebulun Nash, ChE’72, of Phillip D. Ferguson, NucE’88, Academy of Aerospace Engineers diversity, outreach and women’s Houston, retired plant manager MS NucE’93, PhD NucE’95, of Computer Science programs at Missouri S&T, Edarw d H. Gerding, ME’84, of ExxonMobil Chemical Co.’s Knoxville, Tenn., neutron source basketball and softball teams Pam Leitterman, AMth’75, of of St. Charles, Mo., director of Baytown Chemical Plant, group leader and neutronics Sunnyvale, Calif., retired from engineering for the global services Curt Elmore, GeoE’86, of Rolla, wrestling team team leader at Oak Ridge Hewlett-Packard and support division of Boeing Mo., professor of geological National Laboratories Thomas Owens, CE’68, sciences and engineering at Susan Rothschild, CSci’74, Charles P. Ketterer, ME’89, of MS EMgt’71, of Easton, Pa., retired Ricky L. Martin, MetE’82, Missouri S&T, cross country and of St. Louis, a CPA with St. Charles, Mo., vice president vice president of operations for MS MetE’84, of St. Charles, Mo., track and field teams John T. Straub of information technology Crayola Corp., football team enterprise manager of Metallic and supply chain for Emerson Lloyd Flowers, CE’88, of Material and Process at Boeing Eric Potts, CE’73, of Houston, Academy of Electrical Hermetic Motors Marietta, Ga., senior project a retired U.S. Army colonel now Philip D. McPherson, CerE’83, and Computer manager with McCarthy Building working as deputy director of the of Yorktown, Ind., senior vice Companies, football and track Engineering Houston Airport System, football, president and general manager and field teams B arry D. Freiner, EE’85, baseball, basketball, and track at Saint-Gobain of St. Louis, president of John Frerking, CE’87, of and field teams Rogers-Schmidt Engineering Co. Columbia, Mo., business
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S&T awards professional degrees
Four Missouri S&T alumni received honorary professional degrees during Spring Commencement. The degrees recognize these graduates for professional achievement: • C. John Brannon, Phys’85, CerE’85, Psyc’86, MS CerE’86, PhD CerE’89, a patent attorney with Brannon, Robinson, Sowers, ‘The sky is not the limit,’ Magnus says Hughel and Doss in Indianapolis • John Fairbanks, EE’71, owner of In her May 2012 commencement speech, former NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, Phys’86, Tosshers Vending in Lincoln, Calif. MS EE’90, told graduates to believe in themselves and use their problem-solving skills. Fairbanks is one of S&T’s “Big hairy problems do not overwhelm you nor paralyze you with fear — you have already 28 Alumni of Influence conquered a bunch,” said Magnus, who flew aboard the final shuttle mission in July 2011. • Fred Byron Parks, ME’69, chief Magnus, now executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and executive officer for DSN Surgical Astronautics, said she knew she wanted to be an astronaut when she was in college, but Imaging in Tucson, Ariz. she also said that it is never too late to keep asking yourself what you want to be when • Robert M. Saxer, CE’61, MS CE’62, you grow up. an active alumni association “The sky is not the limit,” she said. “Trust me.” volunteer and a civil engineer who retired from the international chemical engineering firm AMCEC.
Carney receives Chancellor Medal Former S&T Chancellor John F. Carney III received the Chancellor Medal during commencement ceremonies in May. The medal is awarded to individuals who have contributed to the well-being, growth and development of the university.
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Investing in the future People who give charitably do so because they are passionate about their cause. They believe in investing in the future. At Missouri S&T, that generosity — and your passion for S&T — is what keeps the university thriving for our students.
Fundraising by Fiscal Year You — our alumni — believe in higher As the graph below illustrates, charitable giving increased during Missouri S&T’s two comprehensive education. You believe in opportunity. You fundraising campaigns, but also increased during non-campaign years. In addition to the $128.7 million in charitable gifts contributed to the university’s most recent campaign, S&T also received $83.1 million believe in the value of an S&T education. in grants and contracts, for a total of $211.8 million in external support from 2004 to 2010. And you believe in the importance of science, technology, engineering and math Campaign 2 to the future of our nation. You know Advancing Excellence $27.5M ($129 Million) Missouri S&T is a good investment and 25M your generosity is shaping our future. $8M raised for 22.5M During fiscal year 2012, you helped raise Campaign 1 Bertelsmeyer Hall $10.6 million to your alma mater. 20M Full Circle For many years, Missouri S&T has ($74 Million) 17.5M enjoyed a stronger alumni participation 15M rate than the national average. Miners get great jobs, and they appreciate the 12.5M advantages their education provided. 10M Our alumni participation rate is a clear 7.5M illustration of the loyalty and pride of a Rolla Miner. During fiscal year 2011–12, 5M 17.1 percent of our alumni made gifts 2.5M to Missouri S&T. Last year the national 0
average at public colleges and universities ’11 ’01 ’12 ’10 ’97 ’07 ’03 ’96 ’94 ’98 ’99 ’06 ’02 ’04 ’08 ’09 ’95 ’00 ’05 was 9.4 percent. As alumni, you are critical to our future Support Types (%) Sources of Gifts (%) success, which is why we have some for 2012 for 2012 changes planned to strengthen your Rolla connection. We want to make sure all of Alumni Current 20 our donors know how much we appreciate 55 Friends Operations them and that their money is being put 46 Foundations to good use, regardless of the size of their Endowments 2 34 Corporations gift. Every donor now gets a personalized Capital thank-you note and we created an annual Projects Other 28 Organizations report on giving for our donors that will 11 4 debut next month. We have also improved and expanded the annual stewardship reports we send to all endowment donors. The Miner Alumni Association has mobile society. We are reaching out to you Call or email Joan Nesbitt, vice chancellor developed a new strategic plan that more frequently and in different ways for university advancement, at focuses on building relationships with our through monthly email updates that [email protected] or 573-578-7808, younger alumni. We want to be relevant to provide news and information of interest or Darlene Ramsay, executive director Miners of all ages. to you. We want to hear what you think of alumni relations and advancement We are also working to improve the about our alumni and fundraising efforts. services, at [email protected] ways we connect with you in today’s And of course, we welcome your input. or 573-341-4584.
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Golden Miners return
1. The Miner Alumni Association hosted 43 members of the Class of 1962 for this year’s Golden Alumni Reunion. With their guests, more than 80 people attended the celebration held May 21 and 22. Members and guests strolled around campus, visited the Kummer Student Design Center, toured their departments and heard Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader discuss today’s campus. In a special recognition ceremony, Schrader and past Miner Alumni Association President Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84, presented class members with their 50-year pins and certificates.
2. During Monday night’s banquet, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe tribute artists 2 3 entertained class members. Pictured during the dinner, far left, are D. Eugene Morgan, CE’62, and Karl L. Brown, MetE’62.
3. Also during the event, the Miner Alumni Association presented Gary Havener, Math’62, with the Robert V. Wolf Alumni Service Award, in honor of his bold leadership in transforming the university through his dedication and loyal support.
4. Gar y Trippensee, ME’62, and his wife, Concha, are pictured with “Elvis” and “Marilyn.”
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Save the date: OGS Annual Weekend
Join your fellow Order of the Golden Shillelagh members April 19–21, 2013, in Rolla. For more information regarding Individual athletes the OGS Annual Weekend, please winning conference contact Megan Ace at 573-341-6359 championships during or [email protected]. the 2011–12 season. 17GLVC Council of 17Presidents Academic Plan now for 9 Excellence Award winners. the 105th Best Ever S&T student-athletes who earned Alumni and friends are invited to the all-academic awards from the Great St. Pat’s pre-parade party from Lakes Valley Conference, Great Lakes 8:30–11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, in the Football Conference or New South Leach Theatre lobby of Castleman Hall, Intercollegiate Swimming Conference 10th and Main streets. Join us for hot 148 during the 2011–12 academic year. cinnamon rolls and beverages. Immediately following the St. Pat’s parade, come back to Castleman Hall for pizzas and $1 beer while they last. Academic all-district Make plans to travel to Rolla for athletes during the St. Pat’s or attend one of the section 2011–12 academic year. 13 events in your area and help make the 105th celebration the Best Ever. Event information will be available at alumni.mst.edu/events/stpats.html.
STAT celebrates 12Sacrifice flies hit by baseball player Andy Hall — more new school than any other NCAA year Division II player in 2012. Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT), the alumni student Athletes66 who earned Capital One organization, hosted a barbecue during Academic All-America honors All-conference its first meeting of the year on Aug. 29. during the 2011–12 academic year, athletes during More than 75 students came for free tying the highest one-year total in the 2011–12 grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and school history. 64 athletic season. information about STAT.
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Nikia Chapman: Ɋueen of speed Stats: sophomore in geological engineering from Columbia, Mo.
Member of: Spelunking Club and Human-Powered Vehicle Team.
Claim to fame: Led the Human-Powered Vehicle team to a first-place win in ASME’s Human-Powered Vehicle Competition in Tooele, Utah, by winning first place in the women’s drag race and riding the four required “female laps” of the endurance race.
Why HPV: “I was asked to join because they were looking for a girl rider and I agreed because it sounded like fun. I like the competitive aspect of the race. I’ve never been on a sports team so this is the first time I’ve ever been in something this competitive. It’s also a good way to challenge myself on a physical level.”
Battle scars: “In a competition in Pennsylvania, I took a few spills in the endurance race. One happened when another team’s bike ran into me. The crashes resulted in multiple large holes in my jersey and leggings. The EMT had to cut my Under Armour shirt sleeve off because my arm had swelled up so large. I have a fairly large scar. It stopped me from completing the number of laps required by a female rider, but a girl from one of our competitors — Rose-Hulman — completed the laps for me.”
Good luck charm: Chapman competes wearing red Elmo socks.
Goals for the year: “I am team secretary. I want to be more involved with the team both in and out of the shop. I will also be shadowing team president Dashiell Moore Female rider Nikia Chapman helped lead the Human-Powered Vehicle Team to victory … in Elmo socks. (a senior in engineering management) in (Photo by Bob Phelan) hopes of taking his place next year.”
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story by Andrew Careaga ([email protected]) | photos by B.A. Rupert
Backup.indd 18 10/17/12 2:39 PM modern Research interests: • Increasing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education • Creating and assessing Cheryl B. Schrader believes in the power of storytelling. And not just because she loves a innovative learning methods to help students of all ages good tale. succeed in the STEM areas Over the past 10 years, Schrader, an electrical engineer specializing in systems and • Exploring the power of control, has become more interested in the different learning styles of students. Her storytelling “to bring the research in this area has focused on how women and minorities learn, and she has contributions of women and underrepresented groups found that a good story can help these students become more confident in their own in engineering and science abilities. That greater self-confidence in turn could motivate more of them to graduate to light” and move on to successful lives beyond college. These days, Schrader is especially interested in sharing the untold stories of women and minorities who have become successful in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “Everybody knows the story of Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone,” Schrader says. But similar stories about women inventors are less familiar. “In some academic circles, the impact of women in technological development is becoming clearer,” she says. Beyond the walls of academia, however, “those stories aren’t well-known. They’re not woven into the fabric of our culture.” Schrader hopes to “bring the contributions of women in engineering and science to light, and to have those “Role models, contributions become a part of the common knowledge of history.” Ultimately, she would like to create an inspiring first- or the lack thereof, person monologue theatrical performance that could be presented at colleges and universities across the country. can have a big impact.” Schrader’s own story, from her days as an undergraduate student, might fit well — into that monologue.
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• Ph.D., electrical engineering, emphasis area: systems act 1, scene 1 and control, University of It begins one day during her junior year at Valparaiso University in Notre Dame (1991) Indiana. Schrader had just finished an exam. Leaving the classroom, she and a classmate discussed the test. “Our answers didn’t agree,” she recalls, and their conflicting perspectives concerned her. “I was not confident in my answers,” she says, “so I assumed I had failed the exam.” Many college students can relate to that sickening sensation — that knot in the gut that foreshadows impending failure. But the sensation overwhelmed Schrader. “I was distraught,” she says. “I was sure I had just ruined my opportunities to become an engineer.” That night, she phoned her mother to discuss the situation and her fear of failure. Her mother suggested she meet with her professor to talk it over. So she did. That meeting altered the trajectory of Schrader’s academic career. Academic career: The professor, Demosthenes Gelopulos, reassured Schrader that she • Rice University: had passed the test. “It turned out I did very well on the exam,” she says. - adjunct professor (1991) When the conversation turned to Schrader’s career plans, “He said • University of Texas that I reminded him of himself when he was younger, and he asked me at San Antonio: if I had ever considered becoming a professor. I was shocked,” she says. “I had never - assistant professor thought about that.” of electrical engineering When Schrader was in college, there were no female professors on Valparaiso’s (1991-96) - associate professor of engineering faculty. “I hadn’t seen or met any women in that role,” Schrader says, electrical engineering “so it never occurred to me that I could pursue that career path.” (1996-2002) That discussion not only opened a new path for Schrader, it also “opened my - professor of electrical eyes to just how important it is for faculty to express interest in their students’ career and computer engineering (2002-03) development. It’s essential.” - associate dean for That’s a lesson Schrader has taken to heart. Throughout her academic career, graduate studies and she has tried to be a role model for students who are not well represented in the STEM research, College of disciplines, including underrepresented minorities and women. Sciences and College of Engineering (2000-03) “Being a role model is very important,” she says. “Role models, or the lack thereof, can have a big impact.” • Boise State University: Some of Schrader’s former students think she has made a great impact on their lives. - dean, College of Engineering (2003-11) So much so, in fact, that they nominated her for the Presidential Award for Excellence in - associate vice president Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The former students worked together for strategic research from far-flung corners of the country to prepare a proposal to recognize Schrader’s initiatives (2011-12) influence. In 2005, she attended the awards ceremony at the White House, where • Missouri S&T: President George W. Bush recognized Schrader for her “enduring, strong and - chancellor (2012-present) personal commitment to underrepresented engineering students and faculty.”
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a new stage Awards and honors: In April, when Schrader became chancellor of Missouri S&T, she assumed the most • Presidential Award for visible and significant role model position of her career. As one of only a few female Excellence in Science, engineers in the nation to lead a university, Schrader is keenly aware that she has Mathematics and stepped onto a new stage. Engineering Mentoring “When you’re different — such as when you’re a person who is underrepresented from the White House (2005) in your field — you will be remembered,” she says. “Since I know I will be remembered, • IEEE Education Society Hewlett-Packard/Harriett P. I strive to be remembered for positive things.” Rigas Award (2008) There’s no doubt about Schrader’s confidence these days. And she has left a • Idaho Women Making positive impression on those she has worked with in the past. History Award (2005) Robert W. Kustra, president of Boise State University — where Schrader served as • WebCT Exemplary Online dean of engineering and associate vice president for strategic research initiatives prior Course Award (2003) to joining S&T — calls Schrader “the clear choice to take Missouri University of Science • Named to Valparaiso and Technology to the next level.” Her noteworthy accomplishments at Boise State University’s Top 150 Most included building “an outstanding team of faculty and staff who are lifting Boise State Influential People (2009) to national prominence” and “establishing connections and collaborations with • Alumni Achievement Award, community, government and industry partners,” Kustra says. Valparaiso University (2011)
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So Schrader is working across campus, and with UM System officials, to develop that road map for the next five to 10 years. During the first few months as chancellor, her focus has been on “listening, observing and communicating.” connect on twitter: “Every organization has a sense of place,” she says, “and I need to fully understand Chancellor Schrader recently Missouri S&T to be its best leader, ambassador and advocate. I want to hear what the joined the Twitter community various stakeholders envision for the future.” as a way to communicate She has wasted no time meeting with S&T students, faculty and staff. She has also met with constituents. Follow her with several alumni groups on campus and on the road. Last April, Schrader met with on Twitter: @SandTChancellor� � members of the S&T Board of Trustees, Order of the Golden Shillelagh, Miner Alumni As- sociation and various departmental academies. In May, she met more alumni during a swing through Texas, then met with local governmental and community leaders, as well as military leaders from nearby Fort Leonard Wood. In June, she hosted Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his top education and economic development advisors to talk see MORE ONLINE: about S&T’s value to the state. She also hosted U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, whose 8th To watch a video about congressional district includes Rolla, to discuss national STEM education issues, and Chancellor Schrader discussing traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet the Missouri congressional delegation and other mentorship and women in STEM fields, visit magzine.mst.edu/video.� national leaders. This fall, she connected with more alumni during Homecoming and � other recent events, including section events in Denver and California’s Bay Area. “Our graduates have an uncommon loyalty, passion and commitment to this institution,” she says. “It’s because this institution helped our graduates fulfill their dreams. Our graduates and students best exemplify what this institution is.” Alumni and their success are key players in the continuing story of this university. It’s a story that Schrader is more than happy to tell.
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t’s called a house. But the vision Today’s economic climate makes the estimated $3.85 million construction for the Hasselmann Alumni House it more challenging to fund such large cost. The project received a recent boost is Ito provide a comfortable place for S&T projects. Yet Missouri S&T grads have when Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl graduates — more than 52,000 of them — stepped forward to help support an alumni B. Schrader designated a $500,000 estate when they come “home” to Rolla. house. Such houses are “commonplace” gift from the late Beverly Koeppel, EE’38, There won’t be any beds. This isn’t a at universities, says Bill Brune, CSci’73, to be used as a challenge grant to attract hotel or a bed and breakfast. But there will who serves on the Miner Alumni additional funding for the alumni house. be plenty of room for alumni to gather, Association’s Board of Directors. (See the story on page 28 for more about whether they’re back in Rolla to reconnect Construction on the 12,000-square-foot this challenge.) with old classmates, celebrate St. Pat’s and Hasselmann Alumni House will begin Alumni have made gifts in support of the Homecoming, or conduct the business of when fundraising is complete. At press project to honor loved ones, fellow alumni, the Miner Alumni Association. time, S&T had raised 45 percent of mentors — even rival fraternities.
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The Hasselmann Legacy
The seed money for the alumni house was provided by the estate of Karl Hasselmann. You’ve seen his name. But who was this man?
When he came to Rolla as the • Hasselmann was one of the first university’s first Karl F. Hasselmann people to successfully drill for oil in Chair in 2001, J. David Rogers was the Gulf of Mexico. curious to find out more about the • As president of Salt Dome man responsible for his title. So Production Co. in Houston, Rogers, a geological engineering Hasselmann was noted for his work expert, conducted some research on in the development of a gravitational Hasselmann’s life. Some things were method for shallow-sea oil exploration. easy to uncover. Hasselmann played • Decades ago, Hasselmann created an football and ran track at MSM. He was endowment, which accrued interest wife, Marjory, established chairs at awarded a professional degree in 1945 for 24 years, until sufficient funds Rice University and at the Mayo Clinic. and an honorary doctorate in 1966. were available to establish the chair Hasselmann died in 1976, but his He was also a past president of the in geological engineering that Rogers legacy lives on. The Hasselmann Miner Alumni Association. But it now holds estate continues to grow, and some of was information about Hasselmann’s • In addition to establishing the that money — as well as income from career that Rogers found especially Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in mineral rights Hasselmann left to the interesting. Here are some of the Geological Engineering at what is now university — served as a lead donation things Rogers discovered: Missouri S&T, Hasselmann and his for the alumni house.
During a discussion about naming opportunities at a director’s meeting of the alumni association, the topic of restrooms and fixtures came up.There were objections because, well, it didn’t seem proper. But Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, thought it was a funny idea to dedicate urinals to various people. “A group of Pikes purchased a urinal in honor of our friends at Tau Kappa Epsilon, and our friends at TKE have committed to purchase one in honor of the Alpha Kappa chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. Everybody had a big laugh,” Ramsay says. “And this silliness raised an additional $10,000 for the Hasselmann House.”
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So far, donors have contributed to personalize rooms, tables, bar stools, outdoor areas, and, p for fun, even urinals (see page 26). John O. Farmer III, PetE’63, made a significant gift to name the lounge in honor
jkm of his father, John O. Farmer, MinE’33, who was friends with Karl Hasselmann, MinE’25. (Read more about Hasselmann on facing page). The elder Farmer started an oil and gas production company based in Russell, Kan., in 1946. His son has been president since 1989. Now, thanks to John O. Farmer III’s Not too long after Dick Bauer, gift, the John O. Farmer Alumni Lounge will ChE’51, passed away in 2010, his wife, stand as a testament to his father’s longtime Shirley, decided to make a gift in her friendship with Hasselmann. husband’s honor to fund the bar in the “The alumni house will be a great Hasselmann Alumni House. During gathering place. Every significant school Homecoming celebrations and reunions, has one,” says Farmer III. “I wanted to Dick always liked to gather at a bar — make a gift in memory of my father and or sometimes tend it — in order to swap Karl Hasselmann.” stories with old friends. Now the Bauer The Hasselmann Alumni House will be Bar will provide that gathering spot in located at the corner of Pine and 11th streets the Hasselmann Alumni House for in Rolla, on the eastern edge of the campus. generations of friends to gather, enjoy “It will reflect our alumni and their a drink and share memories. achievements, recognizing our philosophy Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, of giving back to the university,” says Brune. thinks the Bauer Bar is a great idea. Brune lives in Houston and comes back “I can hear Dick Bauer saying to us all, to Rolla about twice a year. “The ‘Let’s go to the bar for a hooter,’ or opportunities and accomplishments of our (former alumni association president) faculty and students are beyond anything we Bob Wolf (ME’51, MS ME’52, who would have imagined 40 years ago,” he says. passed away in 1999) saying we should Like Brune, Art Giesler, ME’77, comes stop by for a ‘short snort,’” Ramsay back to this neck of the woods two or three says. “I miss those guys. So when the times a year. Giesler, who is also active with Hasselmann House is finished, we will the alumni association, says the location of all go there to have one in honor of Dick, the alumni house is perfect for those who and one in honor of Bob.” return for the annual St. Pat’s celebration and the parade, which, of course, is held on Pine Street. In addition to St. Pat’s activities, the Hasselmann Alumni House will be home to reunions, banquets, lectures and, appropriately, Homecoming events. Daniel Jackson, ChE’90, who lives in San Diego, is another member of the alumni association’s board of directors. “This will be a gateway to campus for all returning alumni,” Jackson says. “With the Hasselmann House, anyone on campus will be able to point you to the alumni office.”
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At a glance hanks to a generous gift from the estate of the late Beverly Koeppel, EE’38, alumni donations to the Hasselmann Alumni House can now be even more Tvaluable. Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader recently designated the • Address: 1100 N. Pine St. • Architectural style: Modern $500,000 unrestricted bequest to be used as a challenge grant to attract additional traditional contributions for the alumni house. The Koeppel Challenge will provide $1 of • Exterior building materials: matching money for every $2 an alum gives to the Hasselmann Alumni House for brick facade gifts of $25,000 and above. • Onsite parking will accommodate This means that donors interested in making gifts to the project may now claim easy access naming opportunities for one-third less money. For example, a gift of $200,000, • Close proximity to campus matched by $100,000 from the Koeppel estate, would fully fund the Hasselmann • Location will be the ideal Alumni House courtyard. viewing spot for St. Pat’s parades When completed, the Koeppel Challenge will bring the alumni association • The Grand Hall will offer a $1.5 million closer to the goal of completing the Hasselmann Alumni House. formal setting for banquets, “Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association are partners in ensuring that distinguished lectures, reunions S&T remains vibrant and relevant well into the future, and the Hasselmann Alumni and large receptions House will play a pivotal role in that future success,” says Schrader. “This matching • The spectacular Paul T. Dowling fund represents not only the pride we have in our alumni and their legacy but also Hall of Honor will recognize the importance placed on engaging our alumni in shaping S&T’s future.” alumni and friends for their generosity • Architectural firm: Cunningham To find out how to take advantage of this matching gift fund, contact Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84, of the and Associates, Columbia, Mo. Miner Alumni Association at 573-341-4584.
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16 l John O. Farmer III 5 (named in honor of John O. Farmer) 6 11 Bar l Shirley Bauer (named in honor of Dick Bauer) Bar Stools 15 8 7 Pine Street l John and Marie Eash
14 Elm Street l David Grimm 3 l Bill and Ann Horst 13 l 9 Riley and Helene Hardy Pierce 1 l Chris and Darlene Ramsay 2 10 l Dottye Wolf (named in honor of Robert Wolf) 12 l Joan and James Woodard 4 Board Room l Roller Family Director’s Office 11th Street l Susan and Sandy Rothschild Garden l Fred and June Kummer Original Gift amount Remaining naming opportunities Grand Hall (half) gift amount with match l Pete Kinyon Hall of Honor 1. St. Pat’s Veranda...... $500,000...... $333,333 l Michael W. Bytnar 2. Great Room...... $500,000...... $333,333 l Robert H. Harper (joint gift named in honor of Paul T. Dowling) 3. Grand Hall (half)...... $375,000...... $250,000 Historic Emblems 4. Courtyard...... $300,000...... $200,000 l Ron Tappmeyer 5. Gazebo...... $250,000...... $167,000 l Art Giesler 6. Kitchen...... $200,000...... $133,000 Office Hub l Bayless Family 7. Head Table in Grand Hall...... $150,000...... $100,000 Offices 8. Grand Staircase...... $150,000...... $100,000 l Robert Brackbill 9. Porte-cochere...... $100,000...... $66,667 (named in honor of Cay Brackbill) l Billy Gerhart 10. Elevator...... $100,000...... $66,667 l William and June Patterson 11. Exterior Plaza...... $75,000...... $50,000 Parking Space 12. Staircase, SE...... $50,000...... $33,333 l Rich Eimer 13. STAT Office...... $50,000...... $33,333 Restroom Facilities l Pi Kappa Alpha 14. Archive Case (3)...... $50,000...... $33,333 l Tau Kappa Epsilon 15. Office (2)...... $50,000...... $33,333 Welcome Center 16. Recycling Center...... $25,000...... $16,667 l Berry Family
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Mission, Goals Miner Alumni Association and benefits Representing more than 50,000 alumni wordwide For more information about your representatives, MISSION go to alumni.mst.edu/groups/boardofdirectors. The association proactively strives to create an environment — embodying communication with and participation by Miner PRESIDENT Area 5: Dawn Stufft ’99 Alumni Engagement [email protected] Helene Hardy Pierce ’83 alumni and friends — to foster strong loyalty to the university and John F. Eash ’79 [email protected] growth of the association. The association increases its financial [email protected] Area 6: Art Giesler ’77 [email protected] Strengthen Campus Relations strength and provides aid and support to deserving students, PRESIDENT-ELECT Area 7: Bernard Held ’75 Michael McEvilly ’80 faculty and alumni. Richard W. Eimer Jr. ’71 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Area 8: Tom Feger ’69 Finance VICE PRESIDENTS [email protected] Stephen W. Rector ’72 GOALS [email protected] Ernest K. Banks ’81 Area 9: Nathan Rues ’02 • Increase alumni pride in their association with Missouri S&T and Marketing and Communications [email protected] [email protected] Jon C. Schneider ’87 the Miner Alumni Association Areas 10-18: Michael Busby ’78 Delores Hinkle ’75 [email protected] • Increase alumni involvement, especially that of young alumni [email protected] [email protected] • Increase alumni contributions, both in the number of alumni Helene Hardy Pierce ’83 Areas 10-18: Alan Erickson ’75 past presidents making a financial ommitmentc and in the dollars raised to [email protected] [email protected] Arthur G. Baebler ’55 [email protected] benefit Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association Ronald W. Jagles ’86 Areas 10-18: Rhonda Galaske ’79 • Strengthen relationships with faculty, staff and students on [email protected] [email protected] Robert D. Bay ’49 [email protected] behalf of the alumni association. Stephen W. Rector ’72 Areas 10-18: Russell Goldammer ’78 [email protected] [email protected] Robert T. Berry ’72 [email protected] The officers and other members of the association’s board of Robert J. Scanlon ’73 Areas 10-18: Polly Hendren ’73 directors provide leadership and personal participation to achieve [email protected] [email protected] James E. Bertelsmeyer ’66 [email protected] these goals and fulfill this mission. For their efforts to be a TREASURER Areas 10-18: Jeremiah King ’06 [email protected] Robert M. Brackbill ’42 success, they need YOUR active participation as well, in whatever Jerry R. Bayless ’59 Areas 10-18: Chris Ramsay ’83 [email protected] alumni activities you choose. [email protected] [email protected] Matteo A. Coco ’66 ASSISTANT TREASURER Areas 10-18: Stephen Squibb ’98 [email protected] Benefits Richard L. Elgin ’74 [email protected] Larry L. Hendren ’73 Career Assistance [email protected] Areas 10-18: Breck Washam ’90 [email protected] [email protected] Missouri S&T’s career opportunities and employer relations will SECRETARY Zebulun Nash ’72 Area 19: Daniel Bailey ’03 [email protected] help you in your job search. For information, call 573-341-4343. W. Keith Wedge ’70 [email protected] James R. Patterson ’54 [email protected] Services Area 20: Gregory Skannal ’85 [email protected] ASSISTANT SECRETARY Online Community [email protected] Darlene (Meloy) Ramsay ’84 Chris Ramsay ’83 [email protected] including searchable directory at mineralumni.com Area 21: Daniel Jackson ’90 [email protected] [email protected] Perrin R. Roller ’80 Access to alumni office DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Area 22: David Bufalo ’66 [email protected] via email ([email protected]) [email protected] Susan Hadley Rothschild ’74 Bill Brune ’75 [email protected] Address update service [email protected] Area 23: Dennis Leitterman ’76 [email protected] Gerald L. Stevenson ’59 so you don’t miss your Missouri S&T mail Preston Carney ’02 [email protected] [email protected] Area 24: M. Theresa Williams ’98 Insurance discounts [email protected] John B. Toomey ’49 Kurt Haslag ’07 [email protected] Travel opportunities [email protected] STUDENT Darrin Talley ’88 REPRESENTATIVES staff Miner Merchandise [email protected] Katie Machovsky Chairs, lamps, watches, pendants, Joe Miner credit card, license Student Council President: Mike McEvilly ’80 Ryan Beck Manager of External Relations plates for Missouri residents and the official Missouri S&T ring. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jon C. Schneider ’87 Graduate Student President: Gillian Masters [email protected] Mohammad Alkazimi Administrative Assistant [email protected] [email protected] AREA DIRECTORS Student Union Board President: Darlene (Meloy) Ramsay ’84 Area 1: Douglas Marquart ’82 Ian Lee Executive Director of Alumni Relations [email protected] Policy [email protected] and Advancement Services Area 2: Christopher Mayberry ’98 [email protected] committee chairs For submisions [email protected] Renee D. Stone Area 3: Brian Tenholder ’97 Student Engagement Accountant [email protected] Ernest K. Banks ’81 [email protected] • We are happy to announce weddings, births, promotions, [email protected] Area 4: John Keating ’73 Nancy Zamazanuk and other happy occassions after they have occurred [email protected] Manager of Internal Relations • We will mention a spouse’s name if it is specifically [email protected] mentioned in the information provided by the alumnus/alumna • We will print addresses if specifically requested to do UPCOMING EVENT: HOUSTON SECTION so by the alumnus/alumna submitting the note • We reserve the right to edit alumni notes to meet Every year, nearly 30 alumni in the Houston area come together for the section’s annual space requirements holiday party. This year the party will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the home of Phil • We will use submitted photos as space permits • Due to the production time required for each issue, ’70 and Arni Ilavia. Join your fellow Miners for a night of fellowship, holiday carols and submissions may take up to six months to appear. delectable foods. To attend, the cost is a $25 minimum donation, and the proceeds are Your patience is appreciated. given to S&T’s petroleum engineering program. Houston grads: Don’t miss out on the opportunity to share in the holiday spirit with alumni in your area.
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UPCOMING SECTION EVENTS SECTION WRAP UP:
Bay Area Indianapolis Society of Mining, Metallurgy Third Annual Cocktails Holiday Party and Exploration ST. LOUIS GOLF and Appetizers 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 Annual Meeting and 4–6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 Buca di Peppo–Downtown Exhibit Reception TOURNAMENT Arya Global Cuisine 35 N. Illinois St. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 19930 Stevens Creek Blvd. Indianapolis Location TBD Cupertino, Calif. 317-632-2822 On Saturday, June 23, the St. Louis Section gathered Rocky Mountain 408-996-9606 Mid-South Brewery Tour for its annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. Here, Houston Holiday Party Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 Holiday Party Friday, Nov. 30 Time TBD 110 golfers came together, played a round of golf, Time and location TBD 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 Fort Collins Brewery reminisced with fellow Miner alumni and dined on 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. Cost: $25 per person New Orleans Fort Collins, Colo. pork steak. Watch for next year’s announcement and (minimum) donation for the S&T Mardi Gras Event petroleum engineering program Krewe of Thoth Parade Party St. Louis a chance to compete. The home of Phil ’70 and Arni Ilavia 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 Holiday Party Parade begins at noon 2301 Maconda Lane Tuesday, Dec. 18 Houston Meet at the home of Sean Time TBD First-place winners ($75 gift certificate): 713-552-9322 O’Donnell ’04 and Leah Bahr ’07 Mattingly’s Sports Bar and Grill A Flight B Flight Happy Hour 816 A State St. 8108 N. Lindbergh Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 New Orleans Florissant, Mo. Steve Brunts ’78 Anthony Mayer ’11
Time TBD Gregg Carlson ’77 Scott Puzach Porch Swing Pub 69 Heights Blvd. Calvin Curdt ’74 Michael Scarey ’07 Houston Doug Workman ’71 Eric Theiss ’07
St. Pat’s section events Second-place winners ($50 gift certificate): A Flight B Flight Austin-San Antonio Lincolnland Peoria 5 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 Sunday, March 17, 2013 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Bob Buechel ’73 Ken Busch ’72 Time and location TBD Kelleher’s Irish Pub and Eatery Central Market Roger Kramer ’73 Lee Hahnel ’98 4001 N. Lamar Blvd. Mid-Missouri 619 SW Water St. Austin, Texas Peoria, Ill. Friday, March 22, 2013 Randy Lang ’73 Larry Probst ’71 512-206-1000 309-673-6000 5 p.m. Happy Hour, 6 p.m. Dinner Rod LeGrand ’74 Jason Welker ’97 Bay Area Munichburg Tavern Phoenix Saturday, March 16, 2013 418 W. Elm St. 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 Time and location TBD Jefferson City, Mo. Rúla Búla Closest to Pin ($50 gift certificate): 573-761-4046 Tempe Irish Pub and Restaurant Carolinas Piedmont 401 S. Mill Ave. Joe Feldmann ’83 Mid-South Saturday, March 16, 2013 Tempe, Ariz. Friday, March 22, 2013 Steve Kadyk ’99 Time and location TBD 480-929-9500 Time and location TBD Jeanne Klein Dallas-Fort Worth Portland Motor City 2–7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013 Friday, March 15, 2013 Noon–2 p.m. Saturday, Rod LeGrand ’74 6 p.m. Happy Hour, 7 p.m. Dinner Willhoites Restaurant March 16, 2013 432 S. Main St. Location TBD Hopworks Urban Brewery Grapevine, Texas 3947 N. Williams Ave. Longest Drive ($50 gift certificate): 817-481-7511 NE-IA Portland, Ore. Women: Denise Hale ’00 6 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013 503-287-6258 Driftless Lucky Bucket Brewery Rocky Mountain Men: Chris Hooley Saturday, March 9, 2013 11941 Centennial Road, Suite 1 Saturday, March 9, 2013 Time and location TBD La Vista, Neb. Time TBA 402-763-8868 Enchanted White Fence Farm For photos from this event and other section 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 Dinner following brewery tour: 6263 W. Jewel Ave. events visit mineralumni.com/photos Chama River Brewery Pizza Gourmet Co. Lakewood, Colo. 4939 Pan American Freeway 12040 Southport Parkway 303-935-5945 Omaha, Neb. Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday, March 16, 2013 505-342-1800 New Orleans Time TBA Flint Hills 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013 Denver St. Pat’s Parade 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 The Irish House 1432 Saint Charles Ave. Springfield Tailgators GEt MORE New Orleans Saturday, March 9, 2013 2025 Southwest Urish Road Time and location TBD Topeka, Kan. Oklahoma INFORMATION 785-272-1432 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 St. Louis 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Houston Kilkenny’s Irish Pub Want to know who else is planning to attend a Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill 6–9 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013 1413 E. 15th St. Tulsa, Okla. 1636 Country Club Plaza Drive section event in your area? Need more details Stag’s Head Pub St. Charles, Mo. 2128 Portsmouth St. Pacific Northwest about an upcoming event? Just click on the link at 636-947-8833 Houston 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 Noon Saturday, March 23, 2013 mineralumni.com and register online to see a list 713-533-1199 Redmond’s Bar and Grill Bruno’s American Grill 7979 Leary Way NE of other attendees in the online community. The Indianapolis 2652 Hampton Ave. Redmond, Wash. 6–9 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013 St. Louis 425-558-9800 attendee list is also available by clicking on the Claddagh Irish Pub–Northside events tab. 3835 E. 96th St. Indianapolis 317-569-3663
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1941 1949 golf on Westwood Shores County Club Golf Course.” Marvin E. Nevins Jr., David F. Brasel, ChE, MetE: “Hanna and I are planned a move to the 1953 Veteran helps vets still doing pretty well. Manteno (Ill.) Veterans Playing golf two or three Home over the summer. Paul H. Blackmon, Phys, times a week. Saw former MS Phys’55: “I recently Chancellor Jack Carney, 1950 returned from a 50- Tom, MinE’50, and Joan day cruise from Florida Gene F. Robinson, ME: “I Holmes, and others at to Sydney, Australia. am enjoying retirement the Naples St. Pat’s I enjoyed some of the from the Heil Co. in party — fun!” wonders of nature in Athens, Tenn.” Brazil, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, 1947 Eugene F. Stifel, EE: “I have been retired from Easter Island and Tahiti.” Glenn H. Fritz, MinE: “At McDonnell Douglas for William E. Petterson, PetE, 92-plus I wonder if there 25 years. I enjoy living in planned to visit S&T in are any other than me still Cocoa Beach, Fla.” September after attending standing from the Miner his 63rd high school class class of 1947. It’s sort of reunion in Bolivar. lonely out here.” 1951 Donald J. Dowling Jr., 1948 ChE, is busy attending 1957 grandchildren’s weddings Donald R. Bowers, ME, John “Walter” Wallace, across the country and is MS EMgt’71, is still Robert Lee Aston has degrees in mining engineering ME: “I am 91 years old still based in Arizona. enjoying retirement in and geological engineering from Missouri S&T and and my wife, Betty, is 90. Washington, Mo. a law degree from Aston University in the United We celebrated 71 years Gerald N. Keller, GGph: Kingdom. He is also a World War II Air Force combat of marriage on “Mary Jo and I celebrated Charles A. “Al” Wentz, veteran. In June, Aston, Min’50, MS GeoE’92, Sept. 11, 2011.” our 60th wedding ChE, MS ChE’59, was DE MinE’00, received a special award from the anniversary in March. featured in two stories Georgia State Bar for doing pro bono work for heroic We still enjoy playing in his local newspaper veterans. So far, more than 100 medals that were never received have been obtained, thanks to Aston’s work. Phil Jozwiak CE’66 State’s school boards Phil Jozwiak was named 2012 Engineer of the Year by the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional have a new leader Engineers. He is vice president of Geotechnology Inc. Gerry Lee, AE’76, is the new president of the Missouri School Boards’ Association. Lee, who worked for 25 years at City Utilities in Springfield, Mo., was previously president of the Springfield school board. He says too much energy is wasted on trying to protect the status quo. He wants to expand early Mark E. Wavering childhood education, integrate more technology and CE’73 find a way to stabilize state funding for schools. Mark E. Wavering was hired as a senior project manager and transportation manager in the Phoenix office of Gannett Fleming, a global infrastructure firm.
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last spring — the first for I ride motorcycles on day awarding more than 20 trips and do gym workouts Wentz Family Scholarships three days a week.” to high school students, Arthur Troell Jr., and the second for leading MS GGph: “As a young his church’s efforts to FUTURE geology graduate student create a community from 1958-60, I was MINERS garden to benefit low- fortunate to attend income residents of MSM and study under A – B the area. professors Spreng, Matthews and Frizzell. 1958 They prepared me well Alferink Royce M. Scott Jr., ChE: for Ph.D. work at Rice “We enjoy retirement University and for careers with a lot of travel and in research, petroleum involvement with our twin exploration and teaching. granddaughters’ athletics As a professor emeritus (volleyball). Their club at San Antonio College, was 11th nationally and I continue to research, state class 4 champions study and publish in 2011.” in geology.” 1960 1961 Bruce Bramfitt, MetE, Michael C. Kearney, EE: MS MetE’62, PhD MetE’66, “Kearney & Associates Becker Bilderback gave the Association now has full HVAC and for Iron and Steel plumbing service in Technology’s Adolf Union, Mo.” Martens Memorial Roger T. Martin, ME, is Steel Lecture at the enjoying retirement. Materials Science and Technology Conference 1962 on Oct. 19, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. Henry “Pat” Duval, Math, still tutors math and Walter H. Dickens, CE: physics at South Seattle “Betty and I are retired and Community College and still live on Highway MM judges senior projects in Dixon, Mo. Classmates, at the local high school. Brooks Brown friends and relatives are “Visited with Jim Haffner, always welcome to sit CerE’63, and his wife, and visit on our porch. Rob Alferink, EE’98, and his wife, Suzanne (Reeves) Brooks, ME’93, and Carol, in Phoenix during When the weather is Rebbecca, had a boy, Michael Robert, her husband, Nat, had a boy, Preston a tour of baseball spring on April 20, 2011. Dale, on Dec. 18, 2010. Aunts and uncles uncomfortable, we will training camps in March. include Debbie (Reeves) Kimes, EMgt’84; move inside.” Matt Becker, EE’01, and his wife, Tiffany, Enjoyed the St. Pat’s Steve Kimes, CE’84; Sarah (Reeves) Bock, had a girl, Eva Katherine, on July 18, 2011. Paul B. Medley II, EE: gathering in Tucson. Spent ChE’87; and Dan Bock, ME’87. She joins sisters Audrey, 5, and Claire, 3.
“We remain in Sevier two weeks in San Diego Josh Brown, ArchE’06, and Holly Chris Bilderback, CSci’02, and Rebecca County, Tenn., a tourist with our daughter, Kristin, (Dameron) Brown, Math’06, had a girl, (Galbreath) Bilderback, CE’02, had twin destination. Fortunately, son-in-law, Mike, and Brooklyn Grace, on March 20, 2012. girls, Rose Mary and Rachel Lynn, we both have decent granddaughter Zoey, and She joins brother Conner, 2. on Feb. 22, 2012. health and enjoy life. (continued on next page) (continued on page 34)
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bought used golf clubs on 1966 craigslist for use there.” George H. Cooper, EE: 1963 “Retired in 2001 from Caterpillar in Peoria, Ill., FUTURE Mahesh S. Patel, MetE: “My and love retirement. MINERS association with MSM has Jo Ann and I have been helped me a lot. I have an married 45 years and have C – L excellent career due to the two children. I’m now university. I am the owner grandfather to five girls. I of 17 U.S. patents. Not bad.” love to volunteer with our church and help others Chamberlain ’01 1964 where and when I can.” Sheldon L. Bierman, ME: Robert L. Johnson, MetE: “My last child has finished “We celebrated the birth graduate school and my of our first grandson, wife, Carole, is retiring. Theodore, in August 2011. Whoopee!” His parents are our son, Clayton, and his wife, Ronald A. McCauley, CerE, Kristi. Enjoying retirement retired from the materials and staying active in science and engineering Lions Club.” department at Rutgers University after 34 years of teaching. He is now 1967 writing the third edition Fanning Klotz James W. Cumper Jr., CE, of Corrosion of Ceramics. MS EMgt’74, retired in May after 44 combined years Adam Chamberlain, CerE’02, James Klotz, EE’99, MS EMgt’02, and 1965 with the U.S. Army and the PhD CerE’06, and Evelyn (Barnes) Kate (Carter) Klotz, Psyc’02, had a boy, Corps of Engineers. Chamberlain, ChE’02, MS EnvE’05, Jackson Walter, on Oct. 28, 2011. He Charles H. Atkinson, CE: PhD CE’08, had a boy, Ian Henry, on Sept. joins brothers Carter, Mason and Tanner. “Thanks in large part to Lawrence J. Mikelionis, 1, 2011. He joins brother Owen Lee, 2. Relatives include aunt Rachel Carter, ChE: “Proceeding quickly my education in Rolla, BSci’03, MS AEBio’05; grandparents Brian Chamberlain, CSci’01, and Erin my wife, Jan, and I are toward full retirement in John, GeoE’77, and Wendy (Scott) Carter, (Gifford) Chamberlain, GeoE’01, had a girl, enjoying family and golf in October. Cannot wait to Hist’75; and great-grandfather the late Ada Sue, on April 26. the desert and mountains begin living ‘the golden James J. Scott, MinE’50. of Arizona.” years’ that I’ve heard so Jason Fanning, Hist’01, and Jessica Jeff Lueddecke, AE’95, MS SysE’08, and much about.” (Brill) Fanning, LSci’98, had a girl, Bailey Alfred J. Thiede, CE, his wife, Lisa, had a boy, Braeden Joseph, Catherine, on Oct. 4, 2011. She joins Robert E. Turner Sr., on July 6, 2011. He joins brothers Alex, MS CE’72, MS EMgt’72: brother Cooper Dean. 9, and Jared, 6. Grandfather is Donald “Planning trips to Chicago MetE: “We’ve been retired Matthew Flint, CE’07, and his wife, Lindsay, Lueddecke, ChE’70, MS CE’81. for my 60th high school three years, enjoying a had their second son, Colton Emmett, on reunion and the 55th little travel, our seven (continued on page 37) May 4, 2012. anniversary of earning my grandchildren and our Charles Hayes Jr., ECE’04, and Amber bachelor’s in chemistry first great-grandchild. (Robinson) Hayes, GGph’06, had a boy, from DePaul University. Our email is bobnickt@ Malcolm, on Oct. 24, 2011. Also plan a two-week embarqmail.com.” trip to Copenhagen with a Baltic cruise and to 1969 Edinburgh to visit family. Wilson L. Haynes, EE, Spent four-and-a-half MS CE’74: “Sharron, my months in Southern wife, was diagnosed California last spring. with early Alzheimer’s Good luck. Stay tuned.”
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two years ago. I have seen 1970 of Miners, they became some improvement since (EAA)2.” treatment started. She Tom Nebel, EE, was P. Roger Ellis, CE, was can still drive and attend featured in his local paper named dean of the Elmore leads new women’s group activities. for his second career as School of Business and Our granddaughter is a a realtor with Coldwell Entrepreneurship at S&T department senior civil engineering Banker in Clarksville, Lindenwood University major at Washington State Tenn. He retired from in St. Charles, Mo. “For in Seattle. Our grandson Hewlett-Packard/Agilent those who remember the is in his plebe year at the Technologies six years ago. busloads of ladies coming U.S. Naval Academy and from the women’s colleges plans to major in applied 1971 for a party weekend, mathematics. My two Lee Austin, CE, and his Lindenwood is no longer degrees have served me wife, Marti, celebrated the a small women’s college. well in understanding the marriage of their son, Eric, We are now a co-ed electrical power industry to Emily, daughter of the university with more than and environmental late Ron Choura, EE’71, 17,000 students.” regulations.” and his wife Nancy, in Robert L. Ward, CE, MS September 2011. CE’74, civil engineering “Appropriately, for kids (continued on next page)
Cecilia (Gutierrez) Elmore, EMgt’86, was named John Clawson director of student diversity, outreach and women’s programs. The new department was created by ME’86 combining the student diversity and pre-college John Clawson was promoted to vice president and general programs office. manager of the thrust reverser division at NORDAM.
Leaders promote leadership Prominent African American business leaders Matt H. McQuality recently launched the Consortium for Leadership Development at an event in St. Louis. Among the
GeoE’93, MS CE’96 key participants were David Price, CE’68, CEO and Matt H. McQuality was promoted to branch manager of founder of Birdet Price LLC, and David Steward, Geotechnology Inc.’s Overland Park, Kan., office. founder and chair of World Wide Technology. Price received a professional degree in 1999. Steward is on the UM System Board of Curators.
Peaslee to lead AIST Joel Weinhold Kent Peaslee, PhD MetE’94, the F. Kenneth Iverson GeoE’98 Chair of Steelmaking Technology and Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering Joel Weinhold joined Geotechnology Inc. as senior at Missouri S&T, was appointed president of the project manager for its geotechnical group in the Association for Iron and Steelmaking Technology company’s St. Louis office. (AIST) for 2012–13.
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professor at Ohio Northern 1974 family and fun. Family University, received the includes my wife, Jan 2011 Tau Beta Pi National Jerry Maurseth, CE, (married 41 years), our Ramsay named Outstanding Advisor MS CE’76, and Vicky three married daughters award. He and his wife, (Dickerson) Maurseth, and eight grandchildren.” top advisor Karen, celebrated 40 years CSci, MS EMgt’76, are the of marriage on June 6. proud grandparents of five 1976 They have four children granddaughters and one William Bray, Math, and six grandchildren. grandson. “God has truly MS Math’80, PhD Math’81, blessed us.” was appointed chair of 1972 the mathematics 1975 Charles T. Myers III, department at Missouri MS EMgt: “After 30 years in Michael D. Hillhouse, State University. the U.S. Army and eight in CSci: “My son, David, the St. John’s River Water graduated on May 25 from 1977 Management District Midwestern University Larry L. McNary, MinE: (Fla.), I am fully retired. in Downers Grove, Ill., “Madeliene and I are Still active in various as a medical doctor. having fun running the volunteer activities.” His residency will be at Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, was named family farm in Illinois and Indiana University Health Advisor of the Year by Pi Kappa Alpha in 2011. Ramsay look forward to hearing Methodist Hospital has been the chapter advisor to the fraternity at 1973 from friends.” Missouri S&T since 1994. A former professor at S&T, in Indianapolis.” John R. Schilling, CE, John V. Stutsman, EE, he still teaches classes. He also founded Ramsay Tom Mittler, CE: “I am MS CE’85: “I’ve been with see “Future Miners,” Scientific Inc., but he still finds time to be heavily excited to report I retired Black & Veatch for 39 page 38. involved with the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter. In addition from Eastman Chemical years in May.” to providing support to the fraternity members on Co., in Longview, Texas, John R. Walker, Econ, campus, he attends international conferences and after 37 years of service. retired in May from leadership summits. Ramsay is married to Darlene I have made my ‘bucket Shell Global Solutions (Meloy) Ramsay, MetE’84, executive director of list,’ which includes faith, in Houston. His career alumni relations and advancement services at S&T. included earning his
Wyrick takes Eric J. Neuner position in Morocco GeoE’99, MS GeoE’01 David Wyrick, EMgt’89, recently became dean of the Eric J. Neuner was promoted to senior project manager in School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn Geotechnology Inc.’s St. Louis office. University, an English-language university in Morocco. Previously Wyrick was the Bagley Regents Chair of Engineering at Texas Tech University. He has also served as chair of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. In addition to his current duties in Morocco, Stephanie Kline Wyrick is president of the American Society for GeoE’09 Engineering Management. Stephanie Kline joined Geotechnology Inc., as an engineer-in-training assigned to the environmental group in the company’s St. Louis office.
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master’s degree in to the Bay Area in economics from the 28 years.” University of Texas, Michael L. Pratt, CSci, stints in construction retired in September 2011. management, contract FUTURE management for M.D. 1979 Anderson Cancer Center, MINERS and 20 years teaching Barbara (Bening) Busby, evening college classes. MinE: see note under M – R “It’s time to relax and Michael Busby, 1978. enjoy life. My wife of 26 Salvatore “John” years, Jennifer, a retired Calise, CE, MS CE’81: Moran nurse at M.D. Anderson, “My daughter, Meghan, our son, John, and I are graduated college to teach moving to our second special education and my home in Russellville, Ark. son, Andrew, is home from When not remodeling, we the Navy attending college look forward to working to become a nurse.” on antique cars and travel. We also hope to attend Michael W. Gronek, MinE, some alumni events retired from the Tennessee in Rolla.” Valley Authority on July 15, 2011, after 31 years 1978 of service. “Yet there is no end in sight for the work Michael J. Busby, CE: that must be completed.” Pennington Rathore “Our son, Andrew, plans Gregory L. Wayne, EE: to complete his degree in “Kathie and I are doing mechanical engineering at well, living in lovely S&T this fall. The tradition Bucyrus, Kan. (southern continues!” Also see “Miner Kansas City). Our daughter Unions,” page 41. is a licensed architect Jim Donahoe III, GGph, working in Boston. Our and Rona (Whittall) son is graduating from the Donahoe, GGph, took University of Kansas with their family to Peru last a mathematics degree.” Christmas. “It was a great trip until the last three 1980 days when cancelled flights forced us to miss Bradley Brown, EE, Phys: Rettig Robert our flight over the Nazca “Still living with the family Lines and our return trip. in Hermann, Mo., and It appeared we could be doing energy engineering Matthew Moran, ME’05, and his wife, John Rettig, AE’09, and Alyse Alyssa, had a girl, Ava Danielle, on (Dannenberg) Rettig, AE’09, had a girl, stuck in Lima, but we work. Currently setting Jan. 11, 2012. Anya Marie, on Jan. 16, 2012. managed to return home up energy awareness two days later. We also programs at Army Elliott Pennington, EE’00, and Wendy Tim Robert, ChE’04, and Jessica (McCord) took a short Caribbean facilities.” (Scheihing) Pennington, GeoE’01, MS Robert, ChE’04, had a boy, Benjamin Chad, cruise in March and GeoE’03, had a girl, Ruby Louise, on on July 18, 2011. Uncles are Danny Robert, Eric G. Politte, ME: “We Aug. 5, 2011. EE’06, and Brandon McCord, a senior in attended the American sold our compliance mechanical engineering. Great-uncle is Geophysical Union Abhinay Rathore, MS CSci’07, and his engineering and crisis Barry Wealand, ME’79, MS ME’81. meeting in San Francisco. wife, Pragati, had a boy, Aryaman, on response firm in 2006 and It was Jim’s first trip back March 20, 2011. (continued on page 38)
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I retired as its president in 1983 2011. We continue to run several other ventures, Mark A. Cook, CE: “Jacobs but spend a lot of time promoted me to deputy with our son (an engineer construction director for FUTURE for BP in Cairo), youngest engineering services in the MINERS daughter (an engineer for southeastern U.S. (Florida Oxy) and oldest daughter and Georgia). My two kids S – Z (now a domestic engineer are in college now at with two up-and-coming the University of North engineering hopefuls). Florida and Florida The grandkids are the Best Southern College.” Stage Ever! Look us up if you’re Joe Feldmann, CE, is now in Houston.” the highway department Matthew Stage, ChE’06, and Christina engineer for Franklin (Shaw) Stage, EMgt’08, had a girl, 1981 County in Missouri. Madelyn, on March 3, 2012. The family Warren Harrison, MS CSci, lives in Washington, Mo. Paul A. Lang, MS MinE, is chair of the computer John V. Stutsman, EE’77, and his wife, was elected executive science department at Kathy, became grandparents to Luke vice president and chief Portland State University, Benjamin Stutsman on Jan. 9, 2012. His operating officer for Arch where he has been a parents are Brian and Kimberly Stutsman. Coal Inc. in St. Louis. faculty member since Brendon Weidner, MinE’07, and Gail 1988. From 2003–06, he (Gerstenecker) Weidner, Bus’05, had a was editor-in-chief of 1984 boy, Elijah Benjamin, on March 7, 2012. IEEE Software Magazine, Tim McAuliffe, ME, Weidner Brett Wissel, MinE’03, and Megan and from 1996–2002, received the 2011 William (Marler) Wissel, MinE’03, have two girls, he was co-editor-in- R. Moseley Award at the Mira, born October 2007, and Maci, born chief of the Kluwer 2012 National Defense August 2009. Academic Publishers Industrial Association journal Empirical Software Munitions Executive Engineering. Summit held in Phoenix in March. He is vice president Bonnie Jean (Anderson) and general manager Mullen, Engl: “Attending of medium caliber classes at the Osher operations for General Lifelong Learning Distance Dynamics Ordnance and Institute and the Boone Tactical Systems. County Retired Teachers Education Clay E. Melugin, EE: “Life organization plus the American Association of is good as the wireless Upcoming Technical Conferences University Women. We’re industry continues to AD also enjoying some travel expand. My company was 2012 Conferences 2013 Conferences in our RV.” purchased by Intel. I’m wondering, are there are Complex Adaptive Systems Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering 1982 any other Miners at Intel?” Nov. 14−16 | Washington, D.C. April 29−May 4 | Chicago Darrell R. Case, ME, Todd A. Welz, CE: Asphalt Conference Innovations in Mining Engineering reports that AEdifica Case “Recently had my 20th Dec. 4−5 | Rolla, Mo. Sept. 9−12 | Rolla, Mo. Engineering has moved anniversary with Jacobs. I to 796 Merus Court in am director of operations conference.mst.edu Fenton, Mo., and now has for the transportation 18 employees. group in St. Louis.”
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1985 recently as a quality Robin Findley, CSci, wrote director, I was appointed an article titled, “FPGA- Aaron Miller, MinE, was to operations director in based vacation light promoted to vice president April. I am enjoying this controller,” which was Sigma Nus gather and chief operating officer latest challenge in my published on the EE Times at The Doe Run Co. Microsoft career.” website. He is founder of in Springfield, Mo. Findley Consulting. A hardy group of Sigma Nu alumni from classes 1986 1993 1947–55 met this summer for the 14th time since Kathie Rupert-Wayne, Suzanne (Reeves) Brooks, 1999 1995 in Springfield, Mo. The four-day gathering GGph, see note under ME, see “Future Miners,” James Klotz, EE, included visits to the annual “Watercolor USA 2012” Gregory Wayne, 1979. page 33. “After maternity MS EMgt’02, see “Future art exhibit at the Springfield Museum. A day trip to leave, I returned to work Miners,” page 34. Rolla to view the new buildings and state-of-the-art
part time. I have been with labs proved educational because many hadn’t been 1988 Jon Michael Schmidt, Procter & Gamble for 19 there in years. John Clark, ME, was GeoE, MS GeoE’00, was years and am currently Thanks to hosts, Bob, CE’53, and Joan Vienhage, appointed vice president promoted to geo steering in the North American for all of their planning and special arrangements. of sales for North America manager and team leader external manufacturing Attendees included Dick, MinE’51, MS MinE’55, DE by Altus Positioning for the Williston Basin planning and logistics MinE’75, and Jan Bullock; Jim Chaney, MinE’48, MS Systems, based in Asset Group at EOG organization. Nat and MinE’49; Joe, GGph’54, and Edie Gray; Jack, CE’50, Torrance, Calif. Resources Inc.’s I continue to enjoy and Denise Guth; Bill Hallett, MetE’55, and Dorothy Denver division. Cincinnati, and especially Walters; Don Johnson, ME’50; Dick Moeller, ME’50, 1989 being new parents. We and Maggie Bauer; Joe, MinE’49, and Charlotte Quinn; Joe, ME’49, and Jan Reiss; Lorraine Spackler; Randall K. Stagner, Hist: love visiting and hearing 2000 Ron, ME’47, and Sondra Tappmeyer; Bruce, MinE’51, “I was elected to serve as from friends and wish you Elliott Pennington, EE, and Anita Tarantola; Ed, ChE’50, and Joyce Thielker; the District A Councilor the best.” see “Future Miners,” Jim, ME’54, and Pat Toutz; Bob, CE’53, and Joan for the city of Raleigh, page 37. Vienhage; Bob Farris, CerE’55, MS CerE’61; and N.C. I represent the 80,000 1994 Herb Lincoln, CE’54. citizens of the district. Edward Thomas Hunn, 2001 Raleigh is the state capitol Psyc: “I started Hunn Matt Becker, EE, with a population of Security Solutions LLC, see “Future Miners,” 403,000 and growing.” Ru n, Rieker, Run a security management page 33. firm. When not working, A swimmer in college, Jeff Rieker, CE’99, felt like Brian Chamberlain, 1990 I enjoy time with my he was starting to get out of shape. So he started CSci, and Erin (Gifford) running. Two years later, two pairs of running shoes Kenneth B. Rigsby, MinE: daughters Sam, Abby Chamberlain, GeoE, used, and 20 pounds lighter, Rieker finished his quest “Still general manager and Kate.” see “Future Miners,” to cover every neighborhood street in his Nevada at a 5 million tons-per- page 34. community. When he was done, earlier this year, year underground coal 1995 he had covered approximately 550 miles. operation in southwestern Jason Fanning, Hist, Jeff Lueddecke, AE, Indiana. Kids are growing see “Future Miners,” MS SysE’08, see “Future up. My son should have page 34. Miners,” page 34. made Eagle Scout by the Wendy (Scheihing) Ultimate fighter time this is printed. Lexi 1998 Pennington, GeoE, James Head, PetE’06, likes to challenge his mind has surpassed her mom MS GeoE’03, see “Future and his body. A petroleum engineer by day, Head in height.” Rob Alferink, EE, Miners,” page 37. is also an ultimate fighter in the Ultimate Fighting see “Future Miners,” Championship. He started training while attending (continued on page 41) 1992 page 33. Missouri S&T and now holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In April, he won his UFC Vick Agarwal, EE, MS Jessica (Brill) Fanning, welterweight debut in Stockholm, Sweden, EMgt’92: “After five years LSci, see “Future Miners,” defeating Papy Abedi. in Microsoft’s corporate page 34. quality group, most
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Smith leaps across the pond
Tyrone Smith, Hist’07, finished 12th in the long jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
At Missouri S&T, Smith won Great Lakes Valley Conference championships in the indoor and outdoor long jump in 2006. In 2007, he was the league’s indoor triple jump champion.
Smith also competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He is the national record holder in Bermuda in the long jump.
(Photo by Harry How / Getty Images)
On the road
Kerrie Blazek, GGph’93, doesn’t want to do what society expects. So she recently spent a year on the road.
A native of Belleville, Ill., Blazek held teaching jobs in St. Louis and then Las Vegas. But she wanted adventure. So she sold her condo and sold or donated most of her belongings. She removed the back seat of her 2007 Honda Element and installed a sleeping platform with storage bins underneath.
In addition to cities from coast-to-coast, Blazek has been to Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore and Devils Tower National Monument. She even stopped at the SPAM Museum in Minnesota.
In recent months, Blazek has been developing a new life-coaching business. Her dog, Roubidoux, is named after sandstone formations in the Ozarks.
(Photo by Karen Christensen)
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2002 Gail (Gerstenecker) Weidner, Bus, see “Future Chris Bilderback, CSci, Miners,” page 38. and Rebecca (Galbreath) Bilderback, CE, see “Future 2006 Miners,” page 33. Josh Brown, ArchE, and MINER Adam Chamberlain, Holly (Dameron) Brown, CerE, PhD CerE’06, Math, see “Future Miners,” UNIONS and Evelyn (Barnes) page 33. Chamberlain, ChE, MS EnvE’05, PhD CE’08: Amber (Robinson) Hayes, “We live contentedly GGph, see “Future Miners,” Bodeman - Behrle outside of Indianapolis on page 34. a small farm. The boys are Matthew Stage, ChE, enjoying our current see “Future Miners,” adventure, sheep, with page 38. typical boyhood aplomb.” Also see “Future Miners,” 2007 page 34. Raymond Buehler, IST, Kate (Carter) Klotz, Psyc, was ordained to the see “Future Miners,” transitional diaconate page 34. in May at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. 2003 Transitional deacons Brett Wissel, MinE, and are seminarians in their Giles - Mueller Halligan - Decker Megan (Marler) Wissel, last year of preparation MinE, see “Future Miners,” for ordination to Colin Bodeman, MinE’11, married Lauren Gary Halligan, EE’04, MS EE’09, married the priesthood. page 38. Behrle on Aug. 6, 2011, in St. Louis. Behrle Katie Decker in November 2011. The Matthew Flint, CE, see is a junior in engineering management couple lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. at S&T. 2004 “Future Miners,” page 34. Michael Janaske, NucE’10, and Allison Charles Hayes Jr., ECE, Abhinay Rathore, Jeff Busby, EMgt’08, and Kelsey Hall, Miller, MetE’10, were married on EMgt’11, were married on May 29, 2011. Oct. 1, 2011. see “Future Miners,” MS CSci, see “Future Jeff’s parents are Michael, CE’78, and page 34. Miners,” page 37. Jeremy Morris, CerE’10, and Abby Barbara, MinE’79, Busby. LaPreze, ME’10, were married on Gary Halligan, EE’04, MS Brendon Weidner, MinE, Elliott Giles, MinE’09, and Mandi Mueller, May 21, 2011. see “Future Miners,” EE’09, see “Miner Unions,” CE’09, were married on Oct. 1, 2011, at the (continued on page 42) right. page 38. Grand Basin in Forest Park in St. Louis. The couple lives in Dallas. Tim Robert, ChE, and Jessica (McCord) Robert, 2008 ChE, both work for Nooter/ Jeff Busby, EMgt, Eriksen and recently see “Miner Unions,” right. accepted three-year S&T grad holds important Christina (Shaw) Stage, positions at the Milan, EMgt, see “Future Miners,” job at the fort Italy, office. Also see page 38. “Future Miners,” page 37. As deputy to the commanding general at Fort Lenard Wood, Rebecca Johnson, (continued on next page) CerE’83, PhD EMgt’99, is the post’s highest-ranking civilian. Born in Morocco, Johnson got her early education mostly overseas — until her father retired from the 2005 Navy. In addition to her degrees from Missouri S&T, she earned a master’s degree Matthew Moran, ME, in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. see “Future Miners,” page 37.
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2009 2011 Elliott Giles, MinE,and Colin Bodeman, MinE, Amanda “Mandi” see page “Miner Unions,” (Mueller) Giles, CE, see page 41. “Miner Unions,” page 41. MINER Matt Dukeman, ME, Mitchell Niehoff, ChE, see was named loss control UNIONS “Miner Unions,” left. specialist for United Services Disaster John Rettig, AE, and Alyse Restoration’s central (Dannenberg) Rettig, AE, Missouri office. live in Ridgecrest, Calif., Niehoff - Fritts and work for the U.S. Katie (Fritts) Niehoff, ME, Navy Naval Air Systems see “Miner Unions,” left.
Command. Also see Kelsey Hall, EMgt, see “Future Miners,” page 37 page “Miner Unions,” and “Miner Unions,” left. page 41. 2010 Ashley (Smith) Taylor, Bus, see “Miner Unions,” Brett J. Gaumond, ME, left. graduated with honors from basic military 2012 training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Kyle Barteau, MinE, joined The Doe Roe Co. in its Michael Janaske, NucE, Rettig - Dannenberg Taylor - Smith Southeast Missouri mining and Allison Miller, MetE, and milling division as both work for Timpken a technology services Mitchell Niehoff, ChE’09, and Katie Fritts, Drew Taylor, MinE’10, and Ashley Smith, Co., in Ohio. Also engineer at Buick Mine ME’11, were married on Sept. 24, 2011. Bus’11, were married on Dec. 31, 2011. see “Miner Unions,” and Mill. The couple lives in Pembroke, Va. John Rettig, AE’09, and Alyse page 41. Dannenberg, AE’09, were married on Jeremy Morris, CerE, and June 6, 2010. Abby LaPreze-Morris, ME, both work for General Motors in Defiance, Rocket man Ohio — Jeremy as a process engineer and Steven Griffin, AE’07, recently told more than 1,000 kids all about rockets during the Abby as a manufacturing 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. Griffin is a propulsion engineer. “We recently engineer with the Weapons and Energetics Department at the Naval Air Warfare purchased our first home Center in China Lake, Calif. “I love talking about rockets with kids,” he says. “What and are enjoying laying my mom thought was a dangerous hobby turned out to be what I really enjoy doing down roots in Ohio.” Also for a living.” see “Miner Unions,” Other festival participants included Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of page 41. the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters television series, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Drew Taylor, MinE, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, and Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory. see “ Miner Unions,” left.
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Miners Remembered Missouri S&T Magazine will announce deaths when information is submitted by an immediate family member or published in a newspaper obituary. Notification of deaths that have occurred more than two years before the date of publication will not be published unless a special request is made by a family member. Yearbook photos, if available, will be included for alumni when families submit obituary information.
Obituary information on alumni spouses will be printed only if the alumnus/alumna specifically requests that we print it.
Rex Alford 1940 1948 PetE’40 Ruble E. “Bob” Burns, EE Eugene Moniak, ME Rex Alford served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (April 10, 2012) (Feb. 26, 2012) during World War II and worked in the oil business until his retirement from Conoco Inc. in 1986. He played tennis into his 70s and volunteered at the hospital well 1941 1949 into his 80s. (May 5, 2012) Frank Kenneth Kyle, CE Fred M. Cody, PetE (Feb. 10, 2012) (Feb. 22, 2012)
Robert W. Ege, EE 1942 (Feb. 24, 2012) Raymond L. Thias H. Warren Buckner, ME EE’42 Robert A. Isringhaus, ChE (March 30, 2012) (Oct. 28, 2011) Raymond L. Thias served in World War II as a signal Charles M. Hillery, MinE officer in the U.S. Air Force. He spent most of his career with Sverdrup Corp. and was an avid tennis player. (Feb. 9, 2012) 1950 (Jan. 21, 2012) Robert L. Bloome, CerE 1943 (July 4, 2011)
Norbert W. Battermann, Adelbert K. “Del” Eldridge, ME (Feb. 5, 2012) ME (Oct. 2, 2011) William H. Dragoset Sr. 1944 Ernie V. Mason, EE ChE’44, MetE’47 (Feb. 20, 2012) Henry S. Adamick, MinE William H. Dragoset Sr. served as an ensign in the Jack A. Ring, EE (May 11, 2012) U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He worked (May 26, 2011) for Chemstrand/Monsanto in Pensacola, Fla., and in Peter E. DesJardins, GGph Donald C. Sewall, MinE Decatur, Ala., for a total of 30 years. (March 21, 2012) (Feb. 16, 2012) (June 15, 2012) James A. Liley Jr., EE (Sept. 13, 2011) 1951 John W. “Jack” Sjoberg, William H. “Bill” Elwood, Donald I. Meyer ChE, MS ChE’48 CE (Feb. 25, 2012) (Feb. 21, 2012) Phys’46 Ernest P. Longerich, EE, Donald I. Meyer was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha MS EE’52 (Dec. 22, 2011) fraternity. He served at the Los Alamos National 1945 Laboratory during World War II and completed his Ph.D. George W. Allen, NDD in nuclear physics in 1953. He taught at the University 1952 (Feb. 20, 2012) of Michigan until his retirement in 1997. His passions Donald K. Belcher, ME included skiing, gardening, woodworking and his (April 5, 2012) grandchildren. (April 13, 2012) 1947 Michael S. Rodolakis, George E. Henry, CE GGph (March 31, 2012) (Feb. 10, 2012) (continued on page 44)
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1955 1962 J. Walter Liddell CE’47 Garland C. “Bud” Charles C. Mathieu, MS Friederich, CE Tch Phys (May 10, 2011) J. Walter Liddell was on the Miner track team and (March 22, 2012) retired from Wang Laboratories Inc. He was an Dean C. Nichols, MS Tch accomplished nature photographer and enjoyed John B. Heil, EE Math (Dec. 29, 2011) traveling the world with his wife. (Oct. 19, 2011) (April 19, 2012) 1963 1956 Arthur R. Kessler, EE, MS Richard L. Meyer, EE EMgt’71 (Oct. 15, 2011) (Jan. 8, 2012) Ralph Banks MinE’48 Neil F. Wolf, EE 1964 Ralph Banks served in the U.S. Air Corps during (Aug. 27, 2011) James H. Boeger, ME World War II, completing 35 missions as a bombardier (April 21, 2012) and navigator and receiving a Certificate of Valor and the 1957 Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He worked for Robert G. “Bob” Fuller, 1968 Inland Steel Coal Co. for 40 years and was a leader in his community and church. (Feb. 22, 2012) Phys (April 9, 2012) Leroy “Lee” Halterman, Marshall L. Severson, GGph (April 6, 2012) MS Chem (May 13, 2012) Virgil W. Hogland 1969 EE’49 1958 Guy V. Givan, CerE, Virgil W. Hogland worked in the power industry and was MS CerE’70 (April 14, 2012) Marion C. Skouby, CE the former president of Kansas City Power & Light Co. (May 30, 2012) (March 4, 2012)
Robert E. Young, MS Phys 1970 (Oct. 25, 2011) Chin-Ming Lee, MS Math (Dec. 20, 2011)
1959 Theodore W. “Ted” Donald P. Wilson, EE Naylor, MinE Fred M. Springer (April 19, 2012) (Jan. 26, 2012) ME’49 Jerry M. Pickett, EMgt Fred M. Springer was a member of Kappa Alpha 1960 (June 1, 2012) fraternity and the football team. He served in the Joe F. Brock, ME William O. Player, MS CE U.S. Army during the Korean War and retired as vice president of Mobil Oil Corp.’s diversified business (March 18, 2012) (March 30, 2012) division in 1985. His passion was trains, from miniature Virgil R. Friebel, MS MetE Robert E. “Bob” Schwab, sets to a full-size railroad car he bought and later (May 26, 2012) ChE, MS ChE’70, donated to a museum. (April 18, 2012) PhD ChE’75 (May 21, 2012) Robert “Gene” Hanquist, ME (Feb. 17, 2012) Daniel J. Spellman, CE Frank A. DeLurgio (Nov. 9, 2011) EE’51 1961 Frank A. DeLurgio served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired from Emerson Electric Co. in St. Louis. Jack C. Gates, MetE 1971 He was a beloved and active member of a large Italian (Nov. 14, 2011) David O. Bryan, EE family and mentored many, including nephew Steve (May 8, 2012) A. Dale Mears, ME DeLurgio, ME’67. (May 2, 2012) (Feb. 10, 2012) Daniel J. Llewellyn, CE (April 14, 2012) (continued on page 47)
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Don V. Roloff CerE’51 Don V. Roloff was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and St. Patrick’s court. He served as a volunteer firefighter while a student and in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. His most recent position was as executive president of International Carbon and Materials Inc. in Clayton, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2012)
Rodney E. “Rod” Gilbreath EE’53 JOHN J. MULLIGAN Rodney E. “Rod” Gilbreath retired from Westinghouse in 1993 and spent most of his 38-year career designing John J. Mulligan, GGph’49, died on Feb. 14, 2012. computer programs for industrial processes. He was Mr. Mulligan enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of dedicated to his family, his church and to being a good Engineers in 1942 and was placed in charge of a neighbor. (Sept. 13, 2011) weather station in Greenland until the end of the war. He attended MSM on the GI Bill. In 1949, he was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and worked there until he retired in 1985. He spent half a year in Antarctica, where he discovered a coal deposit on a mountain that is now David Joe Davis named Mulligan Peak in his honor. In 1970, he became CE’55 chief of field operations for the Bureau in Alaska. David Joe Davis was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and served in the Korean War. He was city engineer for O’Fallon, Ill., until his retirement in 1993. (April 11, 2012)
Chester L. Hager CE’58 Chester L. Hager worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation his entire career, retiring in 1991. (May 14, 2012)
William F. Oberbeck Sr. Robert K. “Bob” Garrett William F. Oberbeck Sr., MetE’39 (left), died on MetE’59 May 8, 2012. Mr. Oberbeck served in the U.S. Army Robert K. “Bob” Garrett was a member of Theta Xi Corps of Engineers from 1941–45. He remained in fraternity and began his career with Bethlehem Steel. He the reserves after the war and retired as a lieutenant was plant manager at Merit Steel, a wire manufacturing colonel. In 1960, Mr. Oberbeck started his own business. plant in Indiana, followed by vice president of sales for He is pictured with his son Bill Oberbeck Jr., MetE’72, a wire heat treating facility in Michigan. He and his wife MS EMgt’76, MS NucE’76 (right), and his grandson, retired 10 years ago to Williamsburg, Va. (Oct. 8, 2010) William F. Oberbeck III, ChE’12 (center).
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Gene C. Rizer CE’60 Gene C. Rizer earned an electrical engineering degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He received medals for two tours in Vietnam and retired as a colonel in the U.S. Army after 27 years. He taught high school math for 10 years. He loved to travel, was active in his church, and volunteered in homeless shelters and several organizations. (March 4, 2012)
Peter H.F. Malsch Dr. George CE’62 Peter H.F. Malsch was a member of Theta Xi fraternity Edwin Lorey and served in the U.S. Army as an engineer. He retired Dr. George Edwin Lorey, dean emeritus of continuing from Weyerhaueser Co. after 34 years. He served on the education and public service and professor emeritus of Miner Alumni Association board and was active in his ceramic engineering at Missouri S&T, died on section. He was a frequent volunteer, most recently as Feb. 8, 2012. Dr. Lorey joined the ceramic engineering district coordinator and instructor for the AARP Senior faculty in 1956 and retired in 1988. He was active in the Driver Safety Program. (Jan. 29, 2012) university’s Retirees’ Association. Dr. Lorey was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942 and he served in the Signal Timothy C. Judkins Corps, where he fought in the Pacific theater and helped liberate the Philippines. After the war, he was briefly Chem’64 stationed at Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Tokyo. Timothy C. Judkins was a veteran of the U.S. Navy He was discharged in 1946 with numerous medals. and earned his master’s degree in 1971 in library and information science from the University of Missouri- Columbia. He worked as a health sciences librarian for Carmen Stites-Tuttle 33 years. (April 2, 2012) Carmen Stites-Tuttle died on April 25, 2012. Ms. Stites-Tuttle was an administrative assistant in the Army ROTC department at Missouri S&T until Dennis R. Brauer 2008, when she retired. She was heavily involved in the Rolla community. MetE’65 Dennis R. Brauer was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He worked for Olin Brass until 1979 when he became metallurgical manager of The Miller Co. He Richard McNulty III rejoined Olin Brass as technical director in 1985 and was Richard McNulty III, NDD, died May 13, 2012, in Bowri promoted to vice president of technology. He helped Tana, Afghanistan, when the vehicle he was driving hit develop a new alloy for the Golden Dollar coin. an improvised explosive device. Pfc. McNulty went to He retired in 2002. (March 22, 2012) Rolla High School and participated in ROTC at Missouri S&T. He joined the Army in 2010. Frank E. Rosenberger ME’66 Frank E. Rosenberger was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was an environmental and results supervisor for Illinois Power Co. at the Havana Power Station, retiring in 2006 after 40 years. He served 25 years on the Havana Rural Fire Department. (May 9, 2012)
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Floyd A. Kopp 1972 1983 Chem’70 Kenneth A. Berkbigler, ME Steven W. Clifford, NDD Floyd A. Kopp worked in the foundry industry for more (June 23, 2011) (March 13, 2012) than 40 years. His most recent position was with Denison Industries in Texas. He received numerous awards Donald G. Brandenburg, Sally L. Hisey Gaebler, for pioneering procedures and methods for reducing MetE (Feb. 12, 2012) NDD (June 4, 2012) smokestack emissions and waste in manufacturing Wilbert “Bob” Rogger, facilities. He was an avid outdoorsman and a devoted MS EMgt (Feb. 20, 2012) 1984 family man and was active in his church. (Nov. 3, 2011) Jeffrey A. Wheeler, EE 1973 (May 7, 2012) Gary L Reynolds ME’73 John C. Jedlicka, MetE (May 22, 2012) 1988 Gary L Reynolds was a project engineer for Mustang Carol Lynn Weatherwax, Engineering and spent his career in design and development for firms like Caterpillar, Johnson Controls 1974 NDD (June 12, 2012) and Armour Pharmaceutical. He was an avid sports and Bruce A. Enloe, ME car enthusiast who cherished his original coded 1969 (April 24, 2012) 1993 1/2 Dodge Super Bee 440 Six Pack. (Dec. 17, 2011) Dennis M. Meyer, EE 1977 (Jan. 31, 2012) Martin R. Mattlage John S. Bown, MS GGph (Feb. 23, 2012) 2000 AE’74 Paul E. “Teddy” Bushey II, Martin R. Mattlage worked for Nestle Purina PetCare 1982 BioS (March 26, 2012) Co. for more than 30 years. (May 15, 2012) Edward N. Schmidt, CSci, MS EMgt’88 2005 (March 20, 2012) Matthew John Pooker, CE (May 7, 2012)
FRIENDS
Evelyn “Pat” Ballantyne, Marie Crowell, wife of Eldon B. “Cork” Finley Betty McDaniels, wife of Edward W. Savage, retired wife of Edwin J. Ballantyne Jr., Gilbert L. Crowell, CE’51 (March 13, 2012) John L. McDaniels, Phys’60 S&T staff (Feb. 19, 2012) MinE’60, MS MinE’61, (Nov. 26, 2011) (March 6, 2011) Michael W. Freeman, Dorothy D. Scrivner, wife PhD EMgt’89 (May 16, 2012) Elizabeth True Davidson, husband of Sara E. Freeman, Wanda L. McInerney, wife of of the late Jack Scrivner, Sybil K. (Cannon) Bloome, wife of the late Charles C. CSci’73 (March 5, 2012) the late Bernard McInerney, Phys’57, MS Phys’61 wife of the late Robert L. Davidson, EE’49 MS CE’71 (March 3, 2012) Dolores M. Fuqua, wife of the (Feb. 22, 2012) Bloome, CerE’50 (May 18, 2011) late John H. Fuqua, MetE’49 Ann (McGee) Mitchell, wife Mabel L. Slocum, wife of the (May 14, 2011) Linda M. Denney (Oct. 20, 2011) of the late John W. Mitchell, late George G. Slocum, CE’50 JoAnne Curtis Bruskotter, (Sept. 20, 2011) MetE’49, and mother of John David Gruver (Jan. 31, 2012) (Aug. 28, 2011) wife of John F. Bruskotter, W. “Bill” Mitchell Jr., MetE’66, Marian F. Dwyer, wife PetE’52 (March 31, 2012) Jane R. Jackson and Stephen Mitchell, Glenna Tucker of the late James Dwyer (Aug. 8, 2011) MetE’82. (Feb. 2, 2012) (May 4, 2012) Dr. James D. Butts, (Jan. 31, 2012) a physician practicing in Grace Johnson Phyllis A. Umlauf, retired Corbett Evans Beth Mosbach Rolla from 1950-96 (March 2, 2012) S&T employee (April 14, 2012) (March 12, 2012) (Feb. 19, 2012) (Feb. 2, 2012) Kevin Kordes Ruth M. Wehmeier, wife Grace E. Falkenrath, wife Edna J. Picker (April 26, 2012) of Ray Wehmeier Lloyd Byrd (Feb. 16, 2012) of the late Pete Falkenrath (May 29, 2012) (March 22, 2012) Willie E. Cochran, retired (April 2, 2012) Benjamin Joseph Mazzei, Opal V. Pruett former mechanical S&T staff (April 19, 2012) Bette Jo Feagan, wife of engineering student (Feb. 14, 2012) Wilbur Feagan, MS EMgt’76 (June 8, 2012) (June 26, 2012)
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STEVEN FREY: iN on locked S&T A true champion of S&T, Steven Frey, MS Phys’86, is director of applied Yes, S&T is cool: Frey and his son recently encountered members of the research for Lockheed Martin Corp. in Orlando, Fla. He has been with the Formula SAE car team from the University company since he finished graduate school. of Florida. “I mentioned that Lydia goes to S&T and they said they have the greatest car there, the design is unbelievable, it’s Über advocate: Frey took it upon himself The next generation: Frey and his wife, got a really cool green and gold paint job. to recruit S&T students to Lockheed Michelle, have two children. Lydia, 20, a One guy just went on and on about it. It Martin on his own dime, using vacation junior at S&T studying chemical engineer- was pretty gratifying to hear, especially time. “I feel strongly about recruiting from ing, and Grant, 16, who recently attended considering the millions that some of the S&T — I know the school’s value and the S&T’s Jackling Summer Camp. Grant likes big universities spend on their cars. Grant caliber of its students. Lockheed Martin to stay with his sister on campus while his and I both felt some pride in that.” needs the engineers S&T produces. I come parents attend OGS events. to campus a couple of times a year to give talks at the career center and do informal recruiting. I get the resumes of really qualified students into the hands of the right people. And our intern program is a win-win for us — not only do the students gain skills that will give them a head start on their careers, their fresh ideas help us gain innovative perspectives that could help us penetrate additional markets.” He’s also started several research projects with S&T professors to “mine some great technology they are working on to get it out of the lab and into industry.”
Something extra: “My master’s degree really differentiated me from others looking for jobs when I graduated. And I was only able to afford grad school because of a teaching assistant position, which I Steven Frey, second from left, stands with S&T interns (from left) Scott Replogle, a senior in aerospace assume was paid for by a donor. I figured engineering, Laura Sisken, Phys’12, and Brennt Courtney, a senior in mechanical engineering. I ought to be willing to do the same for (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin) someone else.” Frey is a member of Order of the Golden Shillelagh donor recognition “LOCKHEED MARTIN NEEDS THE ENGINEERS society and has given to the physics development fund. S&T PRODUCES.” — Steven Frey, MS Phys’86
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SPOTLESS! Carl Mathews of Rolla, Mo., showed off his 1937 Chevrolet during the 2012 Homecoming Cruise-In. (Photo by Terry Barner)
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