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D e a n K a ren H a tch e r Dorcie Dvarishkis M aureen and M ike M ansfield Library The University of Montana Foundation Maureen and MiJ(e The University o f Montana P.O. B o x 7159 MANSFIELD LIBRARY M issoula, M T 59812 M issoula, M T 59807-7159 406-243-6800 1-800-443-2593 o r 406-243-2593 V o l u m e 15 Contents Number 2

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E d i t o r Caroline Patterson ’94 2 AROUND THE C ontributing 10 W r i t e r s a n d REMAPPING HOPE OVAL by K a t h y W it k o w sk y E d i t o r s Terry Brenner Located in Missoula’s Milwaukee Station, the Center for the Rocky Mountain West 8 takes a broad look at issues facing the Rocky Mountain region. Gerri Jardine ’95 SPORTS Janelle Leader Lamb Paddy MacDonald ’81 12 Rita Munzenrider '83 TRADE SECRETS 26 Cary Shimek CLASS NOTES by K im A n d e r s o n Patia Stephens Marketing Big Sky businesses to the world at UM’s Montana World Trade Center. P hotographer 32 Todd Goodrich '88 14 ALUMNI L a y o u t a n d INNOCENTS ABROAD NOTES G r a p h i c s by C a r o l in e Pa t t e r s o n Mike Egcler From lawn bowling in New Zealand to fruit markets in Rome: Snapshots and student 34 impressions o f UM study abroad programs. A d v i s o r y CAMPAIGN B o a r d MOMENTUM Vivian Brooke 17 Perry Brown VILLAGE TALES William Farr by R a c h e l S c h n e l l er Bob Frazier A day in the life o f Zignasso, a small village in the West African country o f Mali. William Johnston Annick Smith Dennis Swibold 18 John Talbot INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILES by S h a r o n B a r r e t t , S u s a n n a S o n n e n b e r g a n d Pa d d y M a c D o n a l d A d v e r t i s i n g Four UM students who hail from disparate parts o f the globe. R epresentive Jackie Drews (406) 728-1573 22 THE TWAIN SHALL MEET E d i t o r i a l by Pa t r ic k H u t c h in s O f f i c e s From homes to healing, the Mansfield Center explores important issues facing the East University and the West. Communications 323 Brandy Hall The University of 24 Montana BOOK CHAT Missoula, MT by S u s a n n a S o n n e n b e r g 59812-1301 Two novels-one about a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and another about a (406) 243-2522 plane crash-set in Missoula, searing poetry about Vietnam and a history of hellraisers Web site: and hotdoggers at The Big Mountain in Whitefish. h ttp :/ / www.umt.edu C over UM student Manda Ko o f Hong The Montanan is Kong. published three times Photo by Todd a year by The Goodrich. University of Montana-Missoula Inside photos by Todd for its alumni and Goodrich, except as friends. noted.

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Tu Babdong’s paintings, “Snowy Alley” (above) and “Summer Alley” (right) are part o f the permanent art collection at the UM Museum o f Fine Arts.

Tu Baixiong in Brushstrokes

ast October at The University of which he received the Northwest Watercolor April 1, 1996. Montana’s Paxson Gallery, Missoulians Council’s first prize. His work is in permanent Baixiong found his adopted home welcom­ Lhad the pleasure of viewing a record of collections in the United States and Asia. The ing. “Emerging from the social upheaval in late twentieth century Montana. Organized by Montana Arts Council commissioned him to China, 1 found the peace in Missoula especial­ Margaret Mudd, director of U M ’s Museum of create four scenes of UM campus life—some of ly meaningful,” Baixiong wrote. “When I walk Fine Arts, the Tu Baixiong retrospective fea­ his final works—which now hang in the along the quiet, clean alleys, the newly mowed tured the lifework of a Chinese artist who Gallagher Building. lawns, even the garbage cans in neat order, all portrayed his adopted home in colorful water- Bom in Shanghai in 1944 to a family of seem to show with pride the Montanans’ colors, gouaches and oils. shipping merchants, Baixiong left China in enjoyment of life and their kindness to me as Baixiong, a portraitist and master Chinese 1987 for UM, where in 1992 he received a an outsider.” calligrapher, is best remembered for his light- masters degree in painting. He stayed on as a “Tu carried on a love affair with Missoula,” washed portrayals of Montana landscapes, for popular visiting instructor until he died on Mudd said. “He painted us better than we are.”

2 Winter 1998 MONTANAN at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the law jumped 140 percent, and bachelor’s degrees Former Law school's Castles Center. awarded in English rose 82 percent. Why the sudden interest in literature and P rofessor Dies creative writing? According to Bruce Bigley, argery Hunter Brown, a professor U M ’s First English department chair, students are mov­ emeritus of U M ’s law school, died ing out of more specifically career-oriented Friday, January 9, of congestive S weat Lodge M majors. “People have discovered that a busi­ heart failure, ending a lifetime of notable M’s Native American Studies Program ness degree is n ’t necessarily a passport to a achievements. During her career at UM from has a new sweat lodge, constructed job,” he said. “So they might as well take 1976 to 1993, Brown served as assistant Unear Fort Missoula in 1997 after something they like.” dean, associate dean President George Dennison designated a and acting dean. She quarter-square-mile along the Bitterroot also founded and River for the project Jim Kipp, a senior in Founder of UM served as the first Native American studies who is the driving director of the Indian force behind the project, says the new lodge is Native American Law Clinic sacred to Native Americans. “Native Before joining the American students have long recognized the Studies Dies UM law faculty, need for a sweat lodge to help maintain the onnie Heavy Runner Craig, director Brown, the mother of balance of body, soul and mind,” he says. o f U M ’s Native American Studies two, co-founded the Kipp welcomes people of other tribes to build BProgram and a Blackfeet tribal mem­ Bigfork Summer at the site and people of all cultures to partic­ ber, died November 24, 1997, after a long bat­ Playhouse, served on the Montana Human ipate in sweat ceremonies. tle with cancer. Craig founded Montana’s Rights Commission and was a member of the first NAS program and won state and nation­ Montana Constitution Revision and Montana al recognition as a champion of civil rights, Constitution Convention commissions. H ow M any particularly for Native Former law school dean Martin Burke Americans and described her as a person of integrity. “She English M ajors women. She was a brought a vision of what legal education UM law school should be,” he said to the Missoulian. “She Does It T a k e ....? Distinguished Alumna was the heart and soul of the law schooL..the M students have recently flocked to and received the 1997 moral compass for us and for our institution. the English program in record num­ Robert T. Pantzer This loss is huge, not only to our school but Ubers, outpacing majors in all other Award, one of U M ’s to the state” departments in the College of Arts and highest honors. In A memorial service for Brown will be held Sciences. Since fall 1992, English majors 1996, she garnered the

A closer look at UM students, faculty Montana, must now educate men and E d it o r ’s Note and administrators involved in international women to succeed in a global economy. projects was long overdue. But as I began to “We must emphasize teaching, research hen Made Lusk, director of put this issue together, it grew like the mush­ and service rooted in Montana but also rele­ International Programs, came to rooming pudding in Woody A lle n ’s movie vant in a rapidly changing world environ­ me in September proposing an W Sleeper, and I realized we needed two issues ment,” Dennison says. “Our teaching must issue covering UM and the global communi­ to adequately cover U M ’s international activ­ incorporate the latest technology so that our ty, I thought he had a wonderful idea. ities. In this first issue, we concentrate on graduates are competent to use the tools and Globalism permeates much o f campus UM centers with an international focus and media pervading the global marketplace. life—from the hundreds UM students who UM students who have traveled from or to Our students must study foreign languages venture abroad and experience the thrill, as foreign countries. In our next issue, we will and culture to acquire the skills and per­ one student put it, “of making friends in cover faculty research that is international in spective to be competitive in the interna­ another language,” to the international stu­ focus. tional community. Our scholarship and dents from 62 different countries at UM According to UM President George research must connect with that o f peers who, according to Foreign Student and Dennison, the influence of globalization on throughout the world; our service must Scholar Services Director Eftychia Koehn, higher education has been profound. involve distant peoples and communities.” “enhance the education of all students.” Universities, including The University of

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Joann Youngbear Community Service Award dents at the University of Minnesota- for her outstanding contributions to the local Crookston. This year the first of the six tribal community. courses in the program will be available on During her six-year struggle with ovarian the Internet cancer, Craig publicly shared her experiences to raise awareness about society’s treatment of the terminally ill. An outspoken advocate Dean G oes Back of the traditional healing, Craig allowed Western science to tend her body while her to C lass Native American family nurtured her spirit ames Kriley announced he will step “They counseled me on many different lev­ down as dean of U M ’s School of Fine els,” Craig said of her people. “They smiled at J Arts at the end of the academic year to me. They touched me. They supported me.” return to full-time classroom teaching. “I’ve A scholar, administrator and mother of enjoyed the past twelve years, and it has been two, Craig left a legacy of commitment and a great faculty,” Kriley said of his stint as energy. “Rarely in your life do you meet dean. “But, i t ’s time.” Kriley, who was the great people,” said longtime friend and UM drama/dance department chair for nine colleague Reno LoParco. “There’s going to be years, has been at the University for twenty- a great void.” two years, teaching and helping to develop the UM dance program and the Montana Repertory Theatre. Internet W ilderness New C ub wilderness management course devel­ mascot, too. Known to retailers as “Cubby oped at UM for use on the Internet on C ampus Bear,” the light brown bear is trimmed with A has won the Outstanding Credit h e r e ’s a new addition to the Montana maroon and silver spirit colors. He joins U M ’s ; Program of the Year Award for 1997 from Grizzly family—Montana’s fierce grizzly I-AA apparel collection, the top seller in the Region 7 of the University Continuing bear mascot has given birth to a cuddly country. The logo was created by Missoula Education Association. The first of its kind cub.T The baby Griz arrived in November in artist Steve LaRance, who designed the senior nationally and one of six in the UM forestry response to retailers’ requests for a less fear­ Montana Grizzly logo in 1 9 % . s c h o o l’s Wilderness Management Distance some grizzly bear mascot for children’s appar­ Education Program, the course was success­ el. The Grizzly Cub Club, an organization for fully piloted last winter with twenty-three stu­ young Grizzly fans, sports the little bear as its MCH S ilver Anniversary ! W illiams Donates Papers to UM n a round of banquets and receptions November 7 and 8, the Montana ormer Congressman Pat Williams, long-debated wilderness bills, and an exten­ Committee for the Humanities celebrated now a senior fellow at U M ’s Center sive video collection. I its twenty-fifth anniversary in Bozeman, the for the Rocky Mountain West, F site of its inaugural meeting. An independent recently donated his papers to the bur­ nonprofit affiliate of the National geoning congressional collection in the K. Endowment for the Humanities, MCH has Ross Toole Archives of the Maureen and been housed at UM since 1972. “Despite our Mike Mansfield Library. Established by his­ statewide mission, much MCH history has torian and Professor K. Ross Toole in been bound up with that of The University 1 1968, the archives contain correspondence, of Montana,” says MCH Executive Director oral histories and photographs from Mark Sherouse. “The founding chair was UM Montana representatives including Joseph President Bob Pantzer and, over the years, the Dixon, Mike Mansfield and John Melcher. committee has made more than 100 grants to Along with the usual fare, the Williams G rade schoolers’ portraits o f Pat Williams, span­ the University. And some of the University’s papers contain a wealth of information on ning seventeen years, are now boosed In th e roost distinguished faculty members and wilderness legislation, including M o n ta n a ’s Mansfield Library’s K. R o ss Toole A rchives. administrators have served as committee i members.” \

4 W in ter 1998 Montanan Last B est Tales . L Davis, Ivan Doig, A. B. Guthrie Jr., Ken Kesey and Norman Maclean have H more in common than a Northwest connection. Discussions of their work were broadcast to Montana Public Radio listeners on “Storylines Northwest,” a thirteen-week program produced live at KUFM Broadcast Media Center. Writers Paul Zalis and Lowell Jaeger cohosted the program, which included readings and commentary from listeners in Montana, Oregon and Washington, and, occa­ sionally, the authors themselves. Tapes of the shows will soon be available at Montana pub­ lic libraries.

C ooking on the W ild S ide f your freezer is loaded with white pack­ ages of venison and elk, but y ou ’re help­ I less when it comes to preparing it, the Getting Wild With Wild Game Cookbook, produced by U M ’s Dining Services, may be the helping hand you need. The cookbook ilent heers guage to pick up the ch e e r’s rhythm and stems from the S C an interpreter to decipher verbal cues. annual, increas­ ike dozens of UM students, Charlie Even though he has been deaf since birth, ingly popular Phillips lives in a fraternity house, Phillips possesses extraordinary language cooking show rushes from class to cheerleading skills, even though English is essentially practiceL and hangs out with friends. One his second language, signing, his first at UM- “Getting Wild o f only four deaf students on the UM “Like it or not,” he says, “it ’s a hearing With Wild campus, he cannot hear and cannot speak, world. I need to learn the tools that Game.” Priced but he is still a member of U M ’s cheering enable me to fit in and make the most of at $14.00 (plus squad. During practices and games, myself.” $3 for ship­ Phillips relies on his teammates’ body lan­ ping), the cook­ books are avail­ able at (406) Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rub pepper 243-6325. The into steaks. Heat half of the oil in the pan. S chreiber Gym following recipe Sear steaks 3 minutes on each side until is developed by Martin Albrecht, catering brown. Remove steaks and keep warm but do Vandalized chef at University Dining Services. not allow them to cook further. In the same unning fans and air conditioners at E l k R o u l a d e n pan, heat the remaining oil and add the shal­ the end of November in Montana lots and mushrooms, saute for 3 minutes. may seem unusual, but such equip­ 2 Vi lb elk steak, thinly sliced Deglaze the pan with the wines and simmer R ment was hard at work in U M ’s Schreiber 6 slices bacon, diced for 1 minute. Dissolve the cornstarch in the Gymnasium over Thanksgiving vacation to 2 large onions, diced beef broth. Add it, the tomato paste, dried dry out the water-soaked gymnasium floor. Dijon mustard thyme and balsamic vinegar to the pan just Vandals turned on a fire hose that damaged dill pickles, cut lA* to warm them up. Mask the bottom of a plat­ the ground level and the second-floor basket­ salt and pepper ter with the sauce and mushrooms, then place ball court of the seventy-seven-year-old build­ thyme, fresh or ground steaks on top. Garnish with fresh thyme ing. The first floor has been reconditioned, rosemary, fresh or ground sprigs. but the damage to the gy m ’s hardwood is still

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undetermined. The cost for damages has “All Bird TV,” a thirty-minute show, which sion stands, a remodeled Naseby Rhinehart reached $35,000, and the vandalism is under aired on Discovery Communications’s new Athletic Treatment Center and a 20,000- criminal investigation. nature channel, Animal Planet Fueled by square-foot auxiliary gym. D ia l’s energy, the show was a combination of lessons in bird biology and bird-related enter­ P rofessor tainment for birdwatchers of all ages. North by Currendy he is preparing the next thirteen- Flies High part series, so check local listings or the Northwest en Dial and UM are soaring in bird Internet at http://animal.discovery.com for hile U M ’s tenth annual bus tour circles after Dial took flight with a programming schedules. lacked the intrigue of its namesake television show and a published arti­ Dial also was published in the November W movie, it d id n ’t lack action. For three K 6 issue of Nature, one of the w o rld ’s most cle last fall. An associate biology professor at days in October, UM administrators,'faculty UM, Dial was host and scientific adviser to prestigious scientific journals. In his article, and students visited eleven high schools in “Lifelines: Secrets of Bird Flight Revealed,” Montana’s northwest corner. The faculty Dial discovered why hovering is something taught workshops on topics ranging from sue- that birds don't do for long. Using “strain gauges” planted in the wings of black-billed magpies, Dial discovered that hovering took nearly twice as much power as flying at an average speed. At top speed, magpies expend­ ed far less power than they did when they hovered.

Field House: Take Tw o etween July 1998 and October 1999, cess in college to finding jobs via the Internet UM plans to transform the Harry Along with visits to S&.K Electronics in Adams Field House into the new UM Pablo, Semitool in Kalispell and the Columbia Harry Adams Events Center. After slicing Falls Aluminum Company, President $8.3 million from the proposed $23-million- Dennison also visited the Kila School, where project, UM unveiled plans for a newly reno­ he graduated from eighth grade in 1949. vated field house that include more and bet­ ter seating, expanded restrooms and conces-

Walter Book's paintings “Oranges and Cat” and “Bisoncentennial Trio" were exhibited in tbe Paxson Gallery November 4 to December 3 1 9 9 7 as part of the show, “Celebration: The Art of Walter Hook.” Bom and raised in Bonner. Hook was educated at UM, where be was later an art professor from 1955to 1977 He was known for his paintings of buffaloes, barnyard chickens, cats and eggs.

6 Winter 1998 M o n ta n a n recently released its first CD. Titled U M ’s Island Summer Songs, the CD contains a variety of musical styles including calypso, reggae and Sound samba, all with a lively, dance-like rhythm. lthough it ’s located in the snowy Produced, recorded and mixed at UM, the North, U M ’s music department has CDS are $15, plus shipping, and are available Aits own island sound—the steel drum at U M ’s music department, (406) 243-6880. band, the Islanders. Under the direction of CDS also are available on April 14, when the Robert LedBetter, assistant professor of per­ Islanders perform at the recently refurbished cussion, the seven-year-old student ensemble University Theatre.

C ampaign C elebration

Bob (tollman, Shirley and M oose Miller.

I Paul Anka.

Jim Bell, Jane and G e J S j f f l ^ R R

Auctioneer Dick Friel

■ Kenny G.

Campaign Chair Phyllis Washington.

Virginia and Bill Fitzgerald, Dave Forbes, Max Paddy MacDonald, Jack Burke, Sallie Corette, Baucus, Lisa Yeager, Bobbie Riley and Steve Lewis Moore, Nancy Burke. Mannschreck.

n the evening of October 17, the cam­ raised during the five-year campaign, 435 $150,000 for scholarships, designer attire, pus was awhirl with tuxedos, designer guests—including Quincy Jones, Andie weekend excursions and world-renowned art­ Oevening gowns, gourmet cuisine and MacDowell and Mary McFadden—traipsed work were sold, including a huge blown-glass toe-tapping music when UM culminated its from an opening reception on the Oval, com­ piece by artist Dale Chihuly that brought Capital Campaign-Ensuring a Tradition o f plete with carillon music, to a dinner of beef $35,000. Sated, the guests were on the move Excellence, the most successful fund-raising Wellington and forest mushroom duxelles at again to the ga la ’s finale, a lively concert in campaign in M on tan a’s higher education his­ a gold lame-bedecked University Center ball­ the Montana Theatre featuring David Foster, tory. To celebrate the $71.4 million that UM room. At a lively dinner auction that raised Kenny G and Paul Anka. M

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by Rick Stern

his season several Montana Grizzlies, Twho had been final­ ists in the national football championships for the last two years, watched from the cozy confines of M isso u la ’s Press Box Restaurant and Casino as Youngstown State of Ohio completed a 10-9 victory over McNeese State of Louisiana. Three weeks earlier, McNeese eliminated Montana in the first round of the playoffs, M on tan a’s earliest exit in three years. Nevertheless the Grizzlies have been among the best football teams in Division I-AA for the last five years. With eight wins, four narrow losses to excel­ lent teams, and a string of injuries this year, Montana played as well any team in the nation. Fans summed up the season in a variety of ways: Some were hap] that Montana fared as well as it did, while others voiced disappoint­ ment at the first-round playoff loss. But everyone agreed that the Grizzlies’ 1997 season was injury-laden “In spite of the injuries, the kids held together really well,” said Montana head coach Mick Dennehy. “I think they got as much out o themselves as any group w e’ve had.” The injuries began before Montana even played its first game, when tight end/punter Dallas Neil-who was a key player in M on tan a’s passing scheme-sustained an ankle injury that shelved hii for the season. Then junior quarterback Brian Ah Yat limped off the field with a knee injury during the Grizzlies’ season opener against Stephen F. Austin. Montana rallied behind backup Darren Rowell to win 24-10, but Ah Yat watched the remainder of that gune-and the following w eek ’s 35-14 victory over Saint M ary’s-from the sidelines. The star of the Saint M ary’s game was senior wide receiver Josh Paffhausen, who caught a school-record fifteen passes. For ftiffhausei Defensive back Josh Remington knocks down a pass. the victory was bittersweet after learning h e’d tom a ligament in his

8 Winter 1998 Mow tanan left knee during the game and would miss several games before returning with a knee brace. To add injury to injury, Paffhausen’s backup, senior wide receiver Trevor Woods, also blew out a knee in the Saint M ary’s contest, concluding his Grizzly career. Combined with injuries sustained by running back Josh Branen and wide receivers Jeremy Watkins, Justin Olsen, Travis Walker and Raul Pacheco, M on ta n a ’s offense c o u ld n ’t reach its characteristically precise level of play for any extended period of time, except in the 52- 10 win over Sacramento State, the s e a so n ’s third game. “We had people shuffling in and out of the offense, which made it hard to gel for the first five or six games,” Paffhausen said. “It was tough for the quarterbacks to find their rhythm. When you shuffle five or six people in and the center snaps the ball, it ’s hard for the guy pulling the trigger Ithe quarterback] to know what to d o.” Senior goalie trophy for Montana began the fateful month of October with a trip to the Montana Women’s Soccer team. Laramie to face a Wyoming team that spent much of 1996 ranked in the top twenty-five in Division I-A. The Cowboys exposed Ah Vat’s SOCCER TALES despite being the sixth-ranked limited mobility, forcing him from the game in favor of Rowell en team in the N C A A ’s west route to a 28-13 Wyoming victory. n just four seasons, the region, but they were well-rep­ After dispatching Idaho State 48-0 in Pocatello, the Grizzlies Montana W om en ’s Soccer resented on the first-ever Big returned home to an Eastern Washington team that played as well in team has earned itself Sky All-Conference Team. Washington-Grizzly Stadium as any visiting team in years. The Eagles, quite a following. On a chilly Midfielder Shannon Forslund, who won the Big Sky Championship and advanced to the national November 9 afternoon, 1,008 forward Karen Hardy, mid­ semifinals, beat Montana 40-35 on October 18, ending a Grizzly fans at U M ’s South Campus fielder Courtney Mathieson, home-winning streak of thirty games over three-and-a-half seasons. Soccer Field braved winds forward Sara Overgaag, The Grizzlies’ nightmarish October continued as they lost to that dropped temperatures defender Lisa Oyen and goal­ another tough opponent, Northern Arizona, 27-24 in a nail-biter in into the low 20’s to watch keeper Railene Thorsen were Flagstaff. The Lumbeijacks won the game on a field goal with thirty- UM beat Weber State 4-2 in named to the first team, three seconds left. the championship game of the while defender Misty Hall With three losses and their playoff prospects fading, the Grizzlies Big Sky Conference. earned an honorable mention. righted their course as November rolled around. First UM beat Cal The Montana women rev­ Oyen was also named the Big State Northridge 21-13, then Pordand State 37-7. Finally, a 38-13 vic­ eled in another fantastically Sky co-MVP, which Duerksen tory over Weber State set up the most significant Montana-Montana successful season under the pointed out is unusual for a State game in recent history. If they won, the Griz would take second guidance of head coach Betsy defender. place in the Big Sky Conference and secure a playoff spot The loser Duerksen. Following a 5-0 fin­ “We had a really successful would end the season . ish in its first year of Kg Sky year,” Duerksen said. “We The Grizzlies got the better of the Cats in the first half, leading Conference play, Montana were pleased with how the 21-7 thanks to a “Hail Mary” touchdbwn pass from Ah Yat to claimed the conference crown season turned out, although Pacheco as time expired in the half. The second half belonged to after defeating Portland State we were a little disappointed Montana State, who scored a touchdown with twenty-two seconds left and Weber State in the first- at not making the national to take a 25-24 lead. After having lost to the Grizzlies each of the pre­ ever Big Sky championships. tournament But overall, w e’re vious eleven meetings, the Bobcats could taste victory. UM w asn ’t invited to the pretty satisfied.” These hopes were dashed when Ah Yat hit Justin Olsen with a NCAA Championships, 46-yard pass that set up the last-second, game-winning 37-yard field — goal by Kris Heppner. The Grizzlies squeaked out of Bozeman with a 27-25 victory, their hopes for a national championship intact and the teams that went farther in the playoffs,” Dennehy said. “We In the playoffs, Montana—which had trounced a procession of would have liked to win one or two more games during the season southern teams in national championship playoff appearances in 1995 and to host a playoff game, but we d id n ’t and 1996—was forced to travel to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to battle “I d o n ’t think th e re ’s any sense of failure in falling short as long as McNeese State. But the south had its revenge: M on ta n a ’s season came the attitude and the effort are there, and I certainly think they were,” to an end when the host Cowboys scored a last-minute touchdown Dennehy said. “They played hard.” M and pulled out a 24-19 victory. “We certainly d id n ’t go as far in the playoffs as we would have Rick Stem is a free-lance writer when h e ’s not working at the liked, but I d o n ’t think th e re ’s a lot of difference between our team Missoula Urban Demonstration Project

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SH-i 1 i /-*■*M-rZ< 9 ^ k SFr/iFrSkS&v:,a p H SaW pBi ;?-'*’ i n g H o p e by Kathy Witkowsky 4 4 T F he Rocky Mountain West is not so much a place as it is a hope in America," says former I Congressman Pat Williams, now a senior fel­ low at The University of M on ta n a ’s Center for ■ the Rocky Mountain W est “Our center is try­ ing to explain the meaning of that" The idea of taking a broad look at the region and the issues it faces has been tossed around for years by some of the University’s most dis­ tinguished faculty—H.G. Merriam, K. Ross Toole, Paul Phillips and Richard Hugo. In 1992, with a $600,000 gift to the University, the idea came to fruition. The ce n te r’s endowment is currendy nearly $3 million, thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant and support from donors, most notably Carroll and Nancy Fields O ’Connor. A $300,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will also help support the ce n te r’s operations over the next three years. Located in the eighty-eight-year-old Milwaukee Station in downtown Missoula, the center acts as a bridge between the academic world and the community at large through conferences, lectures, classes and a Web site. It operates on two basic premises: that communities up and down the Rockies face similar issues with values more similar than they might suppose. And that the region—and its people—is experiencing major social and economic transitions caused by globalism and a massive pop­ ulation shift Thinking Like a Region Most Missoukans believe they live in the northern Rockies. Actually, they live in the middle of the Rockies, points out UM history Professor William Farr. As associate director for humanities and culture and founding director of the center, Karr tries to flag these misconceptions and encourage a “return to an understanding of the region in which y o u ’re following natural landscapes." Daniel Kemmis, center director and former Missoula mayor, sees the center as a resource for helping the region “think and act like a region.” In the future, Kemmis says “regionalism is going to become more and more important" as globalism erases many of the jurisdictional lines of nations, states and counties. He predicts that bioregions will emerge as political entities. Kemmis, who recently won the Wallace Stegner Award for his contributions to the American West, extensively explored this brand of “place-based politics” in his two books, Community and the Politics o f Place and The Good City and the Good Life. In his book-in­ progress, he further develops his theory about bioregional political bod- ies. Almost without exception the boundaries of western states are arbi­ trarily drawn, Kemmis says, “so y ou ’re trying to govern a place that increasingly is ungovernable.” According to Kemmis, Missoulians have at least as much in common

10 Winter 1998 M o n t a n a s with inhabitants o f Boise, y o u ’ve got to do it in ways that Idaho, or Moab, Utah, as they d o n ’t jeopardize your environ­ do with the residents of mental future,” he warns. “A M o n ta n a ’s own Miles City. high-quality environment has The center wants to help the become an essential part of citizens of the Rockies—from our economy.” The center northern New Mexico and holds regular regional eco­ Arizona to Alberta—recognize nomic forums to help commu­ these commonalities. nities cope with this transi­ One way to do that, he tion. says, is to develop a western charter-a statement o f princi­ Back to the Future ples to guide people as they Transition will prove much grapple with western issues. easier if the citizens o f the Kemmis is working on a char­ Rockies better understand ter that would incorporate their history and culture. feedback from governors, legis­ That is why the center focus­ lators, industry representa­ Center principals (left to right) William Farr, Daniel Kemmis, Larry Swanson and Pat es attention, through lectures tives, environmentalists and Williams In front o f Missoula’s Milwaukee Station. and discussion, on the contri­ public interest groups from the butions of Native Americans Rocky Mountain region and the West Coast Swanson, the c e n t e r ’s associate director for in the region. “Americans know almost noth­ regional economics: They share trade, which ing about the Native American society in its Not All Talk in a Room continues to grow following passage of the past and very litde about it today,” Williams North American Free Trade Agreement Sound highbrow? Perhaps, but “this is not says. “So much of what we do today in the (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on all talk in a room that goes nowhere.” Williams Rockies was handed down from the first peo­ Tariffs and Trade (GATT). “For hundreds of says. “It ’s to better prepare people in the cities ple-some o f our language, the way we dress, years, w e ’ve had nation-states with economies and towns in the Rockies for the coming chal­ what we eat” confined within them,” Swanson notes. “These lenges of increased population, new economic The center also sponsors conferences and new trade agreements render nation-states and environmental concerns.” And please, says lecture series that examine old and new ideas nearly obsolete in terms of trade. We need to Farr, d o n ’t use the “T” word. “We d o n ’t want of the West At the cen ter’s 1997 conference, change our thinking to keep up with this new to be thought o f as a think tank,” he says. “A.B. G u th rie’s The Big Sky After Fifty Years,” transnational economy.” “Anything but.” G u th r ie ’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel was a Consider this: in Kalispell, the largest The center is actively working to sharpen springboard for authors, historians and film­ influx of out-of-state dollars d o e s n ’t come from westerners’ understanding of the issues affect­ makers to offer their end-of-the-century per­ Washington, Oregon or Idaho—it comes from ing communites up and down the spine of the spectives on the history, culture and society of Canada. T h a t’s not news to American Indians, Rockies and on both sides of the border. the West—and its future as well. Next y e a r ’s who traded along the corridor long before Center members are in the process of propos­ conference in Great Falls will focus on Joseph European settlers mapped the United States or ing ways to better coordinate local and federal Kinsey Howard, author of High, Wide and Canada. But businesses and communities con­ environmental decision-making in a report for Handsome. From this stew of ideas, the center sider themselves part of their states, not their the White House Council on Environmental hopes to eventually publish an anthology of lit­ regions. In the next decade, regionalism will Quality. And Williams, who also teaches at erary and historical essays about the region. grow in importance as the Rockies—both UM, hopes to set up quarterly discussions T h a t’s just for now. But the center is always American and Canadian—expect to record the between policy makers about environmental evolving. “We’re trying to connect with best of nations’ largest population growth. “It ’s a real issues facing the Rockies. H e ’d also like to ini­ the past,” Farr says. “And at the same time challenge,” says Swanson. “But i t ’s also an tiate annual discussions between Canadians w e ’re involved in a genesis of the regional cul­ opportunity to rethink this region economical­ and Americans regarding Glacier and ture that relies on the past but is different than ly, socially, politically and environmentally.” Waterton national parks—which share borders what w e ’ve had. The West is at the front end of an eco­ as well as environmental concerns. “Right now,” he adds, “our biggest challenge nomic transition, according to Swanson, “from is to get out of Dodge, to have a presence an extractive-based economy to one in which beyond Missoula.” M Rethinking the Region extraction is an increasingly minor compo­ The Canadian and American Rockies nent” That trend is expected to continue. “If Kathy Witkowsky is a free-lance writer in share more than just a border, says Larry y o u ’re going to have extractive industries, Missoula.

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a t UM ’s „ T rade World Trade Secrets Center by Kim Anderson

he Huckleberry People, Hunter Bay Coffee Roasters, NORWEST Bank and Plum Creek Timber Company are vasdy different busi­ nesses, handling everything from coffee roastingT to money-lending. But they have one thing in common. T h e y ’re all anxious to export their products or expertise overseas. And th e y ’re all member companies of the Montana World Trade Center. Missoula, Montana, may not come to mind as readily as London, New York or Hong Kong as a world trade center, but accord­ ing to Arnold Sherman, the c e n t e r ’s executive director, t h e r e ’s no rea­ son that, given the right help, Montana businesses c a n ’t compete in the global arena. The affable and fluent Sherman is so sure of the capabili­ ties of Montana businesses that he left a successful career in brokering international trade deals to head the center. Located in U M ’s spanking new Gallagher Building, the center works with more than forty member companies to determine international trade possibilities and export strategies. “My philosophy is, i t ’s as easy Arnold Sherman, executive to sell a product in Thailand as it is in Virginia, especially if y o u ’re locat- Tra^e Center^ * *n Montana,” Sherman says. “There are at least a hundred business­ es in this state that have world-class potential” The only member o f the global World Trade Center Association located on a university campus, the center takes advantage of the University S y ste m ’s expertise while operating in consort with 320 world trade centers in ninety-seven countries. The umbrella organiza­ tion, the World Trade Centers Association, headquartered in the World Trade Center in New York City, gives Montana businesses immediate access to international trade opportunities. “We are very service-oriented,” Sherman says. “We d o n ’t just offer a set array of services. We work out a marketing plan for each member.” From the Hi-Line to the High Seas It makes perfect sense to Sherman to have a world trade center in Montana. “We’re serving a large population. I t ’s just piore spread out than in other areas,” he says. keting as an adjunct professor in U M ’s School of Business “The state has about 88 0 ,00 0 people. W e’re far away from the major Administration. He also helps the c e n t e r ’s student interns learn the urban centers. And t h e r e ’s only so much the state and federal govern­ basics of international trade. Along with the professional staff, interns ments can do.” work with Montana businesses to research international development In addition to opening up global trade opportunities for Montana opportunites. “It ’s a great experience for the kids and for us,” Sherman businesses, Sherman says reaching out to all of the businesses in a state says. this size has been challenging. “Not all businesses are members of a “I h a d n ’t had a chance to teach regularly since 1982, and I’ve real­ chamber of commerce or attend trade conferences. I ’ve had to do leg­ ized again just how enjoyable it is,” he says. “I think one of the things I work to connect on this end, not just on the overseas end.” bring to the classroom is my vast experience in the real world.” Sherman, who spent much of his first few months on the job meet­ ing with community business leaders and civic groups, says he was The ABCs of International Marketing amazed at how open Montana businesspeople were to the concept of As an example o f how a small firm can think internationally, global sales. “I think w e ’ve been successful proving that a world trade Sherman points to Montana Silver Springs Inc, a bottled-water compa­ center is viable in a small community if interest in, and a need for access ny based in Philipsburg. to, international markets exists,” he says. “Every state has bottled water,” Sherman explains. “It all sells for the What d o e s n ’t surprise him is the positive reception to Montana busi­ same price. But Montana is too small a market to be successful selling nesses overseas. He recendy returned from a Far East trade mission water at home. Neighboring states all have their own bottled water, mak­ with U.S. Senator Max Baucus and is planning a trip to Latin America ing it tough to compete. I t ’s more viable to take the product to Asia than this spring. to Colorado. In Asia, you c a n ’t compete with the lower-end bottled “We are in a truly global marketplace,” he says. “It d o e s n ’t matter water, but with the right marketing plan you can sell it on the high end.” where you are located; the fastest growing business sectors have very lit­ “We s h o u ld n ’t see ourselves as geographically challenged,” he adds. tle to do with traditional import/export Global trade today means “Moving into the global marketplace d o e s n ’t necessarily require millions more than just exporting grain. It also includes services and consulting of dollars. Businesses need assistance in applying information to their in engineering, technology, health care, real estate development and market objectives. I bring that set of skills and a Rolodex to this job.” mining industries. In the past the only hurdle was that there w a sn ’t Sherman says the question he is most frequently asked is, “Wh a t’s much resource support W e’re here to change that” the hottest new market?” The recent partnership between the center and the United States “Th e r e ’s no short answer,” he says. “Two hundred sixty-six political Ex-Im (export-import) Bank, an independent agency of the federal gov­ entities exist around the globe, and there are opportunities everywhere. ernment with a special focus on aiding small businesses, should provide Markets are emerging in Russia and Central Europe, in Southeast Asia, Montana businesses with financial support for overseas ventures. in Latin America. Latin America, in particular, is looking at some of the same extraction industries with which Montanans have experience. Trading Places Vietnam looks like a great growth market; it reminds me of Russia ten Sherman became executive director of the center in spring 1997, years ago in terms of opportunity. after working as an international business consultant for many years. “The opportunities are real; th e y ’re out there,” Sherman says with a During the previous seven years, as president of Global Development smile. “And I’m not short on confidence.” M Services, he provided trade and business development services to multi­ national clients like Marriott, Simon &. Schuster and steel producer Kim Anderson is a regular contributor to The Journal of Commerce. CSX. As a consultant for transportation giant Sealand Services, he pic­ neered U.S. business entry into Russia in 1988. A nd in 1983, he found­ A host of products represented by the ed the American Center for International Leadership, an organization World Trade Center. dedicated to forging links among the next generation of world trade leaders, which he chaired from 1990 to 1992. “What attracted me to the position with the Montana World Trade Center was the challenge to apply what I’d learned over the years,” he says. “Frankly, I was surprised that there w e r e n ’t more people like me here already. I t ’s an incredibly beautiful and A interesting environment with an active ongoing dialogue about the pros and cons of growth.” The chance to teach again also was alluring. Sherman teaches international mar-

W inter 1998 M on ta n a n Iby Carolinennoceni Patterson The following are excerpts and photos from students who have recently been abroad. Each year, hundreds of University of Montana students update passports, pack up bags and head off into unknown territory, ranging from China to Mexico, as participants in one of U M ’s international study programs.

MEXICO AUSTRIA

amiel Becker is a sophomore in Spanish usann Framness from Hungry Horse, and psychology from Red Lodge, Montana, is a senior majoring in CMontana. In 1997 he took part in the S German and art In 1995 she took part in International Group Study Program in the Heidelburg/Vienna Study Abroad Oaxaca, Mexico. Program from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

A lot o f times as I walked home from school, there would be kids on After studying German, I was interested in utilizing my language the streets, and they would be yelling gringo o r guarro because I was tall skills. The best way to improve your language is to go where the native and white and American looking, and language is spoken. This kind o f immersion in the culture makes the lan­ they d o n ’t like Americans coming guage more real, and you just become a sponge to it into Mexico. I t ’s the reverse o f what When I was on a train, I you see in the United States, because m et a gentleman from Serbia, here there is a great deal o f prejudice and in German we had a very tow ard Latinos. I learned a lot being good discussion about the war. on the other side o f things. It was incredible to hear the per­ One o f the best experiences I had spective o f someone who had was learning the language and actual­ lived through the war. It w a sn ’t ly being able to get to know some o f just another media story.... He the people from Mexico. Knowing had lost a family member and that y o u ’re able to keep a friendship lived on bare necessities-cold in another language is a very neat water o r n o water, n o trans­ thing. portation, limited food—that we take for granted

Tlocoluia church, Oaxaca, Mexico.

German students in the 1980 Vienna program.

Zapotec ruins, Moote Alban, Oaxaca. Hapsburg Palace, Vienna, Austria.

14 ,Winter 1998 Mon tan an 5 A broad UM offers study abroad programs in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Spain. Direct exchange programs are available for students at universities in Canada, China, Denmark, Japan and New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND JAPAN

rian Martin from Norfolk, Illinois, spent ten months mber Schwanke from Missoula, Montana, is a Bin 1997 on a direct exchange at Massey University senior majoring in Japanese. In 1996-97 she par­ in Palmerston North, New Zealand, one of Missoula's sis­ Aticipated in a direct exchange to Kumamoto University ter cities. He is a senior in English and history. in Kumamoto, Japan, another of Missoula’s sister cities.

In New Zealand, they had McDonalds, Levis and American pool There is this idea that if you're foreign, you can't possibly understand halls, m ovies an d music, but it was the trappings o f Japanese culture. [The Japanese] are often shocked still disdncdy New Zealand. The peo­ when foreigners like sushi O r they are surprised when foreigners express ple were easy-going, they'd pat you on an understanding o f something cultural, like the Japanese appreciation o f the back and say, “How's it going, cherry blossoms. Y es, there are things I could never comprehend about mateI” Rugby was extremely popular. Japan even if 1 lived there ten years. But as far as eating with chopsticks The Maori, the indigenous people, or liking to wear a were outspoken and active in govern­ kimono, I was not ment We saw them perform hakas expected to like (war dances), visited old villages and that watched cultural shows where they dug a pit in the ground, called a hongi, and cooked their food. And all the news was o f the South Pacific islands.

New Zealand’s north island.

Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan.

Lawn bowling In Palmerston North. Festival-goers in Tokyo.

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n spring 1995 Serendia Compton went with n 1996-97 Trevor Kilgore from Missoula I the International Group Study Program to Iwas on a direct exchange to Hangzhou Rome, Italy. A senior in psychology, she is from University in Hangzhou, China. He is a Missoula. senior in business management

A t first, you couldn't com m unicate with p eo­ Sometimes I'd be walking down a street in Hangzhou (a city o f three ple very well, which was frustrating, and som etim es you didn't want to million), and it would hit me that crawl out o f bed. But when you did and you were able to ask for some­ this is China. It was such a foreign thing that you needed and when you could read the signs and figure out place, and I wouldn't see someone the money, you got confidence. Rome is now like a second home. I can that looked like m e for a long time. close my eyes and find my way down the streets. This was a place far different than Shopping in the markets was one o f the neatest things. Every day at I'd ever been before, and that was the Cam po d i Fiori, there were exhilarating. It was about as oppo­ cheese vendors and meat ven­ site from Montana as you can find dors and fruit vendors. in the world, and that was fun. M Sometimes we'd pack fresh mozzarella cheese balls, kiwi fruit and bread and then wan­ der o f f id the Tiber to see up and dow n the river.

Serendia Compton in Rome, Italy. Temple gate, Shanghai.

Trevi Fountain. Rome. Bikes in Xi'an, China.

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V illa g e T a l es Life in W est Africa by Rachel Schneller ty of the soil, but the temptation of quick cash is more than most Malians can resist a J V ou and the sun,” I It would be easy to see my service as point­ say, greeting in less. When I am gone, I hope the village traditional fashion women will remember to collect seeds from a circle of elderly the papaya fruit, dry them and plant seedlings I H men drinking tea in nurseries near water sources. I hope my in the shade of a mango tree. lessons on the merits of soap and water and 1 am on the way to the pump in Zignasso, keeping flies off open wounds will result in the village where I have served as a Peace fewer infections in the children. Corps volunteer for the past year. Located in But of the lessons learned in Zignasso, southern Mali in West Africa, Zignasso is many of them have been mine. I have learned about the size of Poison, Montana. In most of to deflect, with courtesy, daily requests of mar­ Mali, there is no running water or electricity, Schneller stands with children from Zignasso, the vil­ riage, food and money. I have learned to con­ and my post is no exception. The old men lage in Mali where she serves in the Peace Corps. verse in Bambara, the most prevalent native spend the better part of the “sun” time of the language, and to interpret delicate expressions. day as watchdogs at the pump, making sure not exactly true. The thatch roof o f my hut For example, if you inquire into the health of teenage girls do not wander off into the bush leaks. My tomato plants were eaten by goats, someone who has been ill and are told, “He is with any young men. and the papaya trees I helped the women of better,” with no elaboration, you know that he The elders acknowledge my greeting and my village plant are withering in the stifling has died. To show the utmost respect to an address me by the name they have given me: heat because no one can agree on who is to elderly woman, you address her as “fat old “Did you have peace today, Salimata?” In the keep them watered. Malian greetings, however, lady.” Most important, you greet everyone you way Americans pursue money, Malians pursue are highly stylized. The only correct answer to know, no matter how long it takes. peace. such questions is, “No problems.” Aware of the sweat dripping from my fore­ “Only peace,” I reply. After a year in a However, the problems facing Mali—home head and the weight of ten liters of water on country where temperatures seldom dip below to ten million inhabitants from ten different my shoulder, I think of the comfort of my chair ninety degrees Fahrenheit, where there is no tribes and known to Americans as the country in the shade of my porch. “It is time for me to air conditioning, refrigeration or street lamps where Timbuktu is located—are enormous. look for the road,” I tell the elders. Politely, they and where three people in my adopted village Nothing I learned in my four years at The give me permission to leave. family have died in five months from malaria, University of Montana prepared me for living “May God increase your peace today,” I say, I too have learned to hope that each day does in a culture of desperation and misery. I am blessing them in the Muslim tradition. not bring too many calamities. here to direct my villagers’ attention to plant­ “Amina,” they say. “How is your family? How is your husband? ing trees, batding erosion and conserving fuel, “May God give you good peace,” I say and How are your children?” they ask. The old men knowing that demographic studies hint that begin walking home. M know I am single and childless, but they pre­ the Malian population will double in twenty tend otherwise because it would be impolite of years. The life expectancy is forty-eight years Rachel Schneller *95, from Missoula, will them to imply that a woman my age might not and falling. Ninety percent of Malians are illit­ work an additional six months for the Peace have found a husband or borne children. erate subsistence farmers. And M ali’s few Corps in Mali “There are no problems,” I reply. This is export crops, such as cotton, deplete the quali­

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Our o f A frica

Moussa Sow by Susanna Sonnenberg Senegalese professors who taught African If Moussa had mistaken impressions of the literature at UM. Chosen from S en e g a l’s United States, Americans can be just as con­ oussa Sow is from University o f Saint-Louis to study at UM, fused about Africa. “Apparendy, people do not Senegal, a land made so Moussa wanted a graduate program where, on have a clue about what is going on in Senegal,” remote by its distance of top of studying French literature, he could he reports. “People ask, ‘Do you have naked six thousand miles from experience “total linguistic immersion.” The people living in the bush? Are you living with Missoula thatM most people here have never amiable graduate student was welcomed by fac­ animals? Do you have savage people?’ It shows heard of it Even the post office clerk, when ulty and students. “What was amazing, and the importance of the cultural exchange, presented with a letter addressed to West still is, is the warmth of the people, both on because by being here I am able to explain that Africa, asks him, “Where?” and off campus,” Moussa says. “I’ve been life is not like this at all in Senegal People are | The tall, twenty-seven year old Fulani Tribe helped with everything. My fellow students wearing clothes. People have electricity, televi­ member is used to living away from his home, even bought me a winter jacket!” sions, CNN. We know what is going on in the having left Ndippane, a remote northern vil­ After five months, Moussa feels comfort­ world. It is not that primitive at all” lage of 150, to go to high school in a nearby able in Montana. But at first—aside from the Before returning to Senegal, Moussa will town. “The Fulani are a nomadic people,” he Missoula Farmers’ Market, which reminded spend one year at UM The “outspokenness, says. “And usually ca n ’t send their children to him of the Sunday market where the Fulani knowledge and humility” o f his American school” But M ou ssa ’s father is a shopkeeper sell their sheep and buy rice—Moussa said the teachers has impressed him. What else will he and trader, rather than the typical itinerant differences between Montana and Senegal miss once h e’s back home in the small country farmer, which enabled him to send his eldest were shocking. “1 was terribly homesick,” he in northwest Africa? He answers quickly. “The - son off for an education. says. “My phone bill was very expensive.” Internet tools!” Then he becomes thoughtful The Fulani people, who dominate S en ega l’s Closely tied to his family, he likes to keep track “In Senegal you can see the hierarchy o f the northern upcountry, number nearly 200,000 of his five brothers and sisters. society by looking at people. Whatever the and live in several West African countries. Moussa, who has encountered neither social status o f die individual here, you can ’t Farming cattle and harvesting millet and racism nor discrimination in Montana, was see it through his or her behavior. The richest groundnuts (such as peanuts), they move surprised by how different Americans were person can go to a garage sale. These are the across great spans of territory and pride them­ from what he had anticipated. “I expected to things I will miss.” M selves on self-sufficiency. Moussa comes from find people who are cold and who d o n ’t care a small Muslim village that was founded by about me, and th at’s not the case,” he says. Susanna Sonnenberg is a free-lance writer his grandfather and great-grandfather many “Also, time is respected here. In Senegal, peo­ who makes her home in Missoula. She regular­ years ago. ple spend a lot of time talking, while here peo­ ly contributes to the Missoulian and the Moussa first heard o f UM from two ple work hard and never miss a rendezvous.” Montanan.

18 W inter 1998 M ov tah an The Meaning of Big Mancia Ko by Sharon Barrett president of the 400-member International Student Association, co­ manager of U M ’s International House and a contributor to the inter­ ancia Ko grew up in Hong Kong speaking national student newsletter. In a recent issue, Mancia gave her fellow Cantonese, the language of her family, and English, international students tips for cultural adjustment “Tolerate what you but it w a sn ’t until she arrived at The University of see and hear on television, movies, radio, CDs and on videos,” she Montana that she discovered a new meaning for wrote. “You are not obligated to agree, neither do you have to transform the EnglishM word “big.” to be accepted by society. However, try not to be judgmental. The more The brochure that had convinced Mancia to study pharmacy at UM reactive you are, the more likely you are to retreat inside yourselves.” described Missoula as one of M on ta n a ’s biggest cities. M a n cia’s idea of Mancia tries to be tolerant of the prejudice she sometimes encoun­ big was shaped by her homeland—six and a half million people on an ters against herself and her international classmates. It d o e s n ’t happen island of thirty-one square miles. Flying into Missoula, she wondered, often, she says, but sometimes “in a restaurant, w e’ll be a long time get­ “Did I get on the wrong plane or something? Where are the skyscrap­ ting served.” When people are negative toward a racial or ethnic differ­ ers? Where are the financial buildings?” ence, “you always know it,” she says. That was three-and-a-half years ago. Since then sh e ’s become used to Such occasions are far outweighed by the supportiveness of M isso u la ’s “nice environment, simple lifestyle” and the “beautiful” cam­ University faculty and staff and by the wonderful friendships sh e ’s pus, which she says “feels like about a tenth of the size” of the Hong formed in Montana. And, if things do get a little too small, th e re ’s Kong university where she spent her first year. Even without skyscrap­ always Las Vegas. “It’s awesome,” she says. “All of a sudden, getting out ers, “life here is wonderful,” she says. o f Missoula and going to a city with all the neon lights felt like home.” Mancia was the top student in chemistry at her Catholic high school, Like many Hong Kong natives, Mancia has ties to both the East and and she is an outgoing person who likes people. “Pharmacy was one area the West Thinking of the East, she says she and her family are opti­ where I could combine both interests,” she says. She also credits her mistic about Hong K on g’s reversion from British to Chinese rule. grandfather with her pursuit of pharmacology. “He treated people with Although there are lots of uncertainties,” she says, the change takes the Chinese herbs in Hong Kong. I think I have his gene.” She notes that Chinese people of Hong Kong “back to our roots.” herbal remedies are still popular in Hong Kong. “If we have a cold or Thinking of the West, she cites her nam e-“Mancia,” an Anglicized the flu, we use western medicine,” she says. But many people also use a version of her Chinese name, “ManshuL” “My father made it up, think­ very concentrated” herbal tea “if the western medicine d o e s n ’t work.” ing it would be an easier remembered name” for English speakers. Contrary to the stereotype of Chinese families, Mancia and her S h e’s used it in her English world since elementary school. younger sister, a college student in Hong Kong, did not grow up in an In Chinese, her name means “outstanding.” Given M a n cia’s accom­ extended family. “Satellite families”—two parents and one child or two— plishments, it appears that, in English, the meaning has not changed. M “are common in Hong Kong,” says Mancia. “It’s an expensive place to live.” M ancia’s vivaciousness has held her in good stead at UM. S h e’s Sharon Barrett is a UM journalism professor.

Winter 1998 M o n ta n a n 19 Andes to Rockies Yudit Buitraco by Sharon Barrett Argentina, and Yudit attended Denver Business College. The following year, her fa t h e r ’s work took the family to Italy. luent in English, Italian and her native Spanish, with Despite the lack of culture shock, Yudit faced adjustments in a reading knowledge of French, and experienced in Montana. One was the campus. Although she thought it was lovely, it living or traveling in the United States, Canada, was about four times smaller than the Cordoba campus where she got her Europe and South America, Yudit Buitrago broadens undergraduate degree three weeks earlier in social communications-a the meaningF of international. field that encompasses journalism, public relations and advertising. And it may be a toss up as to who got the most out of this Argentine Then there was the food. “The Argentine diet is based on meat,” she s tu d e n t’s two-and-a-half years at The University of Montana. Yudit (the says. “But meat is very expensive here, especially for a student budget Y is pronounced like the g in melange) left in December with a m a s te r ’s And there were spices she was used to that she c o u ld n ’t find in degree in communication studies. She also compiled a record of having Missoula. Restaurant items had too much sauce, too many dressings. taught thirteen sections of public speaking. At the end of her last semes­ In general, “this is a country of so many options,” she says. “You ter, she calculated that s h e ’d listened to 1,042 student speeches. always have to choose.” Deciding to study for a graduate degree at UM was not difficult She With the influence of roommates who were vegetarians and the wanted a flexible program, and U M ’s communication studies depart­ availability of ethnic foods—such as Thai, Indian and Chinese—her tastes ment fit the bill. Plus, the department was welcoming. Letters she changed. But not so much that she abandoned her love of came asada— received from another school came addressed, “Dear Prospective a form of grilled steak that is a national dish in Argentina—that her Student.” U M ’s began, “Dear Yudit” father promised to provide as a welcome-home meal when Yudit Finding the campus was another story. “1 actually c o u ld n ’t even find returned in December. Missoula on a map,” Yudit says. “1 found Helena.” Her travel agent also After visiting with her parents and three younger brothers, this had trouble. “She d id n ’t know where to send m e.” recent UM graduate—who served as vice president of the 400-member She arrived in Missoula on August 25, 1995, from the midst of International Student Association—plans to look for a job with a multi­ Argentina’s winter. She remembers thinking, as she landed at the air­ national corporation in Buenos Aires. port, “My god. I’m in the middle of the country and t h e r e ’s nothing Yudit also plans to promote UM among friends, family and col­ here. I’m in the middle of a farm.” leagues in Argentina. “I think i t ’s a great place,” she says. “We (foreign Even so, she says, “1 d id n ’t have culture shock, not like a lot of for­ students) come here, leaving behind our families, everything we know, eign students have.” Previous experience living abroad helped prepare and people here are warm and ready to help. I never had a single bad her for the change. From ages six to ten, she lived in Minnesota, where moment here.” her father, a chemical engineer, earned a doctorate from the University Well, maybe, she admits, a couple of those 1,042 speeches could have of Minnesota. At nineteen Yudit moved to Denver, where her father been better. M took a year-long sabbatical from his teaching post in Santa Fe,

20 W inter 1998 MONTANAN Heimat TO Home Udo Fluck

by Paddy MacDonald learn about Faberge eggs from Moscow University and whales from UGBerkeley. A New Yorker can take a forestry class at UM,” Udo says. s gib t nu r einen Udo. For the Germanicaily chal­ “1 want to discover how distance-learning programs can be improved lenged, it means “There is only one Udo.” Udo and be more effective in the multicultural environment of the future Fluck, that is, an education doctoral student from and, at the same time, keep the human aspect of learning.” Naurod, a suburb of Wiesbaden, Germany. Sharing cultural traditions and promoting diversity are U d o ’s pas­ He arrivesf for his interview natty in a necktie and sportcoat, lugging sions. As a three-time president o f the International Student the ever-present nylon briefcase that is, according to Udo, empty. “It’s Association, he organized the International Festival and Food Bazaar, just for looks,” he explains, unzipping the bag and displaying its gaping which attracted more than 3,000 visitors last year. “Diversity is addic­ insides. “This briefcase makes me look busy.” Asked if h e’d like coffee, tive,” he says. “Th ere’s n o su rgeon ’s warning on that, either.” Udo pauses. “Would you be able to whip up a Denver omelette?” Cutting a wide swath through the community, Udo has been seen Udo, the only child o f an engineer and N a u ro d ’s mayoral secretary, marching in campus ceremonies with other foreign students, a German had always dreamed of going to school in America. And after a visit to flag flapping over his shoulder. O r waving from the ISA float in the his u n cle’s ranch between Belt and Monarch, where he learned to “ride Homecoming parade, decked out in Germanic glory. “We foreign stu­ a horse and shoot a Winchester,” and tours o f The University of dents are proud of our customs, and we d o n ’t want to turn them in,” he Montana and Montana State University, Udo decided to attend UM says. “You give up a little bit of your past when you do that” because of its state-of-the-art radio-television department “I worked in A month after U d o ’s arrival in the United States, the wall came television in Germany,” Udo says. “I shot everything from crawling bugs down in Germany, and he received several invitations to lecture in the to family gatherings.” high schools. As a German, I was in demand,” he explains. “I was able U do's adjustment to Missoula was relatively easy. He arrived in to see the changes that unification brought about from two different early September 1989. “By October I was dreaming in English,” he says. angles: Watching CNN, seeing Tom Brokaw walking on the wall gave me T h at’s when I knew 1 was at peace. ‘Home’ is where you feel comfort­ a perspective from the outside in. I also spoke to German friends and able and safe. I took my former life and implanted it here.” U d o ’s true read the German newspapers to view the situation from the inside out.” culture shock occurred the first time he returned to Germany, where Examining a situation from a different angle, evaluating it and learn- the stores dose at 6:30 p.m. “It aggravated the daylights out of me,” he ing from it is Udos approach to life as well as education. “I’m learning says. “I’d say to the storekeepers, ‘I know a place where stores stay open to appreciate and embrace American traditions and combine them with all night, where they actually want to please you so y o u ’ll come back .’” the values and the special things about my homeland,” Udo says. “We After graduating in December 1993 in radio-television, Udo earned foreign students develop split personalities, for better or worse.” M his m a ster’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. He then enrolled in the [ School of E ducation’s doctoral program, where his interest lies in dis- r tance-leaming projects. “Through telecommunications, students can Paddy MacDonald, MA. '81, is a free-lance writer in Missoula.

W inter 1998 M on ta n a n 2 1 he wain T T hen Philip West met Mike Mansfield at the former s e n a to r ’s Washington, D. C. office, he w a sn ’t first struck by the mementos of a life spent among presidents, prime minis­ ters and pretenders. Rather it was a simple gesture o fW hospitality. “He d o e s n ’t send his secretary out to get cof­ fee,” West says. “He makes it for you himself.” hall West lets this small ritual of humility speak for the spirit of the nine­ S ty-four year old retired politician and former ambassador to Japan under Presidents Carter and Reagan. This same spirit guides the new director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at The University of Montana as he steers the center out of its recent period of turmoil. A tall, lanky man whose snow-moistened hiking boots seem entirely appropriate with his professorial tweeds on this bright winter morning, West looks as if h e ’d be as comfortable leaning down from a tractor or eet hefting a splitting maul as he is leading a classroom discussion. M W est’s strategy has been to unify the ce n te r’s energies. Previously, the center represented defining characteristics of Mansfield: a passion The Mansfield Center for the peoples and cultures of Asia along with a desire to improve East/West relations and maintenance of the highest ethical standards reaches East and West in public life. Under West, the center is devoting itself to improving understanding and relations between the East and West, while letting By Patrick Hutchins an emphasis on high ethical standards inform its agenda without set­ ting it To accomplish this, West works hand-in-glove with the U niversity’s Asian Studies Program as the Mansfield Professor of Modern Asian Affairs while maintaining close contact with academic, governmental and business leaders across the Pacific Rim. Yet he also is determined that the center d o e sn ’t become simply one more university think tank, churning out research reports of interest mainly to academics. Supported by the fifteen year old Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, the center must serve its communities, both local and global. Bringing Issues Home The 1997 Mansfield Conference, “Creating Homes in American and Asian Environments,” nicely illustrates the point It’s hard to imag­ ine a theme that more directly impacts everyone, from the workers of the teeming Far East to Montanans who worry about overpopulation with every Bekins van that arrives from California. A range of conference co-sponsors came out o f the woodwork. |Along with academics from U M ’s School of Forestry and Montana State lU M to r tB School of Architecture, West rounded up business and ^ ^ ^ S p & k iea d ers not normally found at such conferences. Among the twehtyPPponsors, long-time area real estate agents and forest products

Chinese Folk ^producers joined groups like W om en ’s Opportunity Resource Dance Company perfoA R ^K P niM ^1 ^Development and the Montana Environmental Information Center at night of the 1997 Mansfield Conference. the three-day event

22 W inter 1998 M o n t a n a # Mike and Maureen Mansfield with Deng Xiaoping in 1974.

It was a practical, hands-on affair. Each o f the keynote speakers explored the evolving western concept o f home. Participants took part Living and Dying in the New Millennium in seminars, toured demonstration homes built from alternative mate­ West and his revitalized center a re n ’t resting on their laurels. This rials and learned about the “bioregion” movement, which advocates O c to b e r ’s conference, “The Healing Arts in American and Asian building homes reflective of the unique climate of geography and mate­ Cultures: Living and Dying Well,” promises to address issues that touch rials of a given area. us all. In the three-day conference, the center hopes to start a dialog Jim Bowyer, director o f the Forest Products Management about how we live and die-issues that will no doubt be uncomfortable Development Institute at the University of Minnesota, challenged envi­ to some. But, as people say, no one gets out of here alive. ronmentalists and developers alike to take responsibility for their con­ The center has teamed up with author Dr. Ira Byock, founder of the sumption. “Jim B ow y er’s a reality guy,” says conference organizer Steve Missoula Demonstration Project: Loken, who has pioneered the use of recycled materials in new con­ The Quality of L ife’s End, director struction. “He says, Took, if you want all this stuff, it ’s got to come from o f U M ’s new Robert Wood somewhere.'” Johnson Foundation and a nation­ Representing one of two Asian points of view was architect Itsuko al leader of the hospice movement Hasegawa, whose contemporary designs combine traditional Japanese West has lined up psychiatrist ideas of natural harmony with the needs of population densities that Arthur Kleinman, a distinguished most Montanans would find incomprehensible. medical anthropologist from Yi-Fu Tuan, one of the most respected cultural geographers in the Harvard. West has also been busy world, took an eloquent look at the idea of the home, as distinct from wooing Bill Moyers, whose PBS the houses we build. Tuan suggested that “pre-modern” homes — which series, “Healing,” gave many of saw every major life event from birth to death — were vastly different these same issues their first broad from the sanitized version that most Americans now prefer. public airings a few years ago. Conferences rarely solve the problems they raise. But Loken, for one, As we count down to the new thinks the conference on creating homes made a good start “The millennium, the people at the Mansfield C e n te r ’s role in bringing all this together for discussion was a Maureen and Mike Mansfield stroke of genius on P h ilip ’s part,” he says. “The dialog was started... Center will continue working to Whether or not common ground was achieved, I think connection def­ broaden understanding between initely was.” the people of America and Asia, which Mansfield thought was vital Connecting Cultures to the future o f the W est “I have It is just this sort of connection—among people of different opinions always seen our future unfolding and cultures—that the center has been working toward in its recent in the Pacific Basin,” he told an activities. In 1996, American and Chinese leaders gathered in Bigfork, audience at UM on May 5, 1991. Montana, for the first of a series of retreats. The retreats are small, “It is there that we see today the Mansfield Center Director Philip West informal gatherings designed to allow leaders on important issues to get most dynamic economic growth to know one another. “When decisions are made in the future,” says and opportunity in the world. It is West, “people will be able to recall the hike they took together, the meals there that we find great natural resources and great human resources.” they shared.” The second annual retreat, which focused on food securi­ West says he envisions “a day when an understanding and appreci­ ty and world trade, was held in Beijing in 1997 and was attended by ation for the nations and peoples of Asia are more central in the dis­ Senator Max Baucus and American Ambassador to China James Sasser, cussions in the University, the public schools and the community at among others. large.” In a book due out this year, the center explores historical conflicts And if, by chance, Bill Moyers does show up in Missoula in October, between Americans and Asians. America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Philip West wants to be the first to brew him a cup of coffee. M Approach to History and Memory, published by M.E Sharpe, is a col­ lection of essays by historians and writers that attempts to shed light on why so many Americans—and so many more Asians—have died fighting A former tugboat cook, adobe Hick maker and advertising copy­ each other in the Pacific W ar, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. writer, Patrick Hutchins now free-lances in Missoula

W inter 1998 M o n ta n a n 23 Ch a t |

by Susanna Sonnenberg

The Queen of the Legal Tender Saloon b y Eileen Clarke. C larke ’80 , M.F.A. ’84, has also written four books on cooking wild game. Helena, Montana: G reycliff Publishing Company, 1997. 269 pp. $16.95 paper.

ookbook writer Eileen Clarke explores Overflowing with detail, The Queen o f the Missoula and its inhabitants in her first Legal Tender Saloon is part comedy, part mys­ novel, a comic rendering o f one tery and borrows styles from both genres. wC om a n ’s journey of self-discovery. Evelyn Evelyn is alternately a babe-in-the-woods nar­ Holloran is from New York, but in her early rator who seems charmingly agape at the real twenties, when she finds herself jobless, she wild west; she can also be a sassy and smart­ does the necessary, reckless thing of hitting the mouthed observer, wicked about the tiniest road alone and searching out her own version aspect of dentistry. of “lanky, long Gary Coopers and gap-toothed Clarke may have written the first dental Slim Pickenses.” Soon she is surrounded by an novel and, with it, the best line for her new Clarke accurately conveys oddball assortment of local color in her adopt­ genre. When Evelyn at last leaves her demean­ ed hometown, Missoula. ing job, she demands an employment termina­ After a discouraging search, Evelyn finds tion agreement Her indignant co-worker asks the spirit of Missoula, its temporary work in a dental office and is her, “You want a plaque, too?” befriended by Jaymie, a patient, whom Evelyn Clarke accurately conveys the spirit of legacy of vagabonds and describes as “the other side of me.” Jaymie is Missoula, its legacy of vagabonds and orphans, actually everything Evelyn yearns to be, and born-agains and wanderers, a growing city she develops an intense crush on this spirited filled with people who just happened to get off orphans __ woman. Jaymie, in turn, leads Evelyn into an the bus or run out of gas at the Orange Street unexpected web of intrigue, gradually entan­ exit or find themselves in a beat-up motel on gling her in a family history that provides Broadway. Evelyn a true home.

The Light of Falling Stars by J. R obert Lennon. Lennon, M.F.A. *95, is working on a second novel in Ithaca, N ew York. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. 308 pp. $22.95 hardcover.

M B plane crashed” is the first sentence of haps, on our modern apathy and detachment # m j . Robert L en n on ’s book. The rest of The Beveridge cabin is sawed in two by the ^ ^ ™ th is first novel is a meditation on fall­ crashing plane, leaving the couple to live in an out-physical, mechanical and emotional—set exposed, raw hole of a house filled with the in the fictional town of Marshall, Montana, sounds o f fluttering plastic, taped and fas­ known to readers as Missoula. Using this trag­ tened over the wound. The crash is the death ic event as a catalyst, Lennon draws a portrait knell for their marriage, and they spend the o f the town from its disparate inhabitants. novel drawing together and pulling away from In the chilling early pages, the writer deftly each other. There is no recovery, no undoing conveys a sadness and horror, imagining what an event such as this. it would be like to hear that a girlfriend, Lennon has an energetic style and an Lennon has an energetic nephew or errant husband were on that plane. abundance of talent and enthusiasm in his Scenes of confusion and chaos at the airport voice, which gives many of the n o v el’s descrip­ style and an abundance are powerful and real and work die magic of a tions a stately beauty. These descriptions stand good novel: They transport the reader. apart from the story itself or the characters, At the center of the book stand Paul and and the reader must appreciate them on their of talent and enthusiasm Anita Beveridge, a young couple transplanted own. The author sometimes reaches too far, to Marshall for no particular reason. Much of trying to capture many lives in a single book- the cast seems to have found Marshall in the He does, however, meticulously document the in his voice __ same random way, the w riter’s comment, per­ place he calls Marshall and its surroundings.

24 W inter 1998 Montanan The Thousand-Yard Stare by James Soular. Soular, M.F.A. ’92, M.A. ’94, served with the 1st Cavalry D iv ision in V ietnam from 1966 to 1967. Canton, Connecticut: Singular Speech Press, 1997. 74 pp. $9.50 paper.

oet James Soular writes o f a diminish­ pointing down the jungle trail ing world in his collection of Vietnam and a fine, red mist poems, The Thousand-Yard Stare. In settling, P settling™ spite of the p o e t’s urgent efforts, piece by piece and bit by bit, land and people are catastroph­ ically erased, and an extraordinary, almost With a film d ir e c to r ’s obsession for detail unbearable loneliness emerges. Soular is the and ability to shift points of view, Soular recre­ chronicler, appointed by default, the last one ates his own witness and imagines the dead left standing and a voice sober and rich with buddies, new widows, anguished mothers and the histories of others now dead. tragic sweethearts. In “Missing,” a pair of Soular is the chronicler... And Soular does them honor, memorializ­ Marines comes to the door to tell a s o ld ie r ’s wife ing his innocence and his fellow soldiers as he that her husband is missing in action. “Finally, writes with unnerving control of this ghastly they leave and you hiss at his picture,/’You bas­ a voice sober and rich experience. Writing from an inner territory tard! How could you have done this/to us? laid barren by physical and psychic horror, the Come back, damn it, or I’ll kill you!”’ poet creates a vivid and treacherous landscape. In “Letter to David, Dead These Twenty with the histories of S o u la r’s lucid images of wartime Vietnam, Years,” the poet says he wished h e ’d traded the “land o f awful noise” and “lead-spattered places with his friend, then admits, “But I’m no skies,” are brutal. In “The Agent,” he describes longer sure-/it may simply be bravado/since others now dead. the physical effects of Agent Orange as feeling I’m alive and safe and here.” Later in the same like “you were the victim of a severe beating.” poem he describes his own fate:

“Tripwire” contains a final image that will Somewhere in there haunt the reader as it has the writer I met my wife, or ex-wife, got her pregnant When Jones tripped and married her-had to do the right thing, the wire that exploded didn’t I, same thing we said about going to Nam? the buried 500-pound bomb, The comparison is chilling, a glimpse of he was blown up how the Vietnam War taught Soular to see the and apart rest of his life, and how it ruined living. These Jones ceased to exist raw poems are undeniably powerful, an impor­ except for one combat boot tant addition to the war literature canon.

Hellroaring: Fifty Years on The Big Mountain by Jean Arthur, featuring photographs by Marion lacy. Arthur, M.F.A. ’87 , recent­ ly won the Shade Award from the International Ski History Association. Whitefish: Whitefuh Editions, 1996. 82 pp. $29.95 paper.

Whitefish adventurers pooled their nickels 140 Big Mountain buffs and assembled a fine for gasoline. They drove a Model A Ford collection o f ski patches, from the earliest coupe to the end o f a snow-covered trace. Whitefish Lake Ski Club devil-on-skis to the Wearing leather boots, wool slacks and hand- tamer 1990s pine tree patch. Many of the 130 ean Arthur opens her primer of histories, knit sweaters, they strapped on handmade black and whites were shot by award-winning anecdotes, photos and memorabilia o f a wooden skis outfitted with fur-skinned photographer Marion Lacy, who hauled as half century of skiing culture in climbers....Scrappy, energetic and adventur­ much as 40 pounds of camera equipment up J ous, these explorers mustered their way up to Whitefish with a vivid description of Big the slopes to snap hot-doggers, ski teams and M ou n tain ’s early days. “In the depression-poor the burns, glades and bowk o f the biggest ski pioneers racing through snow-laden trees, years o f die 1930s, a carload o f young mountain in the peaks.” Arthur interviewed known as snow ghosts.

W inter 1998 MONTANAN 25 Class Notes are compiled and edited by Paddy W il b u r “W il l ” F u n k ’48, M.EA ’54, o f Portland, named president of the Iowa Retired School Personnel O ’Connell MacDonald, M.A. ’81. If you would like to Ore., sang a vocal recital at Central Lutheran Church Association at its annual meeting in Marshalltown. submit information, drop her a line at the Alumni in October. This May, he will guest conduct the Helena GEORGE W e a t h e r t o n ’56 of Fargo, N.D., wrote a col­ Office, Brandy Hall, The University o f Montana, Symphony performance of Mission Mountains Suite lection titled Stalking the Snow with Farrin Ranger. Missoula, M T 59812-0013. O r e-mail your news to: for Orchestra, which he composed in 1959 B o b G il l u l y ’57 has retired from the Great Falls [email protected] J o s e p h S a l t s m a n ’48 is retired from the Foreign T ribu n e after a career of more than 40 years. Service. He and his wife, Marion, live in Geneva, Jo h n F. “S h a u n ” C o r e t t e III ’58, a partner in the Switzerland. firm o f Piper and Marbury, lives in Washington, D.C. S h e r m a n S p e n c e r ’49 lives in Stockton, Calif. He writes a garden column for the Stockton newspaper # ’30 s and is a music and drama critic in the Bay area. Ja y E l u s R a n s o m ’34 o f The Dalles, Ore., writes: “At 83,1 have renewed my University of Washington Graduate School linguistic studies of the Fox Island # ’60 s Aleut o f Nikolski and Unalaska, Alaska, that I origi­ P h il ip L B a r n e y M.D.’60 of Missoula was named nally spent five years on between 1936 and 1941. I ’50 s president of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists at their fall meeting in Philadelphia. retired years ago but, unfortunately, for a writer/pho- R o b e r t H o l m s t r o m ’50, J.D. ’52, a judge for the tographer/field research ethnologist, there is no such 13th Judicial District since 1984, has retired. " I ’d like JACK THERRIEN ’60 lives in Columbia Falls, where he thing as retirement_” to spend part of this cold winter in the South,” he says. ow ns Jack’s United Liquor and Pharmacy Store.

S e l d e n , J.D. ’38 and M a r y a l y s M a r k s F r is b e e ’37, C.E. C r o o k s h a n k s ’52 recently qualified as a Naval T he late A n g e l o “B o s c o e ” C o n d ie ’61 was posthu­ have retired and plan to split their time between Academy Blue and Gold officer while attending the mously inducted into the Cortland CClub Hall of Poison and Sun City, Ariz. US. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Fame. The award is given to State University o f New F r a n k Th e l m a W a r r in g t o n S h a w ’37 and '37 of H a r o l d K n a p p ’53 of Poison was recently recog­ York College at Cortland alumni who competed as Deer Lodge received the Lifetime Achievement Award nized on the Bison Range for his conservation projects. athletes in college and later distinguished themselves at the city’s annual Chamber of Commerce banquet in their professions and communities. R ic h a r d M il n e ’53 retired in July after 44 years in social work. He was a caseworker in Libby, director of C l a t t E . B r a u n ’62 completed his term as president the Cascade County Department in Great Falls and o f the Wildlife Society. Clait, who lives in Fort Collins, spent 28 years with the Denver Department of Social Colo., plans to leave his position as program manager # ’40 s Services. H e and his wife, Dorothy, live in Littleton. at the Colorado Division of Wildlife to devote time to scientific writing. R a e C . G r e e n e ’41 published a book of poetry, B its They have three children and two grandchildren. and Pieces o f the Big Sky. He and his wife, Claudia, live D o n O r u c h ’53, Ed.D. ’63, co-wrote T each in g D a v id D a l e ’62, M.EcL ’69, lives on the west shore in Sun City, Ariz. Strategies: A Guide to Better Instruction. The Spanish o f Flathead Lake and teaches Spanish at Ronan High School He has published several books of poetry. K e it h C r a n d a l l ’48 o f New York City was induct­ version will be available in Mexico, Spain, Latin and ed into the Greenwich Village Hall o f Fame in South America. D on lives in Pullman, Wash. G e o r g e M . “S o n n y ” G r a t z e r ’63, M .FA 76, September for advocating human services, writing for R o g e r A n d e r s o n , M.A. ’56, professor emeritus o f retired Army captain, recently published. G en eral The Villager and chairing the community board. education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, was Issue Blues, poetry reflecting his experiences in Vietnam. He lives in Missoula and has four grown children: Kurt, Dana, Mike and Rachel.

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26 W in ter 1998 M o s t a n a x by whether or not your winning percentage was above L t Col. Linda M cDonald DuMouun, M.F.A. ’69, is Elementary and Middle School Principals Association. .500. Having earned ten varsity letters (track-4, bas­ deputy commander of the Ml Rainier Squadron, O r v il l e G e t z ’71 is principal at Victor High School. ketball-3, and baseball-3) it would have been great to be which does mountain search and rescue H e and his wife, Carla, live in Missoula. They have four on a championship team! W e had fun, though. D o n P e t t ig r e w ’69 lives in Shelby and works as a children: Chet, Grant, Kurt and Karl R ic h a r d R a y m o n d , M.S. ’64, lives in Coeur d’Alene, CPA for Shelby Distributors. He and his wife, Eileen, Ji m S u l g r o v e ’72 was certified as a senior profes­ Idaho. After a 27-year teaching career at Northern have two children and two grandchildren. sional in human resources from the Human Resource Idaho College, he still announces the m e n ’s basketball Certification Institute Vice president and cashier of games. Richard was named Master Referee at the 1976- the First National Bank o f Gillette, Wyo. Jim also 80 National Skeet Shooting Association World chairs the city Board of Adjustments. National Championships, 1984 North Idaho Sportsman o f the Year, 1992 Idaho State Softball Hall # ’70 s A b r a m “M a c ” S t e v e n s ’72 a partner with KPMG of Fame inductee, 1993 Northern Idaho College Peat Marwick in Billings was recently elected to the C h a r l e s B r i g g s ’70, M.A. ’78, directed the Rocky Booster of the Year and 1997 Northern Idaho Officials board of the Montana Society of Certified Public Mountain Agency on Aging for five years and was Association Basketball Hall o f Fame. “I certainly Accountants. appointed by Gov. Marc Racicot to direct the Montana attribute the basis of these honors to som e of my back­ M ic h a e l S t e v e n s o n '74, M.F.A. ’78, won a speaking Office of Community Service Charles and his wife, ground in class and lab discipline while at UM. And...l part in Dakota Sunrise, a 100-minute movie about an Christie, live in Helena. They have five children. consider myself a Griz!” orphan’s search for his family. Michael lives in R o n F u c k in g e r ’70 is a counselor at North Side A u d a W r ig h t B i a i r ’66, M.A. '81, is a speech Dickinson, N.D., where he is choir director at pathologist in Columbia Falls. High School in Fort Wayne, Ind. H e writes: “This year Dickinson High SchooL the last of three children has flown—I hope we can T e r r y J . Lo v e l l '75 and his wife, Shannon Lynn, A l v in W o o d y ’67 owns Medical Management return to western Montana and bathe in the memories live in Prescott, Ariz., where Terry is a professor o f Support Services In c in Central Point, O r e He corre­ o f those great undergraduate times.” sponds regularly with Bijan Ghorashi ’67 o f Atlanta. business at Yavapai College. They have two children, Q u in t o n R . H e h n ’70, EcLD. ’88, lives in Superior, Jared and Terry Jessica. E d w in H a l l ’68, M.A. ’72, retired as executive direc­ where he ow ns a counseling service. tor of the Montana Board of Crime Control. He chairs S a m R o b e r s o n ’75 is senior vice president of the W il l ia m E . La r s e n ’70 is an investment executive the Jefferson County Planning Board and the State Texas Association o f Realtors in Austin. for Piper Jaffray in Great Falls. Capital Employees Credit Union. A partner in Saddle Th o m a s J. F r u s o a n o , M.A. ’76, of Princeton, N.J., is Beak Communications, Ed lives in Clancy. R o b e r t E . M u n z e n r id e r ’70, of St Paul, Minn., was archivist at Rutgers University. He recently co-wrote appointed vice president of finance and chief financial Jo h n R. H o r n e r ’68, curator of paleontology at the New York University and the City. officer of St Jude Medical Museum of the Rockies and adjunct professor of geol­ M ik e C u m m in g s , M.Ed. ’77, is human resources ogy and biology at Montana State University, was Le e S h a n n o n ’70, vice president o f marketing and manager at AAA Mountain West in Helena. named 1997-98 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Jack health care services at Blue Cross and Blue Shield M a r ia n B o o t h G r e e n ’77 is an account executive Insurance, lives in Helena with his wife and two sons. will travel to 13 institutions and meet with students with Dean Witter Reynolds in Billings. and faculty. He lives in Bozeman. B r u c e W h it e h e a d ’70, M.A. ’71, Ed.D. ’80, o f R o x a n e Le d b e t t e r W h a l e n ’77 is now a commander Missoula was one of four Montana educators to receive C h a r l e s W . S c h e u n , M.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’71, is provost in the U.S. Navy stationed in Charleston, S.C. She has the $25,000 National Milkin Family Foundation and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the two children, Sean and Megan. University of Wisconsin in Superior. Educator Award. Bruce is an elementary principal, adjunct professor at UM and president of the Montana G e o r g e “S k i p ” W i t h e r , MLA. ’77, was promoted to P h il l ip R. Va n N e s s ’68 is a shareholder in the law firm of Webber and Thies in Urbana, 111.

R k x C e b u l l , J.D. ’69, is a federal magistrate in Great Falls.

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professor of biology at Ripon College in Ripon, Wis. Ja m e s B r u c c e r s '81 was elected to a three-year agent in charge of corporate real estate sales. I’m still term on the board of the Society of Environmental single after all these years, and happy. I’m looking for­ Jo h n H . O s o r i o 79 is an attorney at the Cherry Journalists. James covers environmental topics for the ward to this f o il’s Homecoming.” Hill, N.J., office o f Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Contra Costa Times in the San Francisco Bay area. Coleman and Gogg. S a m H u b b a r d ’83 is manager o f Thrifty White Miles City attorney G a r y D a y , J.D. '81, M.A. ’82, was Drug in Glendive and co-owner o f Shooters Archery Jo e R a ib l e 79 attended the Rio Platano Biosphere Shop. He and his wife, Kristine, have three daughters: Reserve of Honduras to design an integrated telecom­ appointed judge for the 16th Judicial District. Kendra, Alexa and Samantha. munications network to protect the reserve and estab­ Tim W e l l s ’81 is president o f Tabaracci and Wells lish small business communications. in Cut Bank. He was recently appointed to the First D e b r a Wa l d r o n ’83 was certified as a clinical spe­ Interstate Bank/Cut Bank Advisory Board of cialist in geriatric physical therapy by the American T o m Via l l 79 is northwest regional manager for Board of Physical Therapy Specialities earlier this year. AM Services in Billings. Directors. Tim and his wife have three children. Debra lives in Seattle. B r u c e W il l ia m s o n ’81 is president of Duke Energy M a r d e l M e h m k e S c o t t 79 is an accountant with Je f f r e y A . W e l d o n , J.D. ’83, practices law with the McRae and Associates in Dillon. International in Great Falls. firm o f Moulton, Bellingham, Longo and Mather in K m D i c e ’82 is a broker at Big Sky Properties in R o b e r t S l o m s k i, J.D. 79, lives in Thom pson Falls Billings. and is Sanders County attorney. He was elected secre­ Bozeman. M ic h a e l B a b c o c k ’84 lives in Great Falls and is an tary of the Montana County Attorney’s Association Ja m e s D o n o v a n ’82, M.Ed. ’86, is principal at Havre editor at the Great Falls Tribune. during their bi-annual meeting in July. High School. C r a i g S h e p h e r d ’84 is a self-employed auditor of J o h n W . Ja c o b s e n ’82 is a partner in Charles Bailly local governments in eastern Montana. He and his and Co. in Billings. wife, Wendy, live in Glendive. They have three chil­ D a n Vu c k o v ic h ’82 was named to the board of dren: Michael, Tyrene and Tehya. trustees of the University of Great Falls. # ’80 s D o u g D e c k e r ’85 directs the Tillamook State P e r r y B a c k u s ’83, reporter for the M ontana Ka r e n S e n e y A d a m s ’80 lives in Eureka and works Forest Interpretive Program in Forest Grove, 111. His S tan dard in Butte, received Trout Unlimited’s highest for Fortine Mercantile. She and her husband, Eyler, wife, M a r i e M a h o n -D e c k e r ’85, is an international stu­ have three children: Havehn, Thane and Eryn. award for reporting on conservation issues. dent adviser for Portland State Community College.

S a l l y B l e v in s ’81 teaches first grade at Canyon B r e t “W il d C a t ” B e n n e t t ’83 writes: "1 am gainful­ They live in Portland with their daughter, Emma Elementary School in Columbia Falls. ly employed at Red Lodge Mountain Resort as an Marie, and their son, Finley Mahon. M ik e R ic h a r d s ’85 owns and manages Thrifty Drug in Anaconda.

A m y Va n k a Wa t t ’85 and her husband, P a t r ic k R. Wa t t , J.D. ’89, live in Great Falls. Amy works part-time as an accountant at the MSU College o f Technology. Patrick is a shareholder in the law firm o f Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett and Weaver. They have three sons: Schuyle, Keenan and Riley. A new day G l e n n J . B a r r ’86 was recently promoted to major in the United States Army. He, his wife, Janet, and their son, Logan, live in Fort Irwin, Calif. They look for IRAs. forward to a trip to Montana to “see trees and snow. A l a n E n g l is h ’86 lives in Butte, where he is assis­ tant research hydrologist for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology.

S h e r r y La n g F in s t a d ’86 works for United Parcel Service. She and her husband, Larry, live in Galloway, Ohio. They have a daughter, Brittany Nicole.

LtSA B o o z e l R e im e r ’86 teaches eighth grade in LaureL She and her husband have a daughter. COLLEGE * FIRST HOME • RETIREMENT M e l o d y P e r k in s M a r j in s e n ’87, editor o f the Choteau Acantha, was named 1997 Outstanding Young Montanan by the Montana Jaycees.

Ka t h l e e n O ’C o n n o r ’87, J.D. "90, is assistant vice president for Sterling Savings in Spokane, Wash.

M ik e SCHERTING ’87 is sports editor for the M in o t Your Wall Street in the West. D a ily N ew s in Minot, N.D.

M ic h a e l Jo h n s o n ’88 is pastor at the Fellowship of Las Coiinas Church in Irving, Texas. He and his wife, Karry, have two daughters, Kaidynn and Annie.

C h a r l e s E . B e a r d , M .BA ’89, is a partner in KPMG Peat Marwick in Washington, D.C.

R o b e r t B e e m a n ’89, M-Ed. ’92, is principal at Culbertson High School. He has three children: D.A. Davidson SC Co. Robert, Bill and Kimberly. Member SI PC a DADCO company La n c e M e l t o n ’89, J.D. *92, and his wife, O n d y

28 W inter 1998 Montanan John H. Osorio 79 Bret Bennett ‘83 Charles E. Beard ‘89 Nathan Wilkinson ‘91

B r o o k s ’89, J.D. *92, live in Helena. Lance is general Ka r e n Q u e e n ’91 teaches kindergarten in Jordan. ’93, M.B.A. ’94, live in Anchorage, Alaska. Tim is a counsel and director of governmental relations for the N a t t ie P o w e r s Tr a x l e r ’91 writes: “I married parole o ffic e r and Angela is an accountant for Deloitte Montana School Board Association. Cindy is lead M a r k T r a x l e r ’91 in June 1992. I work for Century and T ouche They have a daughter, Cheyenne attorney for the State Superfund Program under the 21 Heritage Realty in Helena Mark is a wildlife biolo­ T e r i R o b e r t s B e y e r ’93 lives in Havre and teaches Montana Department of Environmental Quality. gist with the Montana Department of Transportation. math at Alternative High School. W e have tw o beautiful sons, Tanner Mark, and Austyn J e f f r e y C o o p ’93, J.D. ’97, practices law with the Powers. W e would love to hear from friends!” firm of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole and Deitrich N a t h a n W il k in s o n ’91 is marketing director for in Billings. Workplace In c in KalispelL Sen. M ik e F o s t e r , M.P.A. ’93, is executive director of L is a D u n n B e n n e t t ’92 married Jay Bennett in D a r r in D a v id s o n 90 is a commercial loan officer the Montana Contractors Association in Helena. June She is assistant athletic trainer for San Jose State for Mountain West Bank in Helena. E r i c H u m m e l ’93, J.D. ’96, lives in H elena He is a University in San Jose, Calif. B a r b a r a K e y w o r t h *90, M.A. ’92, is a counselor at law clerk for the Chief Judge J.A. Turnage of the D e n n is G a u b , M.B.A. ’92, is distribution manager Ronan High School. Montana Supreme Court for the Billings Outpost, a weekly newspaper. D o n L e s m e i s t e r ’90 is a probation and pre-trial ser­ Je n n if e r K r in k e ’94 teaches middle and high D a n H u g e u n ’92 lives in Billings and works for vices officer for the U.S. District Court in Billings. schools in Shelby. Dovetail Designs and Mill work. B il l M a t t h e w s *90 and A n n S c h m id t ’94 married in Ka t h l e e n K a z u r a L a m k e ’93 and her husband, S a n d r a Lo t s h a w M ic k e n , M A ’92, Ph.D. ’94, lives May of 1995. They live in Atlanta, where Bill is nation­ Geoffrey, live in Albuquerque, N.M., where she is a in Dillon and is a licensed clinical psychologist at the al sales manager for Gamakatsu Hooks and Spro Co. research technologist for hantavirus longitudinal stud­ Western Montana Clinic Ann stays home with their year-old son, Thomas. ies at the University of New Mexico. She writes: “I R ic h a r d S m it h ’92 lives in New York City, where miss Montana! Hoping for snow down my way...” G r e g o r y A . Va n H o r s s e n , J.D. '90, lives in Helena he works for a brokerage firm. and practices law with the firm of Keller, Reynolds, J u u e G r e t e l m a n O p i t z ’93 is director of marketing Drake, Johnson and Gillespie. S t e v e n T. Wa d e ’92, J.D. ’96, lives in Helena and and communications for the Montana School Boards practices law with the firm o f Browning, Kaleczyc, Association in Helena D o n C a s e y ’91 teaches computers to grades kinder­ Berry and Hoven. garten through 12 in Augusta. C h a r l e s B . P r o b e r t '93 graduated from the Ti m Asm ’93 and his wife, A n g e l a H a n s o n Asm University of Washington School of Medicine in June. Become, a dues-paying M F t i * 6 UM Alumni Association 1 VSreceive our 1998 O t Membership Calendar This 28-page, full color calendar features thirteen works absolutely Free! from The University of Montana Museum of Fine Arts Permanent Collection along with dates and information about Alumni and University events in 1998. Dues-paying members will also receive notices to all alumni events in their area, special membership mailings and guaranteed delivery of the Montanan. Call now to join and receive your 1998 UM Alumni Calendar! Have your credit card handy. 1 -800-862-5862

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He is in the general surgery residency program at E l iz a b e t h M a l o n e y K a l e v a , J.D. ’95, lives in Helena Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle and is staff attorney and director of policy services for I n M emoriam the Montana School Boards Association. E a t h a n G u l e r ’94 writes: "I am in a M.Ed. Program The Alumni Office extends sympathy to the families at National Louis University in Milwaukee, Wis., doing Coast Guard Seaman K e r i R . S e v e r s o n *95 graduat­ o f the following alumni, friends and faculty. clinical work at S t John’s Northwestern Military ed from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center A n n ie M a c l a y Le f f in g w e l l ’26, Hamilton Academy—my former alma mater. I work for Marshall in Cape May, N.J. and Isley Bank at their data services center. I’m fine A n n a b e l l e Le e D e s m o n d C o o k ’27, Bowie, Idaho Navy Seaman D a w n M . A u g u s t in e ’96 completed and keeping active in Republican politics.” D o r o t h y M o r r o w G a l l a g h e r x’27, Reno, Nev. U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command S h a u n a H a n i s c h '94 is pursuing a master’s degree in Great Lakes, 111 Ve r n a S h u g a r d M a r k h a m ’27, Pinedale, Wyo. in public administration with an emphasis on natural T im Kr a n t z ’96 teaches fifth grade in S t Ignatius. M a r y K is t l e Ta y l o r ’27, Monrovia, Calif. resource policy and administration at Boise State C h a r l e s T. H e r r in g ’29, Muskogee, Olda. University. She says “hi” to her soccer buddies! S h a r o n B e n g s t o n ’97 lives in Great Falls and is pharmacy manager at K-Mart R o g e r L J o h n s t o n ’29, Hoquiam Ke r r i Le e H ia t t '9 4 teaches grade school Spanish in Belt S a n n a H a l v e r s o n ’97 teaches at Shelby High B a r r y C . P a r k ’30, Walla Walla, Wash. School M a r g a r e t F u c k in g e r M u n g a s ’31, Philipsburg R o l l in s G . H ic k m a n , M.P.A. ’94, is a major in the U.S. Air Force. T h a d E . Jo n e s '97 is an agro-forestry extension vol­ E v e l y n K u e h n Wa l t e r s x’31, Vancouver, Wash. unteer with the Peace Corps in Cameroon, West Africa. C u r t is O l d s ’94 graduated from the New England R u t h G il l e s p i e S t a u n t o n ’32, Billings M a u r a J o y c e ’97 teaches at Shelby Middle School Conservatory in Boston. He is performing with the F r e d M . B e n s o n ’33, Boise, Idaho Central City Opera in Denver in Madame Butterfly, J o h n K u r t z , J.D. ’97, practices law with Werner, N o r m a n L M ik a l s o n x’33, Spokane, Wash: The Merry W idow and Susannah. He will also debut as Epstein and Johnson in Cut Bank. ic t o r ia o o n e y t e r l in g x’33, Malatesta in Don Pasquale with Opera Omaha. V C S Townsend M ic h a e l D . M c L e a n , J.D. ’97, practices law with S y l v ia S w e e t m a n S u n d e r u n '33, Washington, D.C. H o l l y D ie m e r t P e p p r o c k ’94 teaches at Shelby Knight, Dahood, McLean and Everett in Anaconda. Middle School. S t a n l e y Yo u n g x’33, Lakeside s N e o m i Va n H o r n '97 is a copy editor for the G reat D o n a Ta y l o r ’94 is the subdistrict ranger at Two Falls Tribune. W a r r e n P . P h e l a n ’34, Quakertown, Pa. Medicine in Glacier National Park. Th o m a s E . S m it h x’34, Annandale, Va.

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30 W in ter 1998 M o .v t a n .a n C l a r ic e L o w e M a r c y x ’35, Missoula D o n a l d C S t e f f e n s e n ’51, M .M ’52, Cottonwood, Ariz. C o u n W . R a f f ’35, Missoula New A lumni R o s e M a r i e M iu l o v ic h M e r g e s ’36, M M . ’48, R it a G r a y B e a t t y x’52, Green Valley, Ariz. Anaconda C o u r t n e y L T a y l o r ’52, Hamilton Association Life Ll o y d L B e r n h a r d ’37, Sonoma, Calif. S h i r l e y H o h a n d T h o r n x’52, Missoula M a r o N e e l a n d s B u t c h a r t ’37, Kalispell H a r o l d W. H a r v e y ’53, M A ’56, Cheney, Wash. M embers D o n a l d D . F a r n u m x ’37, Poison T. R o g e r M a r s h a l l ’54, Great Falls C l a r e n c e A l b e r t s o n ’54, Lincoln, Neb. R u t h B r in c k e M c L a u g h u n x ’37, Butte M a r c u s S o r e n s o n ’54, Hamilton R ic h a r d A u s t in ’62, Plano, Texas H a r o l d R . D r a n g e , J.D. ’38, Denver G e r a l d A . S u l l iv a n , M A. ’54, Columbia, Calif. J .P . B e t t s ’94, Seattle H o w a r d I . H u n t x ’38, Hermiston, Ore. Ja m e s K . D i c k ’56, M A . ’57, Silver Bow Scon B l u m f i e ld ’89, Kirkland, Wash. M a r g a r e t H o l m e s M c D o w e l l , J.D. ’38, New York M a u r it a M o r g a n S a n d v ig x’ 56, Grangeville, Idaho Scon B o t c h e k ’93, Spokane, Wash. City M a r s h a l l F . S u l l iv a n ’56, Broadus Vir g in ia S c h w in B r o p h y ’30, Lake Havasu City, W a l t e r R . W e s t m a n ’38, Costa Mesa, Calif. R o b e r t a C a in H o v e r x ’58, Pratt, Kan. Nev. J e a n A . B o u r d e a u x’39, Mercer Island, Wash. Ja m e s A . S u t h e r l a n d ’58, M M ’62, Medford, Ore. Joseph B rothers ’96, S t Paul, M in a A J . G erstenberger '39, Yakima, Wash. R o y A . E k s t r o m ’59, M.F.A ’64, Hemet, Calif. M a r g e r y H u n t e r B r o w n ’50, J.D. ’75, Bigfork F r a n k W . S t a n t o n ’39, Lafayette, Calif. H a r o l d P . H a n s o n x ’59, Fresno, Calif. H o l l y C a r v e t h ’77, Salt Lake City H o r a c e L Le it h e a d ’39, Fort Worth, Texas R o n a l d D . R is d a h l ’59, M .M ’68, Missoula M ik e C o m b o ’92, M .B A ’93, Spokane, Wash. Ja n e A m b r o s e P in k l e y '39, Phoenix, Ariz. D o n a l d X . D r is c o l l , M M ’60, Havre C a r o l K e n n e y D a m s e l ’78, Worthington, Ohio D o u g l a s F . B r o w n ’40, Butte Ja c k M c C l a r t y ’60, M.D. ’68, Collegedale, Tenn. Claudia Denker ’75, M .B A 76, Missoula D o u g h s M . D a h l e ’40, Arcadia, Calif. M a x in e G o o d a l l Th o m p s o n ’60, Helena Renee Letcher Erickson ’84, Kalispell Le o n a Lo u i s e M cD o n a l d A d a m e c x ’41, Cedarville, C h a r l e s B r u b a k e r ’61, King City, Calif. Todd Erickson ’83, Kalispell O hio James L Ham ilton ’61, Missoula Jack Fulkerson ’60, Sidney Jo h n N . T h e l e n Jr . x ’41, Dayton, O hio L o r e n A . G l a d e ’62, Billings Louis G r i f f e e ’57, Fresno, Calif. M a b e l N u t t e r W il s o n , M M ’41, Simms Charles S. Deschamps ’63, Hamilton S a r a H a g e n H u l l ’93, Billings £ D a l e B r y s o n ’42, Poison Wayne C Peterson ’63, Great Falls T o d d H u l l ’94, Billings R u t h Kn a p p F o r s s e n ’42, Dayton Thomas H. Sim pson ’63, Twin Bridges B a r b a r a W il s o n / f f t ’81, Cheney, Wash. S u t t o n H a m m o n d ’42, La Mesa, Calif. M arjorie Cernkk Davis ’64, Cut Bank W il l ia m I f f t ’83, Cheney, Wash. M il t o n M ii l a r d ’43, San Diego, Calif. W illiam D. N apton '64, Apple Valley, Minn. C h a r l e s J o h n s o n 70, Helena Ja n e M e e G e o r g e x ’44, Birmingham, Mich. W in s t o n W. W e t z e l, M D . ’64, Bigfork D a n ie l K e l l y 78, Deer Lodge J a c k L G r e e n ’44, J.D. ’48, Missoula Florence Jackie ” Kuenning Brow n '67, D o n a l d L o d m e l l , M A ’63, PhD. ’67, Hamilton D onald W. Young ’44, Poison Christiansted, Va. Jo a n M c F a r l a n d L o d m e l l ’58, Hamilton Shirley S cott Gianeuj ’45, Pebble Beach, Calif. Vir g in ia D o n e g o n L e s l i e ’67, San Jose, Calif. C o n s t a n c e B r o o k s L o r d ’60, Philipsburg John H. Kuenning ’46, J D . ’49, Great Falls D o r o t h y S t o n e r M o r g a n , M M ’67, Manhattan E d w a r d L o r d ’59, Philipsburg M arjory W ampler M ayfield ’46, Arlington, Va. L y l e D . A d a m s o n x ’69, Poison A v is B a l d w in M it c h e l l , Miles City W arren N. Rekhman ’47, Wilsall D a v id E . E v e r e t t ’69, Manson, Wash. N o e l u N ic h o l s M o r g e n r o t h ’60, Reno, Nev. M a r t in C A a h l. M.Ed. ’48, Oakland, Calif. D o n a l d D . B u r m a n ’70, Fairview D ia n e M u d d ’82 , San Jose, Calif. S t u a r t E . F it s c h e n ’48, M M ’52, Ronan A n d r e w J . H a m m o n d x ’70, Billings R o b e r t P e t e r s o n ’67, Billings H arriette R df Skeje ’48, Billings F r a n k M . M c M a s t e r ’70, Columbia Falls Ja m e s P in s o n e a u l t ’85, Jacksonville, Fla. A l b e r t L S o u n d e r ’48, Missoula O r v is J . S t e n s o n , M D . ’71, Duluth, M ina Ja n e l l e Ja n e s P in s o n e a u l t ’84, Jacksonville, Fla. W in n E . D o w u n J r . , J.D. ’49, Billings Ka r e n H il l n e r S u l l iv a n ’71, Helena K r is t in e M o o r e R a m b e r g '89, Veradale, Wash. S t e p h e n L N ib la c k ’49, Fresno, Calif. G e r a l d J . B u f f in g t o n ’72, Great Falls Jo n a t h a n K . S im m o n s 78, New York City P a u l F . N ic h o l s x ’49, Sunburst P e t e r H . D a y ’72, Anaconda J . D a v id S l o v a k 77, J.D. ’80, Great Falls R . B r o o k s P o l k , M A ’49, Columbia, Mo. D o n a l d £ K a l l e m , M D . ’72, Kingston, Wash. Ta r a Th ie l m a n ’87, Conrad J o h n V. S c h a r a ’49, Butte N e a l B . M c C u r d y ’72, Salinas, Calif. D e W a y n e To m a s e k 72, Duluth, M ina Norm an D. Flamm ’50, Houston L e e G . G il l ’73, Chino Valley, Ariz. K e n t Ve s s e r ’93, S t Louis, Mo. B a s i l L H e l g e s o n , M M ’50, Park City Ja n i c e G o l d h a h n S ie l e r ’73, Gettysburg, S.D. D e b o r a H e r b k Wa l k e r ’80, Chugiak, Alaska G len D. K eil x ’50, Florence, Ariz. G a r y A . M c L e a n ’74, M A . ’83, Kalispell S t e p h e n W a l k e r ’80, Chugiak, Alaska Le o n a r d C M o o r e ’50, Norway, Mich. D a v id R . M a c M il l a n ’76, S t Paul, M ina D e n n is R . W a s h in g t o n , Missoula Jo h n M o t t e r u d ’50, Roundup Ja m e s D . R b c h e l , M A ’76, Helena Ja m e s W e l c h 73, Missoula Jo h n P a t r ic k N u g e n t ’50, Seattle B o n n i e H e a v y R u n n e r C r a i g ’83, J D . ’88, Missoula M a r k W e l c h ’91, Columbia Falls M a r g a r e t U m e b e r g e r S c h i m p f ’50, Belgrade C J e a n ie H i g h C h il c o t e ’85, Missoula R o b e r t W e s t ’59, Colorado Springs, Colo. Ja c k R . S w e e t s e r ’50, Ocean Park, Wash. D o n a l d £ T u c k e r I I *91, Orfordville, Wis. R u t h W e n h o l z W e s t ’59, Colorado Springs, C o la N o r b e r t J . A r v is h ’51, Cody, Wyo. D . F r i z z e l l , M.BA. ’94, Billings Scon A m y W a r d W h it e ’84, Tulsa, Okla. R a y m o n d V. G r e g g ’51, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Annemarie W oessner, MS. ’97, Ely, Nev.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD T he S atellite Party T hat A lmost P resident Gw en M cLain Childs ’63 L ittleton , C o la D id n ’t Happen President-elect by Bill Johnston too, have the game. “We wish you well!” they yell over M ich a el J. O ’Ne ill ’80 the phone. Things are getting tense in LA. B u tte he annual Griz/Cat football rivalry is always an W e’re through the first quarter and still no game. Vice President R ick F. S ch n e id e r ’78 exciting, busy time for our office, and something Then a thought occurs to Kent: Jen Zellner, an Alumni Edina, Minn. I look forward to. But my one nightmare—and Office intern who helped our office organize the satel­ somethingT I have no control over—is this: What if our lite parties, gave all party coordinators her cellular Past P resident Dennis D. Iverson ’68 gathering sites d o n ’t receive the satellite signal? It final­ phone number in case of emergency, and she is at this H elen a ly happened this year. very moment attending the game in Bozeman. Kent Board of Directors I was there. and I break the glass and call her. Jen, surrounded by

R o b e r t T. “Ro b " B ell ’90 '93 I have business in the Los Angeles area, so I Grizzly fans in the Bozeman stadium, talks to Kent M issou la arrange with the LA organizer, Kent McKay ’85, to from underneath her coat so she can hear. She con­ M a rcia M ea gh er B ra gg '63 ’74 watch the game with the group assembled at Legends firms that ours is the only emergency call. We also B ozem an Sports Bar. On the Big Day, I catch a ride to the event learn that the Grizzlies lead and the game is close. This G len M. C am pbell ’85 ’87 with my brother-in-law, Scott Middleton, and his news is relayed to the LA. crowd. A woman in the Redmond, Wash. friends, all of whom are Bobcat alumni. As he drives, group makes frequent calls to her father, who is watch­ R. M acM illan “Mac" Fraser ’62 Scott explains the nature of my job to his friends, ing the game at home in Montana, and also keeps the B oulder, C o la telling them that our office, along with our MSU col­ crowd updated. I t ’s helpful, but d o e sn ’t replace the live W y ley P. G o o d ’63 leagues, organize almost 60 Griz/Cat satellite parties satellite feed. Then... F ort B en ton around the country. Arriving at Legends, we find it Eureka! R obert W. “Bob" H oene '70 full of excited Montanans, Griz and Cats alike. The crowd suddenly shouts in unison. Y ou ’d have B igfbrk There is, though, one huge problem: tuning the thought gold had been discovered in California. The S u sa n F o ste r K ork a lo '66 L iv in gston satellite receiver. The bar manager—who’s also the satel­ satellite tech/bar manager—a hero—somehow finds the lite technician—finds not the Griz/Cat game, but one game. W illiam “Bill" W. M ercer ’86 M issou la from the midwest. I t ’s now kick-off time and 100 heads I relax. Kent relaxes. We ask many things of our vol­ and 200 eyes are trained on the tech, Kent—and me. I unteers, but standing in front of a firing squad is not W ilm er “Bill" M itchell '50 M iles C ity feel like yelling, “women and children first!” and then one of them. Everyone settles in to watch one of the

Donald E N icholson ’56 staying with the ship as it sinks. We need an action most exciting games ever. The Grizzlies, of course, win. N orw ich , C on n . plan and fast Everyone says good-bye and we all go home. In the car,

Paige W ilson N icholson ’89 Kent and I split the list of other satellite sites in half S c o tt’s friends ask, “Now, what is it that do you do Great Falls and begin calling them to see if they are receiving the again?” B y ro n L R o b b ’54 , ’56 signal. My fears: What if the nearly 60 sites and thou­ L ivin gston sands of people ca n ’t get the game? What terrible dun­ A very special thanks to the hundreds o f alumni vol­ A nn Parke Ruegam er ’67 geon will I be banished to when I return to Missoula? unteers who give o f their time so that this award-win­ B illin gs All sites except Seattle, San Francisco and Los ning alumni satellite party happens. And a special Rachel Sprunk Sm ith ’84 Angeles report that the game is up and ev ery on e’s hav­ thanks to Phyllis Bouchee and Jen Zellner from the Suw anee, Ga. ing a great time. Then San Francisco reports that they, Alumni O ffice Without them, it wouldn't be possible Kay LeFevre Stipe ’59 Spok an e, W ash. Atlanta S atellite Party D a n iel J. S u lliv a n ’77 B utte

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ALUMNI OFFICE BiO Johnston 79, M.RA. *91 T h e U n iv e r sity o f M on tan a M issoula, M T 59812-0013 406-243-5211 1-800-862-5862 [email protected] http://www.umt.edu/alumni

32 W in ter 1998 Montanan FUN 101: A lumni Events March UM P rofessors S ample G riz/C at S atellite Parties 7 The Montana Repertory T h e a tr e ’s Swingtime Canteen, There I was, all alone in San Diego, preparing to attend the annual conference of the Kalispell National Association of Schools of Music Fortunately, before I left Missoula, I’d learned San Diego Function of a San Diego UM /M SU satellite party, where folks gathered to watch the annual 13 15 Los Angeles-Pasadena Playhouse Griz/Cat football game Not familiar with the whereabouts of Moose McGillicuddys, I 17 Palm Desert Function left my hotel on foot to track it down. Much to my surprise, I found it just two blocks 29 The Montana Repertory Theatre's away. Inside, Paul '56 and Nancy Caine were on hand to welcome all; alums from both Swingtime Canteen, schools sat talking, laughing, eating, arguing (in good spirit, of course) and enjoying their Butte favorite beverages. The divided-but-united Montana crowd responded vigorously as the April score bounced back and forth. Not to brag, but it was I, along with Patty Jo Shaffer 4 Grizzly Football Scrimmage, Billings Ponich '58 who led the group-with much skill, I might add-in our fight song when the 11 The Montana Repertory T h e a tr e ’s final play had been played and victory, once again, belonged to UM. I, as well as every­ Sw ingtim e Canteen, Bozeman one else, had a great time. Would I do it over again? You bet! 18 The Montana Repertory T h e a tr e ’s Tom Cook, Professor, Department of Music Swingtime Canteen, Helena 25 The Montana Repertory T h e a tr e ’s 1 thought that attending the National Education Conference in New Orleans was Swingtime Canteen, Billings going to make me miss the Griz/Cat game for the first time in years. Fortunately, I 27- May 5 Alumni Campus Abroad in remembered that our Alumni Office sponsors regional satellite parties and sure enough, I Scandinavia-Voss, Norway found that the game would be televised at a sports bar in the French quarter. May The day was great—good friends, good food, good drink and one of the most exciting 2 The Montana Repertory Theatre’s games in the history of the series! As the final seconds ticked off the clock, I was rapidly Swingtime Canteen, Great Falls installed as the local resident Griz expert When the Cats attempted to ice the kicker by 5-19 Cruise on Northern Italy’s Po calling numerous time outs, I was asked by dozens of people, in unison, “George, can the River kid kick?" “Can the kid kick?" “Kris is going to go down in Griz history as one of the 14-16 60th Reunion, Class of 1938, premier kickers of all time,” I replied. “This game is in the bank.” As the Cats burned Missoula their last time out, we rose, joined hands and voiced our support for a group of young 14-16 50th Reunion, Class of 1948, men we've grown to love. Kris's kick sailed through the uprights, and I realized that this Missoula was to be one of my fondest sport memories. Thank you, my new friends in New 16 UM Commencement Orleans, for a wonderful time. 20-28 Alumni Campus Abroad, Here's a bit of advice for my fellow alumni around the nation: If you h av en ’t had a Burgundy, France chance to attend a satellite party, do so. Y ou’ll discover, as I did, that we Griz fans are not only winners, but—more importandy—good friends. June 14 Alaskans from Montana Picnic, George Bailey, 76, M Ed '82, Professor, School of Education Anchorage, Alaska 20-July 2 Rhine-Moselle Cruise G riz/C at Football August Satellite Party S tatistics 18-26 Alumni Campus Abroad, • Overall Coverage: 29 states nationwide. Provence, France • Griz/Cat Coverage: 58 satellite parties September for 1997 Griz/Cat football. 16-24 Alumni Campus Abroad, • Undocumented Parties: A number of par­ Stirling, Scotland ties nationwide are unknown to us. Please give us a call so we can share your October location with others and offer our assis­ 2-3 UM Homecoming, Missoula tance! Fo more information on these events, please • Conclusion: T h e re ’s nothing like being part call the UM' Alum ni O ffice at 1-800862-5862 of the GRIZ/CAT satellite party gatherings!

Special thanks to Grizzly Athletics for their help with U M A A ’s tailgates and satellite parties! 1997 Tailgate Party Statistics ▲ S an Francisco • Locations: Wyoming, Idaho, Northern S atellite Party Arizona, and Oregon. • Attendance: Over 5,000 people. 4 Deep in enemy • Sponsors: The University of Montana TERRITORY Alumni Association and The Grizzly Athletic Association. Bozeman pre-game rally

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N early D ouble! What once appeared a lofty goal-to raise $40 million in five years-proved more than achievable when the Foundation celebrated the campaign’s success tallying $71.4 million for the University’s academic priorities. On Oct. 17, the day of the campaign’s finale, American Stores announced a $2.5 million gift to help build an addition to the Pharmacy-Psychology Building. The American Stores gift, along with others that had been “in the works” for several months, and the Arkwright estate-the largest single gift ever received at UM-all counted toward the total of The University of Montana Capital Campaign - Ensuring a Tradition of Excellence. These gifts brought the campaign total beyond that announced on June 30, the official final day of counting. “Donors of the late-arriving gifts all in­ tended to participate in the campaign so we wanted to Encouraged by the $2.5 g ift from ALSAM Foundation of Utah, American include them in the total,” said Larry Morlan, U M Stores contributed a similar amount, announcing the gift in the parking Foundation executive director. “Of course we are lot of its Missoula store, Osco Drug. Pharmacy manager Lisa Yeager ’83 spoke of the company’s commitment to pharmacy education. Also enormously grateful to them and to all our alumni and pictured are Foundation Executive Director Larry Morlan, Dean Dave friends who made the campaign such a remarkable Forbes of the School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, President achievement.” George Dennison and Jack Burke, representing the Capital Campaign.

Marty Arkwright of Billings left nearly her entire estate to the University to benefit the Arkwright Conservation Fund in the School of Forestry, which she and her husband, Stanley, established in 1962. At $7.5 million, it is the largest single donation of any kind ever given to UM. Both Stanley, who ran a road construction company and died in 1965, and Marty wished to preserve Montana’s wilderness and natural heritage. According to forestry Dean Perry Brown, “they loved (Montana’s] natural beauty, wildlife and wilderness.. .and wanted to invest in the future of those things, which means investing in students.”

34 W in ter 1998 M o n t a n a n T hanks for all the

WAYS YOU GAVE Five years of heavy-duty fund raising culminated in a spectacular celebration on Oct. 17, featuring a We raised $71.4 million and here's a breakdown o f how concert with three celebrity performers: David Foster, it came in: Kenny G and Paul Anka. Event sponsorships and ticket sales funded the black-tie gala. ▲ $7.3 million In-Kind Gifts. That includes the Center at Salmon Lake, furniture and A carillon concert greeted guests as they ap­ equipment for the Gallagher Building proached a tent on the Oval for a cocktail party. From and renovation of Prescott House. there a procession headed by U M ’s Big Sky Winds led ▲ $ 1 4.5 million Planned G ifts, which UM will receive them to the Five Valleys Ballroom and performances by after the donor’s death. student string and brass ensembles. At an after-dinner ▲ $9 million Excellence Fund gifts are spent in auction, guests bid on works of art and entertainment the year received. packages, raising more than $150,000 for student scholarships, and then headed to the Montana Theatre for the concert. That leaves $40.6 million in cash and pledges... ▲ $22.6 million Endowments are invested to provide The program opened with a video recap of the long-term income for annual spending. campaign’s impact on UM. President George M. (Scholarships are typical of this kind of Dennison and National Chairman Phyllis Washington gift.) thanked all who had participated in the history-making ▲ $12 million Buildings include the Gallagher campaign. Dennison then awarded her the first Phyllis Building, Davidson Honors College, ]. Washington Award for Service, an award that he said Castles Center in the Law School, and the University would award infrequently and only “to a proposed addition to the Pharmacy- cherished benefactors and individuals who make a Psychology Building. tremendous contribution to the University.” ▲ $4.3 million Specific Programs. Equipment The concert was a smashing success. Grammy- purchases are typical. winning producer David Foster opened the show, ▲ $1.7 million Unrestricted. Mainly gifts from UM performing on keyboard a few of the hits h e ’d pro­ Foundation trustees, this amount duced for the group Chicago, Natalie Cole and others. covered campaign publications, He was joined by vocalist Warren Wiebe, who per­ printing and mailing, two full-time formed with Foster at the campaign’s announcement salaries and staff/volunteer travel. ceremeony in 1993. Kenny G, enthralling the crowd with his soprano saxophone artistry, entered from the rear of the theater and played as he made his way to the stage. Paul Anka sang hits that spanned his years as a teen idol to a new release, on which he was accompanied by the University’s Chamber Chorale. fKenny G signs saxophonist Nathan i Duram’s music as the Big Sky The Chamber Chorale also Winds serenaded campaign finale performed the finale number, guests. He had his own soprano David F oster’s “The Power of the sax with him and could have Dream,” written for the Atlanta jammed with the UM musicians. Olympic Games.

W inter 1998 M on tan an 35 Selective harvesting preservesforest diversity, Reforestation techniques, including hand leaves healthy treesforfuture harvests, and planting seedlings and leaving the healthiest im proves growth rates by reducing com petition trees as seed sources to ensure future forest fo r m oisture and light. productivity and sustainedforest growth.

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H EALTHY FORESTS, streams and on what we leave and less on what we take. The result was wildlife aren’t just good for the environment. They’re a set of Environmental Principles which guide Plum Creek also good for the timber business. land management decisions. These principles cover every­ At Plum Creek, our goal is to be a lasting, vital thing from “enhancing ecological and structural diversity” part of the local economies. And, frankly, if the timber to “cooperating with neighboring land owners.” disappears, so will we. In these ways and others, we’re working to T h a t’s why, in 1990, we maintain a healthy forest and sustainable resource. began looking at new ways of It’s good stewardship. And good business. managing land and harvesting timber. Our aim was to create ■ T o r e c e iv e a c o p y o f Plu m C re ek 's Environmental Principles, write: D irector o f forestry practices that would I I Corporate Affairs, Plum Creek Timber Co., provide us with a sustainable timber I B ox 1990, Colum bia Falls, M T 59912. resource, while minimizing long­ Professionals like Frank Cuff, term impact on the environment. the 1996 M ontana S o ciety o j American Foresters In essence, we began to focus more "F o r e ste r o f th e Year.” en su re Plum Creek Timber Company Leaders in Environmental Forestry environmental harvesting methods are implemented on Plum Creek lands.

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