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Lawrence University Lux Alumni Magazines Communications Spring 1991 Lawrence Today, Volume 71, Number 2, Spring 1991 Lawrence University Follow this and additional works at: http://lux.lawrence.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Liberal Studies Commons © Copyright is owned by the author of this document. Recommended Citation Lawrence University, "Lawrence Today, Volume 71, Number 2, Spring 1991" (1991). Alumni Magazines. Book 73. http://lux.lawrence.edu/alumni_magazines/73 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Communications at Lux. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of Lux. For more information, please contact [email protected]. T 0 D A V SPRING 1991 Last spring, April showers led to a May snowstorm here in Appleton. This spring, thank goodness, we're back on track. It's early May and the blue scillas planted many years ago by Marguerite Schumann, C'44, are blooming on the front lawn of Wilson House. Elsewhere, daffodils and tulips are doing their part to herald the end of another long winter and the arrival of, yes, finally, some warm weather. This spring, the daffodils have a little competition in the yellow department, however. Ribbons-yellow ribbons-are everywhere-on trees, school yard fences, coat lapels. Operation Desert Storm has left this community-and perhaps your's, too-feeling good about our country and proud of our young soldiers. And yet, those of us thirtysomething and older remember a time not so long ago when we greeted our returning soldiers with indifference, rather than with gratitude. Very few Americans tied yellow ribbons around their oak trees for our Vietnam War veterans. Paul Driessen, '70, author of this issue's "Vietnam Revisited:' did not serve in Vietnam. He has, however, written and produced a video about Washington, D.C:s Vietnam War Memorial that is playing to much critical acclaim. In "Vietnam Revisited:' he shares with us some of the joys and sorrows involved in making his tribute to America's "unsung heroes" as well as relates the stories of a few Lawrentians who did serve in Vietnam. It's fitting that Driessen's article comes on the heels of Memorial Day. Elsewhere in this issue, Dianne Droster, '82, introduces us to entrepreneur Tom Hurvis, '60, in her article "Learning the Trade:' Several years ago, Hurvis worked his marketing magic on the snackfood Screaming Yellow Zonkers. These days, he directs his boundless energy on The Old World Trading Company, a world-wide shipper of chemicals. His success has put him in the fortunate position of being able to make a difference in the lives of several Lawrence students by offering them full scholarships to the college as well as summer internships with his company. And yet Hurvis insists that he and his company benefit from the OWTC Scholarship/Internship Program as well. Could it be a match made in heaven? You bet, says Hurvis. A few years ago, a national organization ranked Pittsburgh as one of the most liveable cities in the U.S. That ranking surprised a lot of people, but not Cynthia Furber Cooley, '53. An artist with a growing national reputation, Cooley first saw the beauty in Pittsburgh more than 25 years ago. Tom Dietrich, professor emeritus of art, recently brought Cooley to our attention. We now bring her to your's with our cover story, "Beauty and the Beasts:' written by assistant editor Lisa Ruohomaki. Last, but not least, is a feature on this year's freshman class. An impressive lot-nearly 81 percent ranked in the top quarter of their high school class and scored in the top 25 percent of those students taking national standardized college entrance exams-they took an hour of their time in September to take an attitudinal survey. Their opinions and thoughts about themselves, their futures , and the issues of the day may surprise you . And that, plus a little more, adds up to the spring issue of Lawrence Today-my last as editor. After almost nine years with Lawrence, I'm turning in my red pencil for two small children who are eager for a full-time mother. Editing this publication has been great fun thanks to a good team here on campus and receptive readers off campus; I will miss it and you. I leave you in capable hands, however. The new editor, Bill Noblitt (who also happens to be Lawrence's new director of public affairs-Rich Morrison has accepted a challenging position at the University of San Francisco), is one of the best. The alumni magazine he edited at Rice University was judged by Newsweek and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) to be the nation's top university magazine in 1990. Lawrence Today readers are definitely in for a treat, and I, for one, will be heading to my mailbox with anticipation. A.A.M. May 9, 1991 * * * Prelude .. .what an apt name for an editor's column at Lawrence. And aptly named by an exceptional editor for her warm and personal quarterly reflections. It is, perhaps, an inappropriate place to extend these thanks to that editor and to her boss as they conclude their service to the college. Or perhaps it's just right. Rich Morrison has promoted Lawrence with great zeal for seven years and set a tone in the public affairs office that encouraged Anne and her colleagues to make Lawrence Today an important moment in the lives of alumni and friends. Anne and Rich have served us well and we will miss them. Thanks, guys, and Godspeed. G. Gregory Fahlund Vice president for development and external affairs SPRING 1991 Vol. 71, No. 2 T 0 D A V Editorial Richard E. Morrison Director of Public Affairs Anne Alwood Mead Associate Director of Public Affairs Editor Lisa Ruohomakl Assistant Editor Evelyn Telkarl Designer Kendra Kernen Publications Production Manager carol Moczygemba Writer Rick Peterson Associate Director of Public Affairs Beauty and the Beasts ........... .... .. ........... .. ..... ... ... .. ... .... .. .. ......... ...... 2 Sports Information Director Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When the beholder is artist Cynthia Furber Cooley, '53, Pittsburgh's gloomy working class neighborhoods and the behemoths of its steel industry are transformed into memorable works of art. Learning the Trade .. ... .. ........ .... ..... ......... .. .... ... .... .... .......... .. ..... 6 Lawrence's Old World Trading Company Scholarship/Internship Program, brainchild of Tom Hurvis, '60, is having a positive influence on the college, the company, and the student interns. Cover: Northside Neighborhood by Cynthia Furber Cooley, '53, 1989, acrylic, 32x46. Freshmen with an Attitude .. .. ...... ........ .. ..... ... .. .. .. ......... ...... ........... 12 Photo credits: Cover and pages 2, 3, 4·5, courtesy of Cynthia Furber Cooley, '53; pages A nationwide survey tells us about the character of the freshman class. 6·7. 9, back cover, Steve 'lanDeVoorde; pages 10, 11 , 35, Carol Moczygemba: pages 12, 15, Eveyln Vietnam Revisited ...... .. .... .... .. .. ..... ........................ .................... ..... 16 Teikari : page 13, Eveyln Teikari, file photo, and In the wake of Desert Storm and on the heels of Memorial Day, Paul Driessen, '70, takes us back to Vietnam. Lawrence University archives: page 14, Eveyln Teikari and Steve vanDeVoorde: pages 16, 17, 18, courtesy of Paul Driessen, '70: page 19, Campus News ...... .. ....... ..... .. ......... ...... .......................... .............. 20 courtesy of Russell Flam, '24, Gary Hietpas, Students make their spring break "constructive"; three seniors receive Watson and Fulbright fellowships ; the college increases its '68, and Gordon's Photography, and Lawrence Un iversity alumni office: page 20, Carol comprehensive fee ; and a look at two outstanding students. Moczygemba and Roger Duncan, '94: page 21 , Steve 'lanDeVoorde, Carol Moczygemba, and Sports .............. .. ..... .... ... .. .. ... ... ............ ... .............. ..................... 22 courtesy of Jennie Robinson: page 22, Roger A review of the winter season. Duncan, '94; page 23, Rich Morrison and Rick Peterson: page 24, file photo: page 31 , courtesy of Ruth Schulze Humleker, '44; page 37, Alumni Today ..... .. ... .. .. ... ................. .. .... .... ...... ......... .. ........ ... .... 25 courtesy of Gene Davis: page 38, courtesy of Alumni association news, classnotes, and alumni profiles. Rick Kroos, '66; page 42, Stephen Green: page 45, courtesy of Robert L. Heilbronner, '80, and Steve Pistono, '88: page 49, Lawrence University Letters .. ..... ....... ..... ... ......... .. .......... ... ........... ....... ........ .. .... .... ... 48 archives. Lawrence Yesterday .. .. .. ...... ............... .. .... .... .. .............. .. .. ............... 49 Lawrence Today is published by Lawrence University. Articles are expressly the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent official university policy. Correspondence and address changes should be addressed to Lawrence Today, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 54912 . Lawrence University promotes equal opportunity for all . AND THE By Lisa Ruohomaki When artist Cynthia Furber Cooley, '53, began painting the landscape of Pittsburgh 26 years ago, she had no idea she'd be documenting years of enormous change. The people of Pittsburgh never guessed that their aging neighborhoods and monstrous machines of industry could be the subjects of such beautiful works of art. or Monet, it was waterlilies; for she found on the hillsides, she moved down to the Degas, dancers; for Gauguin, exotic riverbanks of the Allegheny and