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FEATURES
12 Identical Crises St. Pau l writer Jim Thornton takes reader on an amusing and infonnative journey as he and hi brother, John, undergo a battery of tests at the University to determine whether they are identical or fraternal twins. By Jim Thomton
20 Minnesota's Surgeon General As Regents' Profe sor of urgery, chair of the surgery department, head of the Heart and Lung Institute, and a major player on the University Hospital tran plant team, John ajarian is perhaps • Minnesota's best known and busiest doctor. By William Swanson
28 Gifts for All Seasons linnesotaopoly game for ncleJohn, a cloi onne' fish pin for sister ue, and an endangered- pecie mobile for grandson Bobby: University gift shops offer a variety of items that will please e eryone on your shopping Ii t. 1 2 39 The Changing Face of Science \ omen in cience are banding together to break down barrier to career advancement and to provide encouragement and support for young women entering the field. By Denne ,Horrison
45 Head of the Class The 1991 Horace T. lor e-j\finnesota AJumni As odation 'ward winners hare their thought on a variety of i ues affecting teacher and students today. By Teresa cal:.o
COLUMNS
59 SPORTS: One of a Kind Bob Martin is the only enior on ba ketba ll coach lem Ha kim' young tearn two junior, five sophomore, and eight fre hmen-but the N AA in,-estigation didn't hinder a trong recruiting year that is considered anlong the be t in the Big Ten. By Briall Osberg
66 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR : Introducing the Class of 1995 Evelyn Juliu en and Brandon Lujan, twO of approximately 3, 00 tudents who began their fre hnlan yea r at the niversity thi fall, hare their a ademic, career and per anal goals. By IHmgaret IIgb111e Carison
DEPARTMENTS In Focus ...... 5 Reader Survey ...... 37 Contributors ...... 7 Class Notes ...... 55 2 8 Campus Digest ...... 8 Letters ...... 63 University of Minnesota In Brief ...... 65 COVER : Photograph by Alumni Association ...... 31 Per Breiehagen
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\\ 1 1' , E ' T 0\ 3 \~ .,",.-,~ l~,~~ 770 NICOU£J' MALL, MINNEAPOLIS , (61 1) HS-S9S0 SOIll1IDALE RIDGEDALE ROSEDALE BVRNSVlUE BROOKDALE ST. PAUL MINNESOTA Editor Jean Marie Hamilton Assodate Editor Teresa Scalzo Contributing Editor Viclu taVlg Copy Editor L}'I1n ,\lara co Production Assistant Pat ukema Intern N Foe U S Kaoe Gundvaldson Design Black Dog Graphics Staff Photographer Celebrating 90 Years Tony 0' cquisto Advertising Account Executive Peggy Duffy-John on , UR L. T I we were 0 busy bigger tory. In the future look for more I previewing the million and one acO\; in ide per pective on legislati\'e funding, Minnesota tie happening at the Uni\Oersity in 1991- diversity, and Cniyersity Pre ident Nils Alumn i Assoc iati on 92 that we weren't able to acknowledge Hasselmo admini tration. Executive Director that eptember 14,1991, wa .\Inmesoto' For 90 years the Cniyersityand its alum Margaret ughrue Carlson Associate Executive Director 90th birthday. ni have been our beat, but Cniyersity issues Jane \\'hiteside The magazine wa founded a the J [/11- ha\'e a1w'a) been placed in the larger con National President lIesota •..J.llIlIlIIi rr Teek~) 1 by 1 graduate text of community and what educated men John D. French E.B. Johnson, who enoed a editor until and women can do to imprO\'e our com First Vice President munities. Our readers are and a1wa\ have .\ Iichael nger 1920 and was al~o the first alumni a oci Vice President ation ecretary. Johns n wa quite a fight been the mOSt hi!rlUy educated audience in Emlly Anne taple er, and the magazine-and the a ociation the state. \\ nether pa)ing a dollar a year Tre.asurer under hi direction-took on me big for the TI eek(v in 190 1, joining the a1unmi Janie ,\ layeron i ue. " 'hen the state legi lature estab 'ation in 1991, or supporting Unr.°ersi Secretary ty acti\iti ,they continue to demonstrate zell Jones Ii hed a board of control with authority o Past President to over ee various Uniyersity operations, their cofiUnitment to the l'niyersiu . ue Bennett the ' \'ed'~)1 led the drive t rerum com traditional adn~rtising media increase
Bo ard Of D irectors plete control to the Board of Regents. The in and decrease in effectiveJl ,ad\'er At·large Members Week(v became a monthly in 1943 due to risers are turning to university and pecial \ Uchael IIuerth " 'orld \\ ar II, and in 1949 the name it ized publication and our committed, arolJohn on self was hortened to ,\[mllesotl7. educated readers. , d\-ertising ha ' a1wa) Lawrence Laukka ur eptemberl ctober 1991 i ue not played an important role in our 9O-year his Becl"}' bikers n Bob Potts nly kept us busy rep rting on nive ity tory, and 1991 is no exception. ' \'e were '\lIchael ulli,oan even ,it marked orne imp runt new di able to end the Fall Preview I ue to f, to Geographical Representatives rection r iHiJmesottl. First among them, 1 - ,000 a1unmi thanks the support of the Gordon Dunkle)", Frank Farrell , we hope to re tabli h the pirit of E.B. niversity' partners in the advertising com Mary Flinn, RIchard Lindgren, J hn 011. In the Fall Preview I ue alumni munity. ''11th their continuing hdp, we h pe Robert }'Vu U, Dee Peter on, ru ciation national pr identJohn French to make the issue a tradition. Ralph Till itt ca ll ed on alumni to contact their legi la Finally, we've <11 0 be n toO bu .. to Alumni Societies tors to pr te t th go\"em r' deva tating note that the ouncil for the .-\d\-aIlce gricul rure, Ilied Health, _3.2 milli n line-item \. toe fthe ru ment and upport of Edu ,ti n recently chitecture and Landscape Architecture, versity' budget. In this i ue, Dea ne ~l or awarded J [illllesota a Br nze Award as ne Bioi glca l ciences, Denti try, duc I I I , , t· ,~ r \ S Crafted with the care you've come to expect. '-~------~ YAMAH~ PIANOS EDINA MINNETONKA ROSEVILLE 3525 W . 70th Street 15524 Wayzata Boulevard 1909 Highway ~6 (612) 929-9555 (612) 59:\ ·924'i (6 12) MI -OH22 CON T R BUT 0 R S ~BreCk IDENTICAL CRISES t. Paul writer Jim harmon has publi hed article in ports Consider Breck... Illustrated, Glamollr, Reader's Digest, and other publications. an Episcopal college-preparatory He ea rned a B .. 10 ZO I gy from the nlver ity of ,\1ichi co-ed day school for students in gan and an 1. . in journali m and an 1.F. . 10 creative grades preschool through 12. writing from the niver ity ofIowa. MINNESOTA'S SURGEON GENERAL Meet Breck's fine Jim Thornton Twin itie free-lance writer and editor \Villiam wan on teachers and visit our i a frequent contribut r to COlpornte Report ,Ul1IlI l!sota, ,\1111- award-winning school. uesota iHoTltb~y, and Mpls. t. Paili. THE CHANGING FACE OF SCIENCE Meet the ni\ er ity Relation writer Deane M orri on is a frequent c ntribut r to JHml1 esota. he c wr te Of Kmkajolls, Capyba Headmaster ras, Homed Beetles, elagallgs, alld the Oddest alld Afost rVoll Saturday, delflll ,Ha71l1llals, B/1'ds, insects, and Plnnts of Om' rl 'orld, William Swanson November 16 publi hed thi year by H arperCollim. HEAD OF THE CLASS 10 a.m. - Noon Tere a calla,' 0, i J[l1mesota's as ociate editor. he al CO\\ r te ampu Dige t in this i ue. Contact Michael Weiszel CAMPUS DIGEST Director of Admissions Iaureen . mith i J[/llIlesota' editori al intern. A graduate 123 Ottawa Ave. No. rudem in the Univer ity' chool of J ournali m and \la s Minneapolis, M 55422 ommunlcatl n, mith has written previ u Iy for the J11I11- or phone (612) 347-9200 1I1'Soto Da/~) 1 and the La rosse Tnbl/lIe. Katie undvald on, '91, IS 3 free-lance writer ,\ ,\ \ " " C \ 0 1 \ 7 CAMPUS • DI GEST A compendium of news from around t be UniveTsity researcb , promotions, progr'am developments, facu lty bonors By TERE MITH 'YWHAT'S HAPPENING? EDITORS' PICKS • Russia's legendary Bolshoi Ballet at orthrop uditori urn, Minneapolis campus. The company will perform Swan Lake, born on the Bol- hoi stage in 1877, on December 7 and 8; and The l/tCracke1' opulent in e ery detail with 40 handpainted and inlaid backdrops, December 11-15 . For infor mation, call 612-624-2345. • " CONTACT: Photojournal ism Since Viet Nam," University Art Museum, Jorthrop Auditorium, lin neapolis campus. The exhibit presents the people, events, and issues that have haped recent history and feamres photographs from Contact Press Images, a photo agency founded in 1976 to empha ize the photographer' role as journalist. October 18 ed tree and room ' fe tival through December 8. For of trees-decorated with information, call 612-624- • Landscape Arboretum handcrafted ornament made 9876. holiday open house, Decem of natural materials-runs • Star of Bethlehem lecture ber 7 and ,feamring music, December 7-29. For infor by niversity asu'onomy food, entertainment, decorat- mation, call 612-443-2460. profe sor emerims Karlis Kaufrnanis,]ames Ford Bell 'Y GOPHER FACT FILE Mu eum of amral History, Minneapolis campus, December 15,3:00 p.m. Twin Cities campu colleges awarding the most degree in 1989-90 Kaufmanis has delivered thi B.A.IB .. 1a ter' Profes ioml Ph.D . lecture more than a thousand times, but he never tires of it. College of Liberal Arts ...... 2,331 ...... I+0 ...... 0 ...... 143 'Its like playing a beautiful Carl on chool ofManagement ...... 540 ...... 497 ...... 0 ...... 17 piece of music over and over," College of Education ...... 459 ...... 126 ...... Hl ...... 1_3 he ays. For information, call Medical Scho 1...... 119 ...... 26 ...... 233 ...... ,-t_ 612-624-1852. C liege ofIIuman Ecology ...... 292 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 14 • Wedding Band, toll College of griculture ...... lH...... 11 ...... 64 Thru t Theatre, Rarig Law chool ...... O...... 0 ...... 285 ...... 0 enter. Penumbra Theatre artistic director and ni er i Twin Cine Total ...... 5, 34 3 ...... 1,6 0 1 ...... 1,194 ...... 633 ty instrUct r Lou Bellamy niversity y temTotal ...... 6,621 ...... 1,688 ...... 1,2-0 ...... 633 directs the Alice Childress play. ovember 19-24, 26, SO RCE: .\hn;tgemcnt PIJnnl11g .lOti Infom1JlIOn Scrvict:~ 27,30, and December I. COPYRIGHT@1991 ALON REININGER/CONTACT PRESS IMAGES 8 'oJ \ ' F II fJ F. R - 0 F F ,II B [R I q'l I 'YWORK IN PROGRESS: AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION T ITE UNTVERSITY' gricul pices of the experiment sta Wisconsin) shows that rural Wanda Sieben, assistant rural Experiment tation was tion. orne examples follow. corrununities generally have professor and apparel estabJi hed in I 85 by the David Bedford, research older, lower quality housing quality researcher, found Minnesota Legislature to scientist in horticu1tural than urban areas, and many that only 8 percentof240 provide funding for basic science, describes his new rural dweJlers are unable to jeans he meaSllied were and applied research for the apple as mild, sweet, and afford better housing. sized accurately. ieben betterment of Minnesota "explosively crisp." Hence its growing number face home tested men's five-pocket pre r idents.lnitiaUy focused name: Honeycrisp. Trees lessness. America has one washed jeans and compared on agricultural research, the bearing Honeycri p apples fourth the number of housing labeled inseam and waist experiment tation today have borne baseball-size fruit programs that it had ten years sizes with actual measure funds projects in the colleges annualJy and have shown lit ago, says .\-lorTis, who hopes ments. The greate t discrep of agriculture, human ecolo tle winter injury. The trees the Farmer's Home Adminis ancy he found was 2.5 inch gy, and natural resource . were fir t made available to tration, which oversees rural e at the waist and { inches at The majority of funding still commercial growers last public housing, will consider the inseam. ieben advi es come from state appropria spring, and the apples made the study's results and recom consumers to try on every tions, but federal government their supermarket debut in mendations when making pair of jeans before buyi.ng agencies and ",litmesota eptember. policy decisions. them. producers of agricultural Earl Morris, associate corrunodities al 0 pro\ide profe or in de ign, housing, 'Y CHEESE WHIZ research dollars. and apparel, draws on his Almost 400 research pro rural Michigan upbringing jects from 35 departments for hi research on rural IT' ~OT Y GR TITICAL research laboratory. The scientists (on everal of the niversity' hou ing. The six-state study working here wear shower cap and, under their lab coats, green campues) are being conduct (.\1inne ota, lUinoi ,Iowa, urgical scrubs. Ne..xt to the te t tubes and microscopes are giant ed currently under the aus- ",1i ouri, 1 Tebraska and tainles steel ,ats and mixers. The re ults of this work are not medicinal, but edible. At 'Y CAMPUS CLIMATE, THE FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE the Pilot Plant on the t. Paul campus, food cience and nutrition tudents and faculty conduct dairy research and devel op new products. man!~ of which are sold to the public. Recent W \1 "UI · (OLOR~CORPOR.ATI-\.\ICRJC\couldu e projects include a study of the stability of vitamin A in milk and mort.' role models. That's why Ollle women at the ad on me development of a new low-fat cheddar cheese. Corporations , Lhool of \ [Jnagement decideJ to hold .1 roundtable dis also lea e time in the plant to test mall batches of new products cussion In 'o\ - e~1her featuring three promment nunon~ before investing the money to produce large quantities. From a women executJ\t:s dl,cussin RAY MILLER PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICH RYAN \1 I " ::-; E • 0 r \ 9 ~ SOME DRINKS YOU CAN NEVER ~ ON· THE·PODIUM TRAINING RECOVER FROM ST PODIUM before thou and of people, D RINKl AL with F ,Berry ay , "we are leading an orchestra whose reputation goe on the line ing pregnancy is an al1 -t 0- willing t put our final, expert with every performance, a conductor must po ess ab lute common cau e fbirth pinion on it." confidence, authority, and control. onducting involve defects and mental retarda The clinic diagno e kids n t only shaping tone and musical idea, but also negotiat· tion. The alc hoI becom f all age, from newb rn to ing with musician, serving as an admini trator, dealing concentrated in the amniotic t\ el e-year- ld . Many grow with the pres and public, and keeping the rganization fluid and can dra ticallyalter up with an alcoh li c or abu running smoothly. ince professional orche tra mu ician normal fetal development. ive parent, and some 0 per are Unl nized, a conductor must learn to conduct hildren who uffer fr m cent wind up in t: ter homes, rehearsals without g ing even one minute overtime. That fetal alcohol yndr me (F ay pediatrician R bert Ten mean managing time and kn wing when to rehear e may have small head and Ben el. problematical passage and when t tru t that everything b die mental retardation, Diagn ing the illne is will come pee h delay and hearing loss, an important fir t tep in get together. and heart, kidney, and eye ting needed help, ometime It stand to problem . Tho e with milder long overdue. "Diagno ing reason, then, ca e lack the obvi u phy i help because it' better to that between cal lefect but di play learn deal with what' known than mu 1 ch 01 ing and behavioral problem , what' unknown," Ten Ben el and a c nduct hyperactivity, and peech ays. The clinic sets up family ing j b li e ear problem, a cluster of ymp supp rt group and refer the of training toms called fetal alcohol kid to pecial ch 01 and under the wing effects (F <). ocial ervices. of top pr , "If ou pickle the [feru "5] Ten Ben el ay edu ating learning the in brain in alcohol, it' going to health pr fe ionals to re g and uts of the have orne effects," ay nize F sympt m and edu bu ines . And 0 u an Berry, a niver' ity of cating the public ab ut pre it happen -in inne ota II pital vention is what's most Europe. In the pediatrician. et many f the imp rtant. "It's a totally pre ni ted ta tes, m t telltale case of children entable di ea e," he ay . h we er, b rn with F g undiag- one know exactly h ~ would-be con n ed each year. mu hale h Ii enough t ductor are left \ Vhen it comes to diag- harm a feru -a drink here or to their wn n ing F , a team of pe ial ingenuity to i ts at the pediatric clinic learn the pro- hare a comm n experti e. fe ion. hey can "wa lk int a ro m and ay, '10 ks like F " " ay Berry. Th ugh the team ee nlya handful f the thou and f children b rn I 0 0 \ I' ,\1 II 1 R - I) I:. [. ,\1 IJ ,. ~ 'Q q , ... IN THEIR OWN WORDS W ASKED TUDENT ment Science. He was intimi to name their favorite dating. You had to come to University teacher. class prepared and know your material, which made the class interesting. I forgot to use the correct symbol in an exam. I was supposed to put a A over the letter P. Judith Anyway, he took my cap off Ray in class one day and hung it Lisa Pugh, 21 , the fir t person to make on the bulletin board to senior majoring in English statistics accessible. He states remind me to put that Hometown: Richfield, very complicated concepts in symbol over the P. I had to Jonathan Neufeld, 22, Minnesota simple terms so you can sit through the entire class junior majoring in I took Feminist Pedagogy understand them. He [uses with hat hair. political science with [assi tant profes or of humor] to help students Hometown: Hutchinson, arts, communication, and remember concepts. He Minnesota philosophy] Lisa Albrecht. makes the clas fun, and if I took Introduction to Politi he challenges the traditional you know anything about cal Analysis from [a sistant hierarchical profe or/stu tatistics that mean a lot. professor of political science] dent relation hip and puts a Ke in i{cGuire. He made the lot of responsibility for learn cla amazingly interesting. ing on class members. he He wa incredibly energetic ha a trong commitment to and wa able to involve the addressing gender, race, and entire cla ,which wa very cla s i sue and incorporating large. Instead of an "I have to them into her curriculum. Hung Tong, 21 , go" attitude mine was an ' I senior with undecided major want to go" attitude. I also Judith Ray, Hometown: Plymouth, really liked [a ociate profe - graduate student in Minnesota or of political cience] James kinesiology/biomechanics I learned the mo t Fan, \ ho taught Political Hometown: St. louis, Joe Grubisch, 22, practical and u eful thing Th ught. He talked about Missouri senior majoring in marketing from Joyce \Veisman different theorists a though I've taken stati tics cla es Hometown: Bloomington, profes ~r of educational he had written hi thesi on from the Ea t Coa t to the Minnesota p ychology. he taught me each of them. He knew so vVe t Coast, from north to [Information and decision how to deal with people much about them, which outh, and [a sociate profes ciences teach.ing a istant] -especially people who helped bring them into per or of educational psycholo Donald \V. Bartlett was my have [developmental] spective . gy] Donald MacEachern i lab in trUctor for lanage- problem . ... THE MAGAZINE THAT ROARED ONE ENTIRE v ALL F i\1il171 esotn Technolog's each quarter to IT tudents. "M role i to ee office in the basement of Lind Hall i co ered that the staff i omewhere near meeting with award from the Engineering C llege niversity requirements and rea onabl), well agazine ociation (ECMA), an organization organized, and that they have a plan,' a. of about 75 engineering school that produce Harrni on. "Other than that, the tudents do magazine. all the work, make all the mi take , and get all Techn%g, the official tudent publication f the credit." the Institute of Techno I gy (IT h3 can i tently College of griculture senior Laura okol i \ on big at the 31mual E onventi n: It ha editor for the 1991-9~ academic year. he ha been named Be t 1- onnd Magazine ~ ur f plmmed is ue on ethi ,technol~gy, and alter the pa t se en ears. ther 1991 fir t place nati e energy ources. okol al 0 wants to con awanls in lude be t pure techni al Hti Ie for an tinue the tongue-in-cheek humor of preyiou rti Ie ab ut the Hubble pace raft written by llege f issue, uch a the MaylJune 1991 " epar3ted at Birth" fea Liberal ts eni r Lee Klancherj be t editori PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICH RYAN ~\ 1;-': i\ E T -\. I I Okay, so there y be a family resem blance. But we're identical twins, why am I taller and heav ier, and why does John have a cowlick? Desperate for the answers, we submit to the University's twin experts · By Jim Tho r n ton ~~t:fl/ IJ'I'fh'III'K 1111 1".. N COMPANY IJ That's me on the right; John on the left. Before the day is out we will have been poked, probed, tracked, fingerprinted, and wired for brain waves. PHOTOGRAPHED BV PER BREIEHAGEN 12 N O V FMBFR - D E E IB E R 1 99 1 R DDTE, THERE'S '0 W Y WE'RE IDE 'TICAL. always nearby. When, for instance, we proved to be colicky in •/ •/B They're gonna think we're a fraud." our separate cribs, the pediatrician suggested letting us sleep I look at my twin brother, John, and nod side by side. The crying ceased immediately. Throughout our my head in resonating desperation. We childhood, we remained such inseparable companions that we haven't felt such ensemble nervousness since chafed even at the idea of having separate names. To reme we shaved our heads, put on matching crash helmets, and dy this, we took to calling each other, during toddlerhood, parachuted out of an airplane together. Both of us missed land Other Man (pronounced "udder man''). This cognomen gaye ing on grazing cattle by yards. way by grade school to Brother, which, in turn, was replaced Today's episode may appear to lack some of the drama of during our college years by Bruddie (an amalgamation of slCydiving ovcr rangeland, but the potential consequences are brother and buddy). To this day, we are still Bruddies, usingJim infinitely more dire. we huddle in my vibrating, overheated or John only in the presence of tho e inclined to peevish confu little Honda-a midlife reliving of our gestation-we both sIOn. know our very identities are at stake. Mad cows can only hoof Though our friends and classmate could usually tell us and horn the body; truth-seeking scientists have probes to apart, teachers and parents found it fiendishly diffic-ult. John reach the ou!. has a prominent cowlick, and it seems we pent half our school we drive the short distance to the niversi ty of Minneso days being pun around by teachers in search of thi distin ta, an internationally renowned Mecca for twin studies, John guishing feature. One friend's mother didn't even bother to and I igh and twitch, our nervous system throbbing in syn look for the cowlick: She just called us bothJ-]. chronou anticipation. We are wearing matching T-shirts and Even those who could detect our other light differences shorts-an obvious and deemed them in ignificant. pitiable gambit. Haberdash I'll never forget finding a list ery, ala , will not long conceal written by the fifth -grade the truth . By the end of this cia s beauty, enumerating in day, we will know the answer de cending order the boy to a simple que tion that ha he liked best: "~lark, Tommy, plagued u for the pa t Pete [an interminable list of decade: male name 1 ... the Twin , Zyg ity, mono or di? v\ end ell. " 1( put it Ie technically: It wasn t until after college Are we, a we profoundly that the fir tin idious doubts hope, dual incarnations of the We started life as born losers, about oUI zygo ity began to same fertilized egg? Or are having missed the start of Libra by one day. creep in. I had alwa) been we, a we profoundly dread, somewhat larger than John, "ordinary" brothers with no more claim to being identical but by young adulthood, thi di crepancy had become hard to than any other ibling ? ignore: I am now two inche taller and twenty pounds hea\.;er For the fir t 15 year of our live, there was never any ques than he i . How could this be po 'ible if we haye exactly the tion. We were delivered by cesarean ection in Pittsburgh on ame gene, ,,'e wondered. And why didn't I have a cowlick? September 24, 1952. T he date is significant primarily becau e And how was it, for that matter that John could be 0 rnovie of astrology anJ :l local consumer promotion. The \ e ting tar hand ome? People meeting u for the fir t tinle increasing hou e Corporation, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, was lyexpre ed amazement when we claimed to be identical twin . offering a free wa bing machine and drier plus a year's upply , Brother- maybe," aid one uch unintentionally heartless fel of diapers and b,lby food, to the parents of any identical tv/in ' low, "but no \\'a. are you identical." born on eptember 23, the tart of Libra. \ Vhat really inflamed our fear of dizygo ity \\'a the bomb ccording to oUI family mythology, my mother went into hell oUI mother delivered to u one day in the early 19 0 . labor late on eptember 2_ and was advi -ed by her ob tetrician Becau e of our urgical exit fr m the womb he aid, oUI pla to "hold out' for a few hours so as twin aJl thi free tuff the centa \\'a mangled and con equencly difficult to examine. The next day. he ended up holding Out toO long-thu the necessity ob tetrician only thought we \ ere identical. He wa not, how of the cesa rean a day and a half later. Despi te the fact that I ever, 100 percent ur . \ \ 'itll thi reyelution wa inaugurated \. eighed six pounds i ounce and John weighed four pound the de .Ide of uncertainty thut we have finally-and with !!reat eleven ounces, the doctor 10 ked at thc po tsurgical remain of trepidation-decided to put to re t toda '.' " our placenta and told 111 parents we \ ere identic-a l twins. learly, the' , k.nows twin. niver ity re earcher T hi informati n wa , in turn, relayed to tlle extended fami including Da,·id Lykken, Thoma B uchard, 1att M cGue, ly, al ng wi th th e fa t that , ere it n t D r a ertain ill /lteTo uke Tell egen, and anc), egal have tudied fraternal and hilly- hallyin g on our part, we could have legiti mately laid id ntical twins in a multitude f wa} ,in the proces hedding claim to the con umer extra aga nza. John and I came into the fas inuting-and often on trover ial-light on the role of world, more or less li terally, born losers. nature and nurture in hu man development. In Bouchard" till, we had ea h other-and thi highly publi ized i\linne ota tudy of made u in our wn mind , born winner .\ I I ~ ~ F. S (rr.\ 1\\'il1 Reared Ap,lrt, f r in r-ance, identi bl es ed with a fri endly on ler , h \. a NOVEMBER' DECEMBER 1991 ca l twin epa rated in infa n • often ' I 1 )'\ "\! E SOT A I 3 revealed a toni hing irni laritie in the cour e their live took Paul. We talk on the ph ne a lot, but we live independent lives. despite their having grown up in different environments. on- De pite thi , as we pu ll into the parking lot, we both bad ly ider, for example, the o-called "J im t\.... ins"-J im Lewis and want to be found identical. ne thing is inarguably identical J im pringer-who were adopted at four months into separate about u: ur capacity ~ r doubt, pe imi m, and h 1I 0w brava families and did not ee each other again until they were 39 do i tremendous. years old. "Ah, if we're fraternal, we'll till be broth By then, however, both J ims had had dog ers. \Ve'll till be the ame people," ay J hn. they named Toy. T hey had divorced women Both John "It won't change anything." n am ed Linda and married women named " eah," lay, kn wing that neither of us Betty. Each pring, both were in the habit of and I are at a belie es thi for a ec nd. Reali tically, we are driving in identical model hevrolet to the talking a minimum of everal year po t-trau arne ha lf-mi le tretch of beach in Fl rida. loss to articulate ma psychological counseling, perhaps even a T hey both chain-smoked alem cigarette, regimen of major tranquilizer. I am sure John had woodworking sh p in their ba ement , precisely why ha the same ick feeling in his stomach as I do. and left little love note to their wive around \Ve hake hands. the hou e. identicalness is "IIantaa t, Be t Bruddie," John ay . uch anecdotal evidence is, of cour e, hard Hfll/toast is a good-luck alutation that the ly proof of the crucial role of heredity in deter so unportant t\Vo of u made up as kids, one of the ole rem mining human behavior. But by comparing the nants f ur "twin peech," therwi e known relative similarity of identical twins and frater to us. by cientist as cryptopha ia or idiogl sia. nal t\Vins via a host of concrete physiological "Hantaast, dder Man," I ay, and the two and psychological inventories-everything of us huffle like t\Vin J uda goats leading each fr o m brai n waves to I Q tests to MMPI other to ur mutual fate in the lab. score - Bouchard 's tudy and other University twin re earch project have teadily accumulated hard data to bol ter the IIF IG'" 0 TilE · LLlOTl II.\LL "FERENCE anecdotal implications. T he emerging consen u : Mo t per room wall ays "vVelc me Jim Thornton and sonality traits are about 50 percent hereditable, and intelli Twin." Liz Bryan a family recruiter for the in gence may be a much as 5 percent determi ned by gene. nesota Twin/Family tudy, greets u warmly at Some of the less publicized Unive rsity twin studie include the door. "I didn't kn w your t\ in's name an ongoing look at young male t\Vins to as e s the phy ical, Tbefore," he say after we' e intr duced our elve . he cro se mental, and ocial change that occur a the e boy progre s out "Twin" and ub titute "John Thornton" on the ign. It is from childhood to adole cence to young manhood; research on part of Liz' job to make lI-year- ld and 17-year-old pair of aging in t\Vi n to see what factors-mental, behavioral, and male t\V in fee l comfortable before they are te ted. hr nolog physical-contribute to growing old gracefu ll y; and a variety of ica ll y, John and I are 38; emotionall y, t day, we fit well within questionnaire, on everything from mate election to religio i the more juvenile parameters of the official sample group. ty, conducted under the au pices of the Minne ota Twin Reg The reason we are being te ted under the au pice f thi istry, which includ es some 7,000 pairs of homegrown t\Vins. study date back everal year to when I met it direct r, D:l\r id J ohn and I know there's no way we ca n fo 1 the e men and Lykken, whi le I wa re earching an article on nature . nur women of cience. T he closer we get to the "U" the more our ture. t that time, I menti ned that my twi n brother and I anxiety grows. weren't sure if we were identical or not. The niver ity pro To singletons (i.e., non t\V ins), our turmoil i perhap not gram doesn't focus on determining whether t\Vin are identical, easily under tandable. In fact, in a nation where individuality is but Lykken neverthele kindly offered to take a look at u if one of the highest possib le vi rtues, it may almost eem vain that John wa ever in town. we wi h 0 much to have an id entica l cl one. It may even smack If doubts rema in ed after a number of tandard a e ment, of cowa rdice-a way of cheating untoward de tiny fo r a while he said, we could pay 75 for a thorough analysi of our various by having replacement versions of ourselve ready in ca e of a blood group, ate t that ha a 1 in 10,000 error rate. 10 t like dire fate. ly, however, we wou ld kn w-one way or the other-long Both J ohn and I are at a loss to articulate preci elywby id en before the blood-typing tage. tica lness is so important to us. For us, having a clone (or believ "I gue you ca n tell we're very nervous," J ohn says to ing we do) has eldom increased either one's sense of per onal Bryan, wh mil e beni gnly at dle two of u . importance or safety; it has more often just doubled ur feel "Very nervou ," I e ho. "IIa e YO ll ever had twi n who in g of vu lnerabili ty. either of u is constitutionally ca pable of tbollgbt lhey were ideI1li cal-" bas king in the refl ected glory of the other's occa ional ucces, "-but who fi n I III they're not? What are-" but both o f us adopt all too vividly as our wn the other's pain "-th e p yc hological ra mificati ns fo r the t\ ins? F r and failure and petty humi liations. It is for this rea on that, in ta nce, d -" after gr wi ng up as insepa rable companions, we ca me to rea lize "-y II do any coun eling?" we could never reach ur individual potential-or maintain BrY:lI1 ' eyes are dartin g bac k and forth between u during m ental hea lth- if we stayed together. J o hn now li ve in d,i tag-team blu rting. "The t\ f you are cute," he a , Philadelphia, nearly a thousa nd mi le fr m my home in t. " be all se y II do what a I t f twin s do, y II fini sh each 14 ovrMBER - DE EMBER 199 1 other's-" John and I beam at each "-sentences?" we ask in tan other. We've cleared one of our clem. major hurdles, at least theoreti John and I are aware that in cally. Bryan has a final blank to small do es, at least, we have an fill in on our sheet: the experi amu ing effect on people. It menter's preliminary estimate of doe n't last forever. We turn whether we're identical. "If I senou . think you are," she says, then I "\Vhich one of you was born write equals B." She pauses firSt?" Bryan a ks. momentarily for dramatic effect, "I was," ay John." e are then writes "A = B.' an." "J ust based on loolcing and "I would have been if we were listening to you, I'd say you are born in nature," I add, trying to identical." be accurate. 'Oh, all right!" say John. "We'd both be dead if" e , Oh, all right!" I say. were born in nature," says John, "But I'm not a scienti t, adding yet another layer of accu Bryan cautions. "I was just ay racy. ing that we have a sense of it Bryan mile patiently. "For after a while-it just eems kind the purpo es of our tudy, " he of obvious to us. ays, 'John, you're Twin d "And in our ca e, what does Jim, you're Twin B." that ense ay? I a k again, t this point, Bryan scruti beginning a pattern of compul nizes us on three very prelimi sive reque ts for reas urance nary physical characteri tic : the that willia t the rest of the day. ring around our iri e , the "That you are identical, he attachment of our earlobes and ays. the color and texture of our hair. ext we watch a video that n a sheet, she jots down "Eyes: outline some of the tests we will = B. "ar: = B. Hair: = B." undergo and ten minutes later 3ch of these trait i trongl we're up tair in the twin lab. determined by genes, and thus David Lykken will be topping any ignificant difference in to talk with u as oon a he' between us on any one-1\vin free. In the meantime, Bryan ha ing blue eyes and T, in B leave u in the hand of twO ha ing brown, for in tance young lab technician, John -could effectively dash all Carlon and Dan Foltz who e hope ~ r being identical. a far job it is to ria u up with elec a good: We've umved the ini Once in fifth grade. John got a 100 percent trodes and mea ure us in a vari tial gauntlet. on a math test, and I got a 99. For weeks. we both thought etyofways. Next Bryan asks us what our of John as the "smart one" and me as the "dumb one." oon a he meets u Carl parent think of our zygo ity on a 'You guys are identical -"Identical," we ay-then he jot down MZ" (for monozy twin. ' gotic) next to" 110m's e timate" and "Dad' timate. It' only "You think a?" we ay. in height, weight, and birth weight that' e differ-for all three, "For ure." Bryan write' < B." Our hunger for rea uranee on thi point i not ated. John 'What abollt this height and weight discrepancy?" a ksJ hn. looks over at Foltz who i till an undergraduate. "Vhat do We b th brace ourselves for her re pan ,but it pr es unnec- you think, Dan? ometime the young ter know. Vi'hat do you e ary. think?" "It' not unu ual," says Bryan.' enerally, n twin will F ltz a) ,"I think you re identical.' weigh more and be railer. There wa ne set when I fir t started t this point Carlon launehe into the piel he' given to working here , ho , ere almost a wh Ie head differen e in ele en-rear-old d zen" of tim . "\Ye have two identical lab ' height. And one wa a real tub of lard." he explain", p inting at eparate, ide-by- ide, oundproof , au can ha e tMn that are a , h I head apart and till chamber, "They're identieallike you gu ,and what we're identi al?" I ask. gonna d first i measu.re r ur e. e movements a you're , atch "And on is thin and tlle otller a tub f lard like Jim?" ask ing a little Pa Ian-like yellow dot aui e acro a c mputer John. creen." Indi idual ) he ays, exhibit a ari ty f eye move 'I've t:en 'em," "a Bryan. ments during t11i te t, fr m 111 th tr.l king pur uit of the dot \11;-; , ESOT IS to jerk mo ements called accades. "Identical twin have ery cience to tell u we're kitti howe Opt for the latter. similar e e mo ement, ..,herea fraternal r- in watch in Ie nce gain, we are rigged up with electrode -thi time imilar \ a . 10 t f the te t we do, in fact, go along \ ith the attached directly to our ca lp . \ Ye are given pecia l ha resem theory th, t identical twin ha e bodies that respond very imi bling water polo cap with numer u ele trode n the in ide. larly." Each electrode per he at p a different brain lobe. The ccipi \\'e are rigged up with electrode under one eye and an tal lobe in the back f the bmin, ~ r in tance, pr ce e i~ual infrared en or under the other. Another electrode i placed on timuli· the temporal 1 be, on the ide, i active during peech. our hin to in ure a good contact; arl n and Foltz u e During our ubsequent electroencephalogram ( ), toothbrushes and a gritty abra ive material to rub away flal,)' re earcber will be analyzing the alpha, beta, and vanou ther layer of kin. John and I reveal our el e to have imilarly low wave that the different area f ur twin brain produce during thre hold of pain though I tru t thi i not an official te t they period of relaxation Jnd hard thinking. are conducting. nee again, to in ure g od electrical conduction, our han 'I thi what they do for omeone facing the electric chair?" dler need to rub away the layers of dead kin. They accomplish a ksJohn, grimacing good-naturedly. thi by in erring a blunt yringe into the eight electr de ite in 'They don't \ orry 0 our cap and era ping much about re i tance our l-ull "ith the gritty on that" say Foltz. abra ive pa teo \ hen John and I "Perhap p ychology have enough electrode ha n't come 0 far from dangling from our face the .\liddle ge ," ays to re emble Portugue e John, punctuating hi men-of-war, we enter entence \!th mall our r pecti\·e chamber \\ himper . "Not 0 far to watch dots. Iy te t from tho e day when begin a few minute they would bore hole in before John'. It' a the head to let the plea ant, generally relax demon out." ing experience, and " 1y brother eem to when it' 0 er, arl on think there' a demon ay , "You did great. that wants to get out of Your brother' doing hiS head, ' Tcomment. !!Teat too. You guy are "Well," J hn add, ery smooth e e \ atch- Both of our careers took creative turns. John's a fine art painter "there' certainly an er .' and teaches in a commercial art school. He painted this picture for my son, Ben. pening now. ' He unri.,. me, and I "Perhap he \\ a watch through the oundproof window a John fini he up hi interfering \ ith your eye te t," I uggest. te t.' ee, thi is real good eye tracking," explain arl on, \\'e are thu 0 cupied by pain-di tracting babble \\ hen an "becau e his eye aren't jumping around a lot. He' real impo' ing cienti t with a white Vandyke beard and a Hawaiian mooth." hin appear, crutinizing u plea antly. It' Profe or Lykken. "And I wa the ame way?" 'And you were wondering if y u \ ere identical twin ?' he "Ye ,very imilar.' ay , hardly pau ing. \ VhenJolul i fini hed and unrigged, he a ks the ame que - "Yeah," John ay. "\\'hat do you think?" tion I a ked and get the ame an wers. ow it' time for a bat "There' no doubt about it." tery of anthropometric mea ure : everything from blood pre - " 0 doubt that e're what? Identical?" I a k, making certain sure and heart rate to buttock-knee length and head we're not omehow mi c mmunicating on the central point. circwnference. \\'e are al 0 fingerprinted on all ten finger, and "Yeah, ure," sa} Lykken, miling. our eye ight i checked. n the eye te t, I core 20113; John John and I emit tiny yip of glee. mitakenlycall an' "a" "andhi eyeighti rated 20125. "Ha e you ever been wrong?" John a ks. "Bruddie," lay, "they don't have Q' on eye charts." ee ot tharI 1m \ of," ay Lykken. kay, okay," John concede. "I wasn't really trying." LYkken has met literall hundred of pair of twin, and we \Ve talk Carl on and Foltz into lettingJohn take the eye test do n t doubt hi perspicacity in uch matter. till, John and I over and chi time he 'really trie and core 20/15. are a little urpri ed he can make uch a definitive pronounce If we were official eleven- ear-old te t participant, it would ment 0 easily, ju t, a it" ere by looking at u . But it' not now be time to be ubjected to udden loud bla ts of noi e dur appearance alone, he explain, that pegs u a monozygote. ing which our heart rate, breathing rate, and fingertip \ eat Our voice are clo e to indi tingui hable. would be monitored a indication of our anxiety le\'el . " ne of the di tinctive things about identical twin ," Becau e time in the lab i limited today, arl on offer u our Lykken explain, 'i that the ha e uch imilar voice that th y choice of undergoing the e loud bla ts or having our brain can even fool their parents on the telephone when they're kid . wave mea ured during a cognitive test. John and I don't need I could ea il}' be fooled by your voices on the telephone now. I 6 :-< 0 \ E \1 B E R • DEC E \1 8 E R I 9 Q I ould your wive ?" ness. "The fingerprints of identical twins are similar in terms of '" ell," John say, "we have fooled them on the phone, density of lines and general pattems, but they aren't identical," sure." explains Lykken. "You might have a whorl in your left index " oice of fratemal twin, on the other hand, are not very finger, and John might have an arch. Fingerprints are influ imilar," Lykken continues. "1 think the reason is that the quali enced by genetic factors, but mere is also some variation due to tyand timbre of the human oice is a function of a lot of geom chance during early embryological development." Our later 5 etry in cile voice box and vocal cords and so on. You've got all Z-score, it tums out, is 0.65 6-a very typical reading for iden the e different components that are genetically determined tical (\.lIDS. and largely inherited independently. They all work together to Consider second our so-called Ponderol Index. As Liz produce the di tinctive sound of a voice. Identical twins share Bryan sugge ted earlier, identical twins do often have signifi everything, so their voices will be very similar. But a little cant differences in height and weight. Exact dimensions there change that you might ee in one or twO components can pro fore, are less important than a kind of body congruence. The duc a quaLtative difference in the \'oice of fratemal twins." Ponderol Index-a measure of fatoe s or leanness--is calculat " 0 , given all dU ,how certain are you we're identical?" I ask ed by dividing height in inches by the cube roor of weight in in a kind of i-dotting, t-cro sing compulsi\'e pa m. pounds. John' score i 13 .3 ,and mine is 13 , H--verJ' similar "I have no doubt," he says. "I'd give it 100 to I odds." cores, says Lykken, who add that anything over 13 sugge ts n mi cautiou Iy optimi tic note, we say goodbye to di tinctively long and lean bodies. Lrkken, who promi es to rejoin u at lunch to re\'iew our test Consider third our Cephalic Index which compares the re ults. In the meantime, we ha\'e our rendez ou with widm and lengili of the head. Though my head is omewhat encephalography. larger man John' , our heads are virtually identical in shape: the The EEG consi ts of e\'eral parts. I sit in a darkened Cephalic Index is. 0 for John,. 9 for me. booth, a recorded "oice in my headset instructs me to cough Each of these three te ts, con idered alone, is an unreliable and then grit my teeth. After e tabli hing orne baseline data, predictor of zygo ity. But the results from all three are fed into it' time for me cogniti\'e test. bird' -ere view of a human a computer program mat combines me cores for more reliable head appear on the creen. Thi con i ts of an oval. a triangu odd. ccording to the computer, we have an 6 percent lar n e, and a ingle ear. I have to decide whether this is the chance of being identical. That' a very high probability of left or right ear depending on which way the nose is pointing. monoZ)'go ity," ays Lykken . .\10 t identical twins he' studied oon as I decide, I click the appropriate button, as quickly a fall between 0 and 90 percent on thi combined as es ment. po ible, n the left or right arm of my chair. One pair cored 50 percent, but, e\"en 0, were later proyen to Thi goes on for about 6 e minute, during which time I am be identical by blood tests. John and I won't need to undergo aware of making two mistakes. Afterward , I am in tructed to mis-me cutoff for a recommended blood work-Up Lykken relax and pa iyel)' watch lights of different inten ities on the ays, i 70 percent. creen. Throughout all these acti"itie , the electrodes in my "But remember mat thi core i ba ed just on these three cap pick up on the brain waves being generated, and the e are, little piece of very fallible information," he add, "and it i nor in turn, comened into squiggly line on a trip chan that even near!ya good evidence for your zygo itya my opinion i . for tuall. mea ure more than si.x feet long. ''''hen it' oyer, I a k examp! ." arlson how I did on the cognitive ection. John and I smile: 6 percent odd pillS a thumb -up on me " ou were pretty quick," he tell me. Lykken te t. But mere' more good ne,\ to come. The .\1io "I wa n't making an amletic event out of it," I explain, ne ota 1\Yln Regi trr, a} Lykken, con i ts of 7,000 pairs of "becau e I didn't want to beat my br ther. IfI beat him, I would twin , born identical and fraternal. To do blood tests on all never hear tlle end of it." 7,000 pairs was Out of me question; r earchers needed a sim John, for hi part, is just finishing up. Carl on tell me ple, inexpen ive, and reliable method to determine zygo it)' that-ala -I did beat him, e\'er 0 lightly, in reaction time. mrough me mail. Lrkken and hi colleagues came up with "Oops," I ny. light difference in te t perfonnance ha\'e three question : always been a tick matter for us . nce in fifth grade, John got 1) a child, were you and your (\\ID con idered a imilar a 100 percent on a rna th test, and I got a 99 . For weeks, we both a (\"0 pea in a pod; a imilar a ordinary brother; or quite mought ofJohn as the "smart one" and me a me "dumb one." di imiJar?(peapod formeandJohn.) I didn't really mind-I kne\ me jealou , I felt toward him \\'a -) H:l\"e you and your bromer e\'er been able to confuse ea ier to endure man me guilt he felt toward me. friend or teachers? (Y .) Fortunately, today' cognitive "victory" doe n't become an 3) e your ye and hair color me ame? yes.) i ue. The fir t thing John say upon emerging from hi b om "\\'e have a little algorithm for coring th e answers" a} i , 'I didn't want to try too hard 'cause I didn't W'ant to beatJim." Lykken, "and we find we are 96 percent accurate when we com It's official, or at least pretty do e to official. John and I are pare our prediction wim blood te ts. ' identical twin. er a lunch of au age pizza, Lykken eXlllain The final test result Lykken looks at i our brain wa\'e . " 'e the e era! di parate te t re ult that virtually guarantee unfold our re pective pread heets on me floor. and John and I monozygo ity. suddenly hare a 'ck feeling: ur brain eem to have created n ider 6r t our fingerprint. The ridge on each of our utterly diffetent quiguly line. nma ked at la t-and JUSt ten finger were fed into a computer program mat calculate when we were finally tarting to believe we might really be our o-called later' Z- core, which i an indication of like- i enticaL. \1 I " " E. 0 T... 17 "They I k omewhat di imilar," John says gloomily. "The money would be wa ted on the blo d test," ays " ot to me they d n't-they're very imilar," ays Lykken, Lykke n, apparentl y m re bemused than exas perated. refcrring us t two shee entitled pectral Anal y es. n th ese "Whether the drug wo uld help, it might be intere tin g for y u shee ,our real-tim e brain waves have bt:en computer-aver to see." aged into graphs sh wi ng comparable activity in different lobes. "The e patterns that you twO are howing are as imilar PILO(,l;r 0,"" TIll ,\R RJD~ BA K lOT PALL, J lIN as the same per n taking th e test twice." and I discuss the fact that we both till have ome "Does th at further make you sure we're identical?" I a k. re idual d ub , de pile every iota of evidence to "Yes, it de," he say. "It doesn't surprise me a bit." the c ntrary. \Ve are b Istered, however, by one But if we fire identical twins, h w is it that we have 0 many c n ideration: What are the odd that two frater blatant dis imilaritie : c wli cks, different arm hair densitie , Enal twin c uld be 0 pathol glca l in exactly the arne way? ur and the like? Why are n't we, in other word, much clo er to brains are li ke identical tuning forks. If one begin to hum with being th e exact same person? a worry, it quickly ets the other vibra ting ympathetically, and " mbry I gical development," Lykken explain, "is incred back and forth and back and forth, till we become feveri h with ibly compli cated and susceptibl e to some unappea able doubt. degree f va ri ation by the wi nds f chance. " fter I get back t Philadelphia and Imagi ne an enormou building go in g up, What are we're away from each other for a whil e," ays and there's a very detai led et f blueprin . John, "I'm ure we' ll believe we're identical." You 've g t all th ese guys climbing ladder the odds that I Ii wo rd prove prophetic, of cour e. \Ve and putting things in pl ace. But th ere is no d n't need medicine to erase our irrational et of blueprint that i g ing to specify two fraternal doub , just a little breathing room from our exactl y every step that every worker takes, selve . Two weeks after John ha left Min and every wind that bl w, and every acci twins could be nesota, I ca ll him to celebrate our complete dent al ng th e r ute. here is no pair f accepta nce of identical twin hip. or a half id enti ca l twins, even in infancy, that i so so pathological hour, we reminisce ab ut variou twin high much alike phy ically and temperamentally li ghts: the time, for instance, I ~ led a p r that th ey absolutely ca nn be identified and in exactly the trait instructor at J hn's art cho I into epa rated. The fin gerprin are a go d anal- thinking I wa him; anoth er cca I n when a gy-if yo u ha ve a lot of lin e in yo ur fin ger same way? neighb rh d kid met me ~ r the fir t time prin ,so wi ll John. But whether y u have a and whispered t J hn , "I that you?" whorl r a wiri on your left index fin ger is a We decide to wrap up our conver atlon matter of chance." with one final twin test. In the packet of here i on ly one last paranoid p ssibili ty left t da~h ur materials Liz Bryan gave u , I have found a copy of Profe or h pe f pure monozygo ity. In extremely rare ca es, a ingle uke ell egen' Multidimen ional Per onality uesti nnaire egg can be fertilized by two different sperm cell , giving rise to B, whi ch po e 198 tatements ab ut pinion , feeling, and off pring wh hare matern al genes but have different paternal interests. Re ponden an wer Definitely tru e, PI' bably true, gene. I wa ll w hard and ask, "What about -ca ll ed half- Probably fal e, 01' Definitely fal e. Ju t ~ I' fun,John and I tart id enti 31twin? I it p ibl e we could be that?" taking the te t together ve r the phone. ue tion after que - "I've hea rd ab ut thi ph en men n," Lykken says, "but as ti n, we answer the same way. far a I kn w, it' never been establi shed in rea l life. And r think or exampl e: I keep cia e track of where my money g e . iti m tunlikely." (Defi nitely true.) I ft en find my elf worrying ab ut ome or purp se of brevity, I have only hinted here at the num thing. (Definitely true.) he be~t way to achieve a peaceful ber ftime J hn and Ta ked f, rreconfirmati n of ur identi world is to improve pe pi e's moral . (Definitely fal e.) I ca n't cal diagnosi . In pint f fact, we asked va ri ati ns on thi th eme help but enjoy it when me ne I di like makes a fool f her d zens f tim es. I am just beginning to a k Lykken for a final self/himself. (Definitely true.) "summing up" when he v lunteer that a c ll eague f hi i It i n t until we get t questi n 69 that we have ur fir t rganizing , tudy with twin to probe the geneti f b e - maj rdi agreement. sive-c mpul ive di rd er. r aIm t never d anything re kl e s. a hn an wer Definite "J n extreme form f thi di s rd er," says Lykken, "pe pIe ly tru e; ran wer Definitely false.) spend all day wa shin g th eir hand , or checking t ee if th e gas "What ab ut para IlUtin g?" I ask him ." r driving the is turncd ff and hc do I' is 1 ked . It' as if th ere i a pe ilk rand Prix 125 mil es per h ur thr ugh Pittsburgh? That W:l mcntal fun rion that says, 'Enough already,', nd-" rec kl ess. " "-and we la kit?" J hn asks. "But that was when we were teenager," ay J hn . "\ e "Ye, h," ays Lykkcn. don't do anything re kles now, d we?" A new medi in e offcr hOI c t su h patients by uppl yi l1 g, "We go t our zygosity tcst 'd," T ny. vi c h c mi ~ try, this "en ugh alre dy" flJn cti n." 0 let me ask " kay, okay," J hn onceues." 0 let" cha nge th e question. you this," I say in on lu ~ i 11 . "Wi uld we b · bettcr off I '11(1- We' ll alme st never 10 anythin g re kless aga in . T hat's a Defi ing $75 n thi s Ill edi in' rna blo l tcst t nai l down our nitclytru cform ." zyg sity once and for all ?" "Me, LOO, Bcsll3ruddic," 1s ay. "M " to ." I 8 N () V Ii M Jl f· J( • I)' ( ,. 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I ' l l 1700 N rth tar We t I \ tate Zip I I H rn Ph ne Btl in s SIPC I ~------______J MINNESOTA'S URGEON ENERAL B Y WILLIAM SWANSON University chief of surgery THE WORD SURGE N, tograph old to rai e money for the home Ie s. J ohn . ajarian points out, deri,es from the T he media I ve aja ria n, especia ll y when John Najarian G reek kbeirollrgifl, which refers to the act or art J amie Fiske comes fr m las :lchusett ~ r her of wor ki ng with one' hands. And in fact you do annual che k-u p. aja ria n per~ rmed a nab n speaks out on n o ti ce th e doct or's h an ds wh e n you first all y publicized li ver tran pl ant o n J am ie in the state of his encounter him. H eavy and thick, aja ri an' 1982, when she was ju st a toddl er. n at least hands a re like a pair o f five- po un d pi cni c o ne 0 ca ion the attenti n was comica l, cyen art, rising health hams- conspicuou , to say the lea t, on a man bi za rre, when 10 al newspaper bro ke the tory care costs, and who routinely u e them for deli cate repai r to that ajari an had b ught a fri ed-chi ken fra n the human b dy. chise. (" nati nally kn own tra n pl ant physi doctors with aja ri an 's sub ta ntia l phy ica l presence cian ha urprised oth!!r doct r and nutrition AIDS, but much - the large, tanned face, the foo tba ll player's i ts b opening a fa t - ~ od re ta urant featu ring sh o ulde rs and bulk, the r umbling J ovian fri ed food that have been linked to heart di - prefers the rigors voice-i also no t easil y overl ooked . H e i ea e," a 1988 rep rt in the t. Pfl lIl Piollee/' Press undo ubtedl y the be t-kn own phys ician in 1in D ispfl tcb began.) In o me ca e, ajari an has of the operating ne ta, hi name and face (if not hi hands) been inv Ived in more troubling event , uch a ' room w id e ly r ecogni zed a ro und th e s ta te. As the ra ncorou 19 exit f tuart J ami e n, Regents' Professor of urgery and chair of th e who was hired an I later fired by 3J3r1 an as surgery department, he is, to many citi zen , the hea d of the ni ver ity's lIea rt and Lung [n ti contempo rary embodiment o f U ni ve r ity o f tu te, o r the e m o ti o n ~lJ debate foil wing the reo- M innesota m edic in e. Beyond t hat ro le, he ignatio ns fr III a 1\vin itie clinic f Ri chard seems to be almo t everywhere: on television Duff and Philip Bem on, phys ician with AID talk shows, in newspaper articles and analy e , who drew worldwide noti ce thi summer. he at o pher ~ o tball game. , 7uthrie T hea ter many sto ri es all point to Lh e public pr min ence opening, and amp o nfldence fund - raiser . of J ohn ajari an, urge n and celebrity. T hi fall , along with ther win lue nota Najari an, 63, will ne er be a cll sed ofhidillg bl es, he even appea r (in the gui e of the jet hi s talents, ac hi evements, and associatio ns. For pi lot "Skyblade") in a boo k o f fantasy pho- the 1110 t part, he seems LO revel in hi. role as a 2 0 0 V I'. M B F R - D I· • I' ,II B I' R I Y CJ I PHOTOGRAPHED BY JUDY OLAUSEN \\l " , r ' T \ 21 HThe fact is, you the patient don't know if I was out drinking all night or have had a fight with my wife or have been taking drugs before I see you. We all simply have to behave responsibly and try to maintain a measure of trust between us." public figure. In hi pacious office near the top become a doctor when he wa treated for a rup of the Phillip -Wangen teen Building on the tured appendix. Until then, he ays, football, Minneapolis campu , he i pleased to how off track, and "good times" were hi consuming dozens of photos of hi four football-playi ng intere ts. Hi knowledge of doctor and sons and such luminary friends and acquain whence they came was nil. Hi father sold Per tances as Hubert H . Humphrey, \ alter Mon sian rugs in downtown an Francisco. The dale, and former lking Ahmad Rashad. ajar boy's two siblings were never inclined toward ian's nine- page curriculum vitae Ii ts 5 medicine, and there were no doctor or nur e honorary degrees, H vi iting profes or hips, 32 among his uncle , aunts, and cou in . His sole "leader hip posts," 28 named lectures, a bibli exemplar, it seem, were the medical staff who ography notation of more than " 1,100 articles tended him during his ix-week ho pi tal stay. and everal books" covering "all area of tran - Pre-med tudies and big-time collegiate plantation," and 25 diver e honors and cita football eventually took him to the Univer ity tions, including the International Great Ameri of California at Berkeley, where football ome can ward from the B'nai B'rith Foundation, times came ahead of hi studies, he concedes. Modern Medicine magazine's ward for Distin "'When Cal Berkeley went t the 1949 Rose gui hed Achievement, Armenian Profe ional Bowl in Pasadena (th e team wa up et by Society Man of the Year, Honorary Fellow in orthwe tern, 20-14), ajarian, the olden the Royal College of urgeon of England, and Bears' standout tackle, lugged along a suitcase the niver ity of Minnesota's Jay Phillip Di full f books so he could cram ~ l' hi final. "I tinguished Chair in urgery. never opened tile uitca e," he reca lls. He gOt ajarian decline to speak in any detail , that eme tel' anyway an utcome that about the Jamie on affai r, claiming that an out provided a valuable Ie on for later life: "You of-court ettlement of a civil uit filed after want omething done, you give it to a bu y Jamieson 's departure forbid public discu ion man," he ays. Owen H. Wangensteen of the ca e, but he eem open to every other as head of the ubject. He make no apology, for in tance, for Department his family's fast-food enterpri e, the clucking of A FTER EA RNING A of Surgery in 1967 other phy ician and nutritionist be damned. medical degree fr m the niver ity of alifor and oversaw ex pansion He boa t ,a far a that goe , that hi two local nia, an Franci co, in 1952 , ajarian pent hi of the University's Popeyes Famous Fried hicken Bi scuit urgical intern hip and re idency at its chool transpl ant program. franchi es (managed by sons Paul and David) f Medicine. He ubs quently pent a ear con- are among the ew Orleans-ba ed company's ducting re earch in urgical phy iology at an bu ie t outlets. Francisc , another year a a re earch fellm in His role as a surge n-and a tea h er of immunopathology at the University of Pitt - surgeons-not urpri ingly appear to be hi burgh, and still another re earching ti ue greate t pas ion. Among hi many honors and tran plantation immunol gy at cripps linie achievement, the 198 -89 pre idency f the and Re earch Foundation in La J lI a. His p t American Surgical ociation ranks near the doctoral training completed, he returned to his top. His 1989 pre idential address to the gr up San Francisco alma mater in 1963 a an a i was entitled "The Ski ll , cience, and oul of tant profe 'sor of surgery. In 1966 he \ a named the urgeon."" farbacka Icanrememberas pro[e or and vice chair f the chool's Depart a doctor," Najarian ays, ge ticulating with ment of ' urgery. The ~ Ilowing year, at tlle age tho e heavy, accompli hed hands of hi , "the of 39, he accepted the h,l ir of Minne ota' only tlling I wanted to be was a urgeon." surgelY department, ucceeding wen \i an gen teen, ~ ho had retired. ajarian came to Minne ota, he ay, A FRIGHTENED AND be au e the ch I wa a major center [or b th awed twelve-year-old ajarian decided to l ading-edge urgery-it wa , during the 2 2 NO F .\1 JJ F R - D F • F AI B F R 1 99 1 1950, the birthplace of open-heart urgery, the operating venue f . Walton Lillehei and Richard arc, the training ground of hri ti aan Barnard and orman humway-and the basic science re earch base that Tajarian beiJeved crucial to the training of modern ur geon . lIe and hi wife, Mignette, a native of Ben on , Minne ora al 0 thought the Twin itie would be a more whole ome place to nil e their young family than their an Franci - co neighborhood near Haight- hbury, what with the dawning of the ge of Aquarius. h 0 ing between cardiac urgery and ti - ue transplantation doe n't eem to have been a difficult deci ion for Tajarian. By 1960, when he wa completing hi re idency, open-heart urgery wa already a reality and, in aJanan' word the advance yet to come were likely to occur only in the " ophistication of technical detail ." Tran plantation, on the other hand, represented a "biological mountain that no one had eyer caled," he ay. "If we could conquer that mountain- if we could tran plant organ pro pects, he a) , are bright. L Text he perform bet\1 een pe pie who were n t identical twin a brea t biop y that proves negatil'e and then a [the be t that had been d ne until that ucce ful hernia operation. The morning' timel-the re ults c uld be tremendou ." effor are a gratifying to the urgeon a eyer. • ' ajarian had tJrted an organ tran plant " urge!} I till I'e!}' enjoyable, I'ery ati fy program in an Franci 0 .. t ,\[inne ota a ing," a)" 0:ajanan. "I'd hate to have to give it tran plant program had been initiated by up. I tell my re Idents that when urge!}' I no " ~lhJm Keller in 1963. ndel" L ajarian' lead longer fun, you're probably not doing it right er hip, the niyersity of .\[innesota became and probably houldn't be doing it at ali. '\Tell, l'lrtually synonymoll II ith organ tran planta for me, urge!}' i a much fun as it' alwa) tlon. Tc da) L ajarian directs what the nl\'ersi- been." 1:) !tay is the large t tran plant program in the He i quick to point out that adl'ance in II orld. niler It}' urgeon have perf rmed tran plantation knowhow have made many more than 3,100 kidney transplants and hun other procedure po ible. He peak, for dred of heart, liver, and pancrea tran plants a example, of removing a tumor from tlle center II ell. of a patient'· lil'er, an peration that eem to be akin to licmg open a peach, remOling the pit, men neatly putting the t\I'O hake b,lck togeth INTHE PUBLI EYE, er again. "Before tran plan we nel'er could aJ3nan i clo ely a 0 iated "ith organ hal'e done that," he a) ." ame thing lI'im kid tran plants that me may be urpri ed to le,lrn ney . \\Te're able to take kidney out of the that t\v -third of hi operating-r no time i· patient, put them on the bench, work on them, pent in general urgery. He till operate fil'e rebuild them, then put tllem back in the patient day a week, ometime at night and 0l1letime ' again. \\'e c uldn't d that before" e learned n \ eekends, th ugh Ie and les frequently in h \\' to tr..lD pLmt." emergency situation . n a 1:)'pical day, he In 1967 Najarian arrive on campu bet\leen 6:00 and :00 a.m., was admitted as checks on patients, and dig into the papenl' rl I HI E T I L an honorary fellow that has ac umulated on hi de 'k. At :00 or addr to the .\ merican ' urgical Ci,lti n, to the Royal :3 0 he hea d f r the niver ity H spital ajarian 'aid: "The raft f urger), et the College of Surgeons urgery area. Nte!" lunch, he II rite, c nducts urg n apart fr 111 other phy i ian. urgeon of England. urgical clinics, and takes care f the sundry maint.lln · the c gniol e kill f me ph)" Ician, other re pon ibilitie [a department hair. n ,md yet Ius in hi r her therapeutic anna men ave rage, it amount t ab ut a t\\elve-hour day, tarium ne f the m t effective treatm nt the ingle 1e t part of it, he sa. ,spent in the m dalitie -the calp 1. " operating ro 111. "Y u're a aood d tor fir t," aJ \II F l)l 23 geons. good surge 11 i a go d internist who back in the late sixties," he ay. "In those days can diagnose and treat di ease and also, a part it took us about twelve to fourteen hour to do of that treatment, g ahead and perform an one. ow we d the average li ver transplant in effective urgical procedure." five or six hour, and that's a piece of ca ke." Phy icaHy, he say, ne of the requi ite ski ll s In 1110 t in tances, ajarian's urgery team i the abi li ty to con truct a three-dimensi nal does the preliminary and po t-tran plant work image f the problem at hand. "A lot of people and he performs only tile actual transplanta can see on only two planes, and they don't make tion, which may take three or ~ ur hour . To When wrestler Hulk Hogan good surgeons," he ay." urgeon have to be the lay per on, the notion of leaning over comes to the Twin Cities, able to determine depth in ide a wound-they an mer human being wh se life may be hang Najarian-a former tackle have to be able to see with their finger." ing in the balance for three or four hour at a for the University of An exhaustive kn wledge of anatomy, teady time i daunting at best. Yet even when a pr ce California at Berkeley- hands, 3-D vi ion, and, ay ajarian, 'the abil dure tretche several times that long, ajanan is hi s doctor. ity to know when to tart and stop" are all ay , the practiced urgeon has a way of ri ing important attribute of the surgeon. More ver, to the occa ion. "There' an intere ting adap the effective surgeon i always asking question : tive mechani m mat takes charge," he explains. hould I remove this tumor? hould I recon "Yc u never get tired-or at least you never seem struct this bowel? hould I change the direction to get tired. You may be bending over an oper of this blood ve el? "You're always asking ating table entirely unaware tllat nobody raised yourself question, and always holding the it to the height you're accustomeJ to working health and well-being f the patient over and at. \Vhat' interesting i that your back doe n't above your dislike f the tumor or whatever the seem to b tiler you until y u lea e me operat problem may be," he say. Having asked uch ing r om several h ur later." questions, and having weighed the variou or do nerve interfere wim the work of an option , the urgeon make a decision that may accomplished surgeon. "I don't think I'd do a prove to be the difference between life and procedure if I \ a nervou about it," he :lys. death for the patient. "I'm alway cOllcerned, but I'm ne er 1lC1'1JOIIS. I suppo e I'd be nervous if I didn't think I was capable of doing an operation as \ ell a it could A SKED TO EVALUATE be don . ow tl13t might sound like a lot of ego himself as a surgeon, ajarian hesitates, frown on my part, but I'd hate to go t a urgeon who ing. "That' difficult to do," he says. Finally he didn't have an ego. l' e been trained t do says that three points may best represent his something. I've done it hundred -in ome surgica l profile. First of all , he say, he' "proac ca es tbollSflllds-of time . Yes, something can tive," meaning that he can and doe make tho e go wrong, but mat' true wim anything in life. crucial decision . " ometimes I'm wr ng, but "Everything I d [in the peruting r m) I mo t f the time I'm right," he ays quietly. "I believe I can do a well as, if n t better than, sup po e I'm right III re often than a lot of other anyone el e," he says. "If something docs g surgeons because of my experience. I've been wrong, I can Ii e with tile knowledge that tile teaching other surgeons for many years, s I patient had the best hot, that he or he couldn't guess I've een mo t of the errors. Either I've have done better if they'd seen 3 different doc made them or otller people have made mem, tor at a different hospital. I'm an optimi t, an but in any ca e I've had the chance to learn upbeat kind of guy. I tell my patient they're from tho e mi takes." Second, he says, he's going to be all right, and about 9 percent of physica ll y able, bles ed with sure hand, harp the time they are." eyes, and con iderable tamina. (" I don't get tired ding surgery," ajaria n ay. "I wouldn't want a tired urgeon perating on me.") Third, P HYSICIAN HAVE "I don't do thing I shouldn't do. There may be always weighed ethica l question, aj3 f1an ays. certain thing a surgeon ca n get away itll, but "Ethi i~ knowing right from wrong, g od I won't d them. I tell Ill y tudents that for a from bad, and acting accordingly, with the best surgeon to get away with tiling i bad, because interests of the p,ltient in mind." In recent at some point thing wi ll go wrong." hortcuts, yea rs, rapidly accelerating bi medical ad an e quick fixes, and undue ri ks, he ays, are un ac have created a brave new wo rl d f p ibititie, ceptable in the operating tllea ter. and weighing the In ral and ethi cal i ues th se Has urgery become more difficu lt with po sibilitie present has be orne 3n urgent pub age? "Not ye t," Najarian replie , surprised by li c activity. the question, as th ugh the pos ibility hadn't For aja ri an, ethi cs seem to be hieflywhat occurred to him. "It1llflJ' become more difficult, it's always been-a matter of individua l con- I suppose, but it hasn't yet. cience. Indeed , he sa with II wr mi le, "We first tarted tran pl 2 4 N) V F ,1\ Il F K - I) F C F M Il r. 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Rah, a., New Jet·s y 07065 "We simply can't increase the cost of care indefinitely, but where do we make the cuts?" ical question the e da :' It' the philo ophers he po ibilitie f r c ntinued and ever and journali ts who eem mo t concerned." more miraculou ad\'ance in tran plantation \Vhat about the recent ca e of the alifornia are dazzlmg: more effecti\'e, Ie toxic drugs couple who conceived a child for the expre that can improve the exi ring 93 percent three purpo e of providing the bone marrow needed year urvival rate for kidney- and heart-trans to ave the life of an older ibling ufferina from plant patient; the que t for "acquired toler leukemia. \Vhile doctor a ured the public ance," which would cau e a patient' body to that the ri k of a bone-marrow tran plant pro percei"e a tran planted organ as its own; m'er cedure to the infant donor wa ,"inuallr nonex corning the eemingly unbeatable shorrfall of i tent, the ca e prm'oked troubled di cu ion of urgently needed organ through xenotran - 'tran plant factories,' 'baby farming," and plantation-tran planting animal organ to other chilling images. human. 'That particular i ue wa neither yours nor In ugust J. aJarian pre ided over a gather mine to decide,' ay ajarian. "That i ue ina of orne 4-00 d ctor and cienti ts who had belonged only to the people involved. To con come to the Twin itie from all over the ceive that child was theil' deci ion, with the be t world. "i\1aybe, within the next fh-e to ten intere ts of all their children in mind, and I per year ," he ay , "we'll be rai ing pigs or heep onally find no ethical problem \\;th that at all. not only for their meat or kin, but for their There are a lot of do-gooder in the world who organs a well. The goal, of cour e, would be t like to it around and stroke their beard and create an unlimited upply f organ for tran - ay, 'I don't think thi or that i right.' I think plant, 0 that the _0,000 r 30,000 people who you ha"e to ee the i ue through the ere of need new kidner e ef)' year w uld get them." the per on invoh-ed-to walk in theIr hoe -before you can decide whats riaht or \\Tong for them." A SERIOU THR T The call for mandatory AID te ting of to further ad'-ances, he ay, i the relentle Iy medical personnel, more in i tent follO\\wg the e calating co t of health care, \\ hich in the I resignation of Dr . Benson and Duff, dj rurb United tate currently accoun for about I ~ NBC's Tom Brokaw 1 ajarian. He has been publicly critical of Ben- percent of the gro national product. -\..II man joined the celebration of on, who reportedly performed inva i"e proce ner of pre cribed remedie norwith tanding, Najarian's election as dures with open ore on lu hand and arm , co ts continue to n e. It' one problem " T apri president of the American and he acknowledge that public confidence in an ha no olution for. "\ \'e imply can't Surgical Association in 1988. medical profes ional ha been at lea t tem increa e the co t of care indefinitely,' he a} , Pictured, from right, are porarily haken. "but \I here do we make the cu : Do we top Mignette; John; David 'To thi day, though," he ar, "nobody ha progre ina, do \I"e top making adnnce In and his wife, Kr-is ; Paul; ever aotten AID from a doctor." e\"eral treatment, do we top manufacrunng new gen Shana: and Jon, Najarian; patient were infected with the di ea e by a eranons of magnetic re onance imagers? I don't Brokaw, who also delivered Florida denti t, but that ca e eem to be know the an wer. I do know that it' easy to it the keynote address; unique. The fact i ," he a) , 'you the patient back and phil ophize about all of thi a long Beth Swanson; and don't know if I wa out drinlang all night or a it d n't invoh J'Otl or yom' child. Let' ay Peter Najarian. have had a fight with my wife or have been tak your child need a liver tran plant that' going ing drugs before I ee you. \\'e aU imply have to co t 200,000 or a b ne-marrow tran plant to behave respon ibly and try to maintain a co ring 2 -0,000. You're not going to be th mea ure of tru t between us.' one to say,' h, no, not for him,' or' h, no, not for her.' , tome point, me form of rationing or THE ETHICAL IS UES etting pri ritie \I ill be nece af), Tajarian continue to mount, however, and will only believe, but on thi ummer afterno n he become more difficult a medical technology doe n't care to hazard a predIction beyond that. offers more unprecedented po ibilities-what It' clear that] hn L Tajanan ee him elf not people once called miracle . 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Your input Is alway. appr ated AT ISSUE The cut in insntute funding was made in spite of the fact UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS will ask the 1992 legislature to that its return on invesanent is substantial, which raises the restore $23.2 million that Gov. Arne Carlson vetoed as line question: \Vhat is the return on investment of taxpayers' dol items in the 1991 higher education bill. Among the programs lars earmarked for the University} that lost funding was the Supercomputer Institute. The insti- Says University President Nils Hasselmo: '"Invesonent in tute was a critical factor in enabling the Institute of Techn 0 1- the UmversJty gives high returns: educated, productive Og} to attract a $66 million contract establishing the Army i members of our society; knowledge, insight-even wisdom High-Performance Computing Research Center, as well as a ~ technical know-how, innovation; sen1ce; an intellectual com $10.5 million science and technology center funded by the munity with free play of ideas as a bulwark for democracy; National Science Foundation to study geometnc structures. and, in purely economic terms, a return of $2.50 in Uruversi The Supercomputer Institute attracts other external funding ty-generated dollars for every state tax dollar invested." totaling almost $10 million a year. Continued on page 32 1li.Ii!h1i.,gI:tting the people, programs, "~~_.',"l ' U.ftI¥'en., of Minnesota Alumni Association evident at every event, from the 7:30 mate from rocky soil. N;]tional President a.m. breakfast with civic leader to the The range of offerings provided by 5: 30 p.m. reception for alumni. the Minnesota Extension ervice js too o UR UNTVER lTY' MISSION is three In between, he and we vi ited with numerous to count and almost too varied fold: teaching, research, and service. All executives of the Blandin to be believed. The agents will of us experience the teaching aspect from Foundation, toured the explain how to improve your the first day of classes. Most of us Blandin Paper ""lill, and thor nutrition. advise you on wa) observe or participate in some of the oughly enjoyed the hospitali to preserve and protect the research before graduation. The service ty of the generous people of environment, teach you how function, for many of us, is invisible. Grand Rapid. But, mo t to compo t, and train you to In fact, however, the University's ser importantly, we had the O'overn your community in a vice to the state is pervasive and invalu opportunity to observe the way that hold out the able. The service component of the Uni Uni er ity's er ice to the pro pect of a brighter future. versity's work would ju tify our support state via a visit to the orth I know that many of these of the institution quite apart from the Central Experiment tation ervices are provided in the excellent teaching and research thar it and a seminar provided by the John French ~\'l inneapolis- t. Paul area, provides. linnesota Extension Sen1ce. hut the . have a much hi aher I learned this lesson firsthand on a The experiment station is a compo profile in greater .i\linnesota, unob trip to Grand Rapids in July with Uni nen t of the Institute of griculture, scured by urban clutter. The University'S versity President ils Hasselmo, finance Forestry, and Home E onomies. It per impact on and imponance to the tate vice pre ident Bob Erickson, and eight forms agricultural engineering research were easier to see and feel in Grand other Uni er ity administrator and fac on har e ring forage and wild rice, Rapid than in the T-vrn Cities where ulty members. What a day it wa , in machinery development, farm struc the main campus is loc-ated. every re pect. tures, and animal environment. And it To tax-paying citizen who wonder if It began at the An ka airport at 6:00 doe agronom research on forage their contribution to the niver ity' a.m. and ended there at 8:00 p.m. This is improvement and grain crop uitable to budget i worthwhile, I recommend a nothing new for President Ha selmo. He northern llinne ota. imply tated, this da. on the road with il Ha elmo a a devotes approximate! one very long day place is devoted to identifying and sure cure for any doubting Thomas. And each month to carrying the University' developing wa. to produce more and to Grand Rapid and other cities that mes age to communitie all 0 er the better things-from wild rice to blue ho t the president' ,1.5its I offer my sin state. Hi amba. adorial talent is self- berrie to a pen trees-in a harsh cli- cerest thanks. You are, indeed a tonic. III " E OT 1 I and director of the Minnesota Center for CO'TItiuIJed from page 31 On the Road I Twin and doption Re earch, spoke to "Onl. 28.3 percent of our total alumni about twins reared apart. He gave budget of $1.7 billion now comes Mankato, Minnesota: University of an update on research which he hn been from the state," say President Has Minnesota President Nils Hasselmo and conducting since 1979, and answered sdmo. "The rest, $1.2 billion, is self Regent Elton Kuderer visited with about question from an audience tha.tincluded generated by the University. \~'hat 50 alumni and local education officials at several twins. productivity in purely financial a reception August 2 O. St. Cloud, Minnesota: Former Gopher terms! VVhat return on the invest Grand Rapids, Minnesota: President football coach Cal Stoll spoke to alumni ment of tax dollars! Where else do Hasselmo and Regent Tom Reagan met about football, his heart transplant expe you get $2.50 in return for the invest with alumni in Grand Rapids and were rience, and the University's involvement ment of every dollar? guests at a reception at the Blandin in heart surgery. Stoll is founder and "It is this investment that is being Foundation. Local organizers were director of the Second Chance for Life eroded by the absence of any infla Terry Weber, Vern Erickson, Bob Foundation. Matt Dion, College of Lib tional")r increases and by actual cuts. Nyvall, and Margaret Matalamaki. eral Arts admissions director, also spoke The state may lose $2 .50 for every Rice County and Owatonna, Minneso to local high school students about dollar it doe n't invest in the Univer ta: Professor Tom Bouchard, founder attending the University. sity. Is this wise?" Here is a much-condensed list of some of the University's contribu Coming Soon tions to the state: New Ulm and Willmar, Minnesota: Karlis Kaufmanis. University professor ~ In 1990, 7,450 undergraduates emeritus of astronomy, will give his much-loved talk about the Star of Bethlehem and 2.864 graduate students received for local alumni December 5. The event is cosponsored by the New Ulm Retail degrees. Association. He will give a similar presentation in Willmar December 9. That ~ 50 percent of the physicians, 60 event will be cosponsored by the UMAA, the Kandiyohi County Minnesota percent of the veterinarians, 60 per Extension Service office, and the American Association of University Women. cent of the pharmacists, and 70 per Call 612-624-1069 for information. cent of the dentists in Minnesota are Washington, D.C.: U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone will speak at the Washington, D.C., University of Minnesota graduates. chapter dinner meeting November 18 at Pier Seven in the Channel Inn Hotel. ~ University expenditures of Call 612 -624-1 069 for information. sponsored research and training grant funds totaled $218.7 million, creating 5,000 to 6,000 jobs in the state. FOR MEMBERS ONLY ~. A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Technology (IT) ONE OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF UMAA MEMBERSHIP IS THE LIBRARY showed that IT graduates founded PRIVILEGE, which makes the resources of the University's Twin Cities campus 271 companies in Minnesota, 413 libraries available to UMAA members. Effective fall quarter 1991, the process for companies worldwide. Worldwide using this benefit has changed. Here's how it works: employment by 207 of the Minneso The UMM gives the library a list of new and renewing annual and installment ta-based companies totals almost life members who have indicated on their membership forms that they want to 74,000 people, while worldwide sales have library privileges. (Members can also simply go to the library, show their figures provided by 150 of the Min current membership cards at the circulation desk, and request a library card.) The nesota companies total $7.6 billion. library staff, after checking for outstanding library fines, issues a bar-coded card. ~ The University has developed If outstanding fines are due, the card is not issued until the fines are paid. Borrow 80 percent of all Minnesota agricul ing privileges are suspended if overdue fine reach $10, or if a member has five or tural exports, accounting for $1.8 bil more overdue books. lion in 1989. This includes 32 new The library card expires on the UMAAmembership expiration date. When the varieties of soybeans; 10 varieties of member renews UMAA membership, the library card can be renewed in either of wheat; and 40 varieties of oats, barley, the twO ways described above. and alfalfa. Disease prevention for the Full life members can get a library card by calling the UMAA office or by dairy, poultry, and swine industries is going to the library and showing their membership card. These library cards will another agricultural contribution. also have an annual expiration date but will be renewed the first time the life ~ The University received $275.3 member checks out a book after the card expires. million in grants and conq;act research For new members who want to use a campus library immediately, th UMAA awards in 19QO and was awarded staff issues temporary UMAA cards with a library sticker attached. Campus $105. 3 million in gifts and noncon libraries honor the card for four weeks from the date the card is issued. tract research support, ranking second Ifyou have any questions about the library privilege, please contact the UMAA among public institutions. at 612-624-2323. 32 NOVEMBER · DECEMBER 1991 'TIred ofspending money on advertising thats tossed out with the trash, lost in the mishmash, and wasted on readers who couldn't care less? Tell it to someone who cares. MINNESOTA readers are the best educated, most upscale audience in the state. 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Margaret Matalamaki Wendell Erickson Ken Albrecht Joe Sizer "The Urover ity of 1.inneso versity, to avail themselves of oped over the years. The minorities and low-income ta has been affected far too every opportunity to visit the University is being taken for people who don't have the much by budget cuts. Educa University and find out what granted. The legislature has financial wherewithal to get a tion is vital to producing peo it is and what it does. It touch to provide the highest level of postsecondary education. It's ple who are going to be run es every corner of the state support because if we don't essential to the state that we ning this country very soon. and is vitally important. More have our educational system do all we can to maintain We need to recognize how than 300,000 living alumni in A1innesota, we don't have training of our youth. v\'e great the need is to make their are evidence that the Univer anything. I think the most don't have enough financial education viable. We can't cut sity has played a big part in effective method of economic commitment to get that job and cut and continue to do many people's lives. They development in the state is done. vVe spend millions of that. \Ve are not just lobbying ha e all benefited from the through the educational sys dollars on pull tabs, the lot for us; we're talking about University and its achieve tem." tery, and casinos, and we can't future generation ." ments." Ken Albrecht, '58, '60 spend an extra 20 million on Margaret Matalamaki, '41 , '72 Wendell Erickson, '5 I UMAA member education? If we can spend UA-IAA Alumlll LegisllltTt'e F017lle'T state legislntor and icollet County that kind of money on the etwork member and fonner president ofthe clJ71mlissioner chance of making a 'big College ofAgricultzm killing,' it seem we can pend "Money that i put into edu Alumni Society "[Legislators] need to recog some money to keep our cation, if wisely spent, is an nize the impact of the reduc young people in school.' in estment, not a cost. I urge "[Legislators need] to be very : tion in Uni ersity funding on Joe Sizer, '47, '48, '57 legislators to become familiar careful about messing up the : the fabric of linnesota in WL4A Alumni Legislntive with the functions of the Uni- infra tructure we've devel- : training, particularly for Tetu:ork member BOARD BRIEFS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS has approved the tan area) to join. following life membership dues increase effective January I, The board also approved objecth-es for 1991-93. They 1991: include: la. ingle, full-life member hip to $550 from 400. la. Conveying alumni opinion on University issue and la. Dual/family, full-life membership to $700 from 450. focusing on implementation of the 1991 diver ity/pluralism la. Single, installment life membership to 625 from 450. report and reconunendation . t.. Dual/family, installment life membership to $ 75 from ~ upporting and expanding the Alumni Legislative Tet_ $500. work. As of June 30, the UMM had 32,935 due -paying mem ~ Increasing the effectivene of can tituenr program. bers, almost 8 percent less than planned and 6.8 percent Ie la. Increasing 1 rlAA membership. than at the end of the previous fi cal year. The decrease i la. Communicating alumni, U 1AA, and niversity i 'ues attributed in part to the sluggish econom . and activities through finlll!sota magazine. As part of a marketing pbn ad pted by the board in ia)" la. 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The black vides internships for students, as well as 1991 Public Service ward, which recog and-white sixteen-page publication labor and supplies for Univer ity of Min nizes individuals for leadership related to features coverage nesota research projects. Bai ley played a societal health care issues. Dineen has mlnl1«OlaJllumnlWttkly of the Board of key role in securing funding for the hor been an assistant professor and head of Regents and the ticulture greenhouses and for Alderman the school's nurse-midwifery program distribution of a Hall, home of the Department of Horti for more than fourteen years. hI...... I" \,., $60,000 appropri cultural Science. In 1981 he and his wife, Fourth-year dentistry student Eliza ation from the Margaret, contributed $1 million to beth K. Rydell has received the Mellor R. ----_...... _--- legislature for the establish the first College of griculture Holland Student Leadership Award. he -_'-4.... ______- ._---... _-- _ .. ---_-- .... _... _- ..- ---- .. ... _-- department of endowed facu lty chair. has been elected class president for each .. "'------engineering . An alumnus who wishes to remain of her four years in dental school and is a Other topics include an announce anonymous has unceremoniou Iy sent member of the Minne ora Dental Asso ment of the Christian Association's two envelopes-each containing $2,000 ciation's Young Dentist Committee and "Knock-Down Social" to which "all -to the College of Education to be used the American Student Dental Associa men are invited"; a listing of several for its Career Beginnings mentorship tion and is the student liaison to the drama, literary, and music clubs; the program. The program matches eco School of Dentistry Alumni Society. history of the Women's League; the nomically disadvantaged high school George A. (Buzz) Geist, '45 , has received Gopher football schedule; and alum students in the Twin Cities with profes the 1990 Ambert B. Hall Award for excel ni personals. The publication's one sionals from the community. lence in the technical di ciplines of den advertisement is for the Minneapolis Esther Tatley, '83, has been named tistry and for contributions to hi commu Teachers' Agency. president of the School of Public Health nity. Geist has a private practice in St. Paul September 1991 : The 84-page. A1unmi Society. She is school health ser and is a clinical profes or in the Universi four-color September/October Fall vices supervisor for District 623, North ty's cleft pa late max.i1lofacial clinic. Preview Issue of Minnesota is dis tributed to 33,000 association mem bers plus 120,000 alumni throughout Quo tables the state. Featured articles address "What is disturbing to me is the inability of the state to set priorities." dance, art, theater, and music at the Unit'ersity ofMinnesotll President Nils Hassemw University during the coming year; at the September 14 UMAA National Board meeting memorable Uni- versity experi "I asked President Hasselmo how many speeches he made in a week, and he told ences shared by me he averaged ten. We are using the man up. and we have to go out and tell the alumni, local crit University's story for him." ics, and faculty; an UMAA National Proidmt Joh" Frmch insider's guide to at the September 14 UMAA board meeting Gopher sports; a day in the life of "Governor. you have always said that you intended to do something for the Uni President Nils Hasselmo as he per versity. Now is the opportune time. Anything that you intend to do will be twice as sonally delivers University news to effective. if done now, as it will be if done at any later time in the history of the the Red River Va ll ey; and a 1991-92 University." University calendar. Advice to Gov. Will_ Merriam UMAA people, programs, and from University Proident Cyrus Nurthrop in 1889 services are highlighted in a new cen ter section that also features the "At the University of Minnesota, as in New York and California and Texas and opinions of John French, UMAA elsewhere. the loude t campus debates are no longer about death squads in Cen national president, on legislative tral America or South African investments. They are about cultural fairness funding for the University. E lse -demands by ethnic groups, not foe integration, but foe separate equality. Diver where, Margaret Sughrue Carlson, sity is now the central issue of curricular change, of faculty recruitment, of student UMAA executive director, re fl ects on protest." member hip benefits. This issue sets Harlo" C/nJeltnuJ, Univenit.!ofMitlfltltltJl a record for paid commercial adver professor emeritus tmJ president oftht World Aftfdmry tfArt tmd Scimet, tising: 23 pages. in a sptech to the MmntllpoJis Rolm'y Club 38 N O VE MBER . D E EMB E R 1 991 e • ,.... 1 ac • lenc HROUGHOUT HIST RY, women of scien e pend more time and invest more resource in them,' she a) . have been greeted b r h seility. Hypatia f \Vhile the po ition of 'v omen in ci Alexandria, a philo opher-mathematician of ence ha improved over the pa t two decade, it's clear that many battles the late fourth and earl fifth century , as remain to be fought. The battleground, torn to piece bam b. Marie Curi - codis howe er ha rufted; no longer do uni yersitie , go\"ernment, and industry et co erer f radium and pol nium and a N bel laur ate in up formal b:Jrrier to women' advance physics and ch mistr -wa twice denied entr into the French ment. Rather, the struggle eem to occur on the personal level, with orne eadem of lence. s r cend ' as 30 ear ag ,e en the best men unable r unwilling to accept female scientists till en ountered utright prejudic . women a colleagues. Thi unlmer. t r example a female urgery profe or at "Back in the fi fti s when I g t 111 ' and a member of the pre tigiou t:l11ford niver ity re igned. charging degree, " omen weren't con idered eligi al adem)' f cience. l OW, he a) , her male colleague wi th exi m. he ble for po iti n at a research Llni er ity," attitude to\.":Jrd female graduate tu specified behavior uch as walking into say Margaret D,wi, oi ersity of Min dent have changed. The}' :Jre con id h r operating room and a king, "How' ne ta Regents' Pr fe sor of Ecology ered to have p tential, and 'faculty it going, honey?" and troking her leg ,\lIN NE OT -\ 39 under a table. cience, with it empha i on logic sat there." t the niver ity of Min and reason, might eem to be immune "I've had run-in \ ith men putting nesota, eighteen years have from the e emotional snare. But it' not. together sympo ia," Morrow ay." t a pa ed ince hyamala dvancement in cience can depend recent rd n onference [a mall con Rajender sued becau e he heavily on per onal connecti n or early ference for peciali ts] I aw a Ii t of 33 wa denied a tenu re-track access to tip on "hot" area of re earch. speakers in the fie ld of plant-in ect inter po ition in chemistry, and it' Indeed, says Patrice Morrow, Univer ity actions, and nly 1 wa a woman. been eleven years si nce the professor of ecology, evolution, and W men were ab ut 30 percent of cien University signed a con ent behavior, who wa hired when Davi wa ti ts in that field, though. 0 I wrote to decree agreeing to take teps chair of her deparonent, " ou do talk a the organizer and all the women likely to avoi d discrimination in the lot of politic in the re t rom." to attend, and, as a result, women will organize the next conference." hy do men have trouble "Having a family indifferently requ t withdrawal thinking of women to invite? Davi and Morrow agree that it' of a girl performing near the top of her cla while as if people search their memories with a certain image in mind, and another tenaciously pleads to continue a boy ho is they ee a male image if the ub struggling occurred all too frequently." ject i cience. In order to think of women, the thinker mu t change gear and in tall a new image. But future. The niver ity's actions and And politic can decide who talks. scienti ts who aren't used to thinking of policies have put it in the forefront of Both Davis and Morrow have fought to women in that role are Ie likely to antidiscrimination activities, and women get more women invited to peak at ci remember to make the witch. othing may now have the best chance ever to entific conferences, which give cienti ts deliberately di criminatory about carve out career in the previou Iy male a forum for debating their idea and it-but it can do as much damage to a preserve of science. But the rate of enhancing their profes ional tanding. career a if i t were. change has been uneven. Traditionally, mo t scientific circle were Nationally, women constitute about made up of men, 0 men organized the F ailure to re ognize di criminatory 22 percent of biological cience faculties conferences and invited peakers they thinking or action isn't uncommon. but only 3 percent of physics and 2 per considered prominent and were most everal years ago, a group of niver ity cent of engineering facu lti es. Depart familiar with-other men. ow, women re earchers sent urvey to pupil in e - ments at Minnesota follow roughly the con tirute about 30 percent of ome ondary school , a king them \ hether same pattern: College of Bi ological Sci fields of biology, and many women have they agreed or disagreed with tatements ences departments typically list higher reached prominence. Yet a tudy of those about the relative fitne s of male and percentage of female faculty than In ti invited to speak at the 1987 mecting of females ~ r cience and cience-oriented tute of Technology department. In the the Ecologica l ociety f merica activitie . The statements included: chool of Medicine, between 19 6 and showed that traditi nal pattern persist. "Men need to 1m w more about cience 1990, the number of female assista nt pecifically, when men made up th than women."" iris can do just a we ll professor rose from 25 to 29 percent; organizing committee for a ympo ium, as boy in science." "More men than for associate professors the rise was from only 7 percent of the peaker they invit women have the logical abi lity to 12 to 19 percent. But women at the full ed were women' when women were become cienti ts."" tudying ab ut ci profe sor rank stayed constant at 5 per among the organizers, the invitee were ence i ju t a imp rtant for female a cent, repre enting only nine women. 23 percent female. (The tudy was con for male." cI e lk at the tatements du ted by Jes ica Gurevitch at the tatc h \ ed that each neither ugge ted A s in business, women in science at the University of ew York at tony Br ok.) that males are ahead offemale in cience Univer ity often find them elves fac ing a "I think women get included in con potential or put them on the ame level. "glass ceiling"-an invisible, undefinable ferences a little more now, but there sti ll o tatement ugge ted that girl were barrier between th em and the top. They seems to be a pr blem," ays D avi . or c uld bc slIpen"07' to boys in cience have succeeded in breaching the barriers " ometimes people d come up wi th -an omi si n the researcher didn't di - to employment at lower levels, but can women's name and wonder why they cover until the tudy was d ne and the not seem to move into the inncr circl e hadn't before. Women tend to think of resul tabulated. of power. They must dea l with subtle women sooner. I was on a national c m 'ffort to get girl interested in i forms of discrimination such as the dis mittee la t year with men in their forties, ence turn up similar ironie . Tina Bird, a comfort an d even bewilderment of older, fifties, and ixtie, and felt that tlle work graduate student in a tr II my, ha powerful coll eague who have no id ea shops the committee had been putting helped ut in cie nce pr jects in elemen how to trcat fema le professionals and the together were heavily male. eve ralmen tar ho I a part of Project Link, a diffi culty of ta pping into "old boy" infor in their forti es poke up in upport of Ilennepin un ty intermediate sch I mation networks. what I was sayin g, but tll e Ider ones just d.istrict plan to give gi rl fema le r Ie 4 0 N v F M BE R • D F. C F AI B "R I 99 I ILLUSTRATED BY LINDA FRICHTEL \\ I " N E _ T -\ 4 I models and encourage them class will ie another tenaciously plead to engineer,'" ay Kohlstedt." man ge to pursue math and science. continue a boy who is struggling points for aying he's an engineer, but a I I read that boys are called occurred all too frequently." woman gets treated like an oddity." on in the classroom more Once a young woman decide to Even the women themselves some often than girls," Bird says. major in science at college, he may, time wonder ab ut their ch ice of call "Then I found myself doing depending on her specific interests, find ing. Kohlst dt recall a study by another it, too." herself with few female role model and IT a sociate dean, Ru ell Hobbie, of to her own encourage mentor, who are an important element what happened to the IT cia es of 1982 ment in science, Bird says a in the success of women who have had and 1983 . "More female rudents than couple of faculty members at them. Sally Jorgen en, a ociate dean of male graduated in even year, but more otre Dame, where she did her under the College of Biological cience, spent of the women had moved out of IT," graduate work, told her she would never her last two year of high school at a Kohl tedt ay . "I think women are more make it in research becau e she wa n't women' school and graduated from likely to rea sess their long-term goals. motivated. "But nobody at Notre Dame Wellesley College. Their choices thus could be most appro wa doing anything I was interested in, "In recent year I've really appreciat priate-unfortunately, men may find it and two female graduate students told ed [having gone to] 'Wellesley-it was a harder to change their plans." me not to pay attention [to the com tremendous advantage for going into ci Kohlstedt, who led a seminar for ments]," she says. "Here, things are ence," Jorgensen says. "I never ran into female graduate srudents on the subject more supportive." any problems. People in my generation of women in cience, noticed their ten who went to women's college had no dency to make careful career choices. Ingrade school, lukewarm support can hint that cience wasn't a good tlllng to "These graduate women have typically lead even gifted girls to lose interest in do. I noticed no discrimination in gradu asked themselve if they really want to science and math. Difficulty in recruit ate school at the University ofMinneso pursue science or engineering," she ays, ing and retaining girls in the University ta, but then I wasn't looking for it. I'm adding that she wonders if a comparable of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathe impressed that when we have meetings group of young men would question matics Program (UMTYMP), an accel of women in science, everybody i their choices in the same way. erated math program for students in thrilled to meet others like themselves." Tina Bird strikes a similar note. "I grades five through twelve, bedeviled the The sense of isolation lessened some think there's still an a umption that a program for several years after it began what for St. Paul campus women in ci man has to work but a woman doe n't," in 1976. The ituation has improved in ence-normally scattered throughout Bird ays. "Guy know they have to tick the last three years, thanks to a Bush several colleges and many depart with it because they can't quit." Foundation grant that provides extra ments-when they got togetller in pril If women mu t grapple with doubts resources to target girls. to talk about i sues that affect them all, over career choices, it helps to have orne UMTYMP director Harvey Keynes, Jorgensen ays. support. To thi end, IT tries to a ign a mathematics professor on the Twin Recognizing the difficulties female female peer adviser to female tudents. Als , beginning this fall, IT fre h men are di ided into group of "M ore female students than male graduated in about lOa, which include tw fac ulty member, ne taff (including seven years, but more of the women had moved out administrator and other who know their way around IT), and of IT. I think women are more likely to reassess one peer ( rudent) advi er. their long-term goals." "We've made sure there's a woman on each team," ay Kohl tedt. Each gr up take Cities campus, explains some of the rea- faculty have getting establi hed and ru phy i , math, and chemi try cia e on girls needed an extra push: "Even dents have finding role models, the In ti together, and each ha a mall lounge when a female student qualified [for tute of Technology (IT) hired a sociate area et a ide for it member to meet acceptance into MTYMP], she was dean all y Gregory Kohlstedt to help informally. dvi er talk ab ut j ues of more like ly to turn down admission tllan place more women on the facu lty. From elf e teem as well a academic concerns. her male counterpart. Once in the pro this vantage point, she ha seen and The program erup is de igned to help gram, given equa l ability and equal heard plenty about the problem women all tudents, ma le and female, fee l Ie grades, female per istence wa lower. face and has also been part of efforts to i olated and give them a large pool of The lack of an appr priately upportive remedy them. ome experiences f ci peer t whom they can rum ~ r upp rt. sch 01, and e peciall y fami ly, environ ety of Women Engincer member tand exual hara ment i another i ue IT ment and tlle lack of other girls in the out: " soon a these tudent wou ld is ad Ire ing. There has been concern c1as were imp rtant i ue. Having a arrive at a party and say they were engi ab ut teaching a i tallts fr m ther 1I1- family indifferently request withdrawal neer , people would ay eitllcr I 1I I11U t rures nOt understanding what c n. tirute of a girl perf, rming near the top of her be rea ll y smart' or I 1I don't I ok like an a ceptable behavior here, K hi tedt '. y , 42 O\ ' I '~ IB"R - f)F F IUFR 19QI o n w all T ' are being trained to pre women in medical chool and in practice. productivity kept them out of vent haras ment. Efforts to improve the ituation must science, but the assumptions proceed in an atmosphere where emo were all \\'rong. Ifall the e measures work for a female tion run high. harging the air are inci " J. TOW, I think attitudes tudent, and he make it th r ugh the dent like the one in olving Thomas are changing, e pecially do r of an academic clence department, Ferris, chair of the heavily male D epart among graduate students her advancement th rough the profe 0- ment of Medicine. Ferri ha been they assume the woman '5 job rial ranks 0 11 may not go as smoothly a accused of stating, at an executive faculty is as important as the man's. a male cientist's. Federal affirmative meeting last year, that it's a known fact If you're a man, you as ume action rule were de igned to en ure that that women don't work a hard a men. your wife will work, just women were enou Iy considered in hir Ferri ay he was mi quoted. "I said that becau e you both need the income. ing deci Ions, but the extra effort to find women with children work 20 percent The e young men will treat female grad female candidates ha led to orne fric fewer hour ," Fern say . "They may be uate students like their \\;\,es. Once peo tion and to charge of rever e di crimi working harder [than men). It becomes ple take that for granted, thing \\;11 be nao n from \\ hite male . Important in term of how many doctor better." "I"'e thought about affirmative are needed . mi calculation in the action," ay D avis, "and it' aid you 1970 on need for the eightie and As more women move into cience and don't get an hone t evaluation becau e runetie didn't account for the 30 to 40 medicine, change in the attitude and people di criminate for you. But y u percent of ph}' ician who are women, practice of both exes are inevitable. It don't get an hone t e\'aluation if and re ulted in a decrea e in the total also appear that the number of women there' dl crimll1Jtion again t you, either. Affirmative acti n wa the thll1g that opened the "I 've thought about affirmative action, an s said do r. The legal con traints on unlversJtle~ enabled me to ou don't g t an honest evaluation because eople become a worbng cienti t. I di criminateJo ry ou. But ou don't get onest \I uld never haH been paid equal wage Without legal con- e aluation if th re' di criminatton t you, either." traint . , ometimes \I omen are still paid Ie than men even within the same academiC rank. There number of work hour per phy Ician . mu t reach ome critical mas before Cl ha\'e been urvey on initial hiring and " cademic medicine pre ents partic ence 10 e i ma culine image, before what happen t the hiree later. \\Tomen ular ob tade -it' tough ~ r \I omen to women are mcluded in policy-making may enter In pr portion to their num remain at the cutting edge in running a bodie and the women who hal'e become ber In their field, but they don't turn up cientific program \\ ith them taking time e tabh hed make it ea ier for ucceeding at the higher ranks In propornon." off for ha\;ng children, " Fern a} . "In generation. How many women mu t The data on nJver ity of ,\Iinne ota priv. te practice, you can reduce the reach po ition of influence before thi medical facu lty tend to bea r that out, but load-it's not a ' demanding a aCJdemic happen, no one can ay-maybe it n w that 37 percent f the medica l tu medicine." one-third of all full profe or , maybe -to dents in the nited tate are w men, ay ;\lorr \I : hI ha\'e felt that in a percent. l ntil the number impro\'e, the pressure i on. In the meantime, friendly way, people have been reluctant however, women mu t continue to pu' h Da\'id Bro" n, dean of t he Medica l to take women in their lab becau e they for greater repre entation in cience and ch 01, ha~ appointed an advisory com might get married and leave. There" a for men t recognize them a peers. mittee to tudy way to increa e the par \I 11 Ie erie of little myth. like that ~IeJn\1 hile, :\ Iorrow offer orne ticipati n of women in aca - that mJrried \I omen ad\;ce for women eeking a job in ci demic mediCIne. ne n ed are Ie pr du ti\e, for ence: L ok for a depJrnnent \\'h re there ,d read), iden tified i for e \ ample, but in fact ;lre ther w men. ment ri ng, but 11 t nece - they're III re produc .. ,'nen I wa I king for a job, it \\'3 arily by other female F.1C- ti \'e. r that they leave important to hJ\ e other women in the ulty. m m ittee head m re frequentl}. " 'hen department," ' he ' ay . " There there orm :.1 Ram ' ay, a peJi- I \\' a 1\ I " " F • l) I \ 4 3 parto the nation's best sales force, 1,1 you feel at home with success. Northwestern Mutual agents were accept nothing short of real success consider a career named the best insurance sales force with Northwestern Mutual. 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In upport and recognition of exceptional teaching, the Unlver ity ofMinne ota Alumni Association Essays on MAA) spon or the Horace T. Morse-Minnesota teaching from lumni Clatl n ward, named for the fir t dean of General allege the University's (193-1--60). Thl year ten ut tanding Univer ity faculty were honored for top undergraduate their contributl n t teaching, advi ing, pr gram development, and educa teachers for ti nalleader hlp fc r undergraduate tudent. wardee will receive 2, ~OO 1990-91, for each of three c ns clltive years, with matching amount given to their r pecti e department, and a cast-bronze culpture created by Katherine E. winners of the a h (191 - 2), profe sor f tudi art and a 197 award recipient. Horace T. peaking at the 199 I Mor e- lumni wards pr entation, M Morse-Minnesota Nati nal President J hn Fren h, '55, recalled s me fhi favorite teacher at Alumni th Univer It ' wh made th cla r m come alive and regularl . amazed him. Association Award aid reneh: "The hean and soul of educati n i teaching." Lending a faculty p(rpecti\'e t the ('rem ny, ni\'er it)' hi t ry pr - By Teresa Scalzo fe sor John "Kim" Munh Hand, chair f the enate mmitter n Edllea- ti nal P lic , \ hi her e- lumni ward, called it the "highlight that we list n ur curriculum vitae," repre enting n t nl · "rec gniti n by tudent and colleague ' and 'car fhard w rk, bLlt al ' de\' ti n t making the niver it)' a better place at whi h t tea -h and learn." U niver it Pres idem Nil Has'elmo t l:l the recipient.: "It i f r this trulr human element f teacher w rking \ ith tudenr th,lt w(' a[(' h n nn,:! . u t dar. uni\'ersin' ha n oreater trea_ure ..... ' i I b than it teacher ." W e , re plea cd t pr sent 111(' th ughtful ITt111entary n a v:met)' f i' 'ues fr m ea -h f thi ' PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAN VOCEL \I I " " F "l) I \ 4 5 Frederick A. Cooper, Bert T. Swanson II, profes or of classical and Near Eastern studies, profe or of h rticultural ience in the College of Liberal Arts, will use the financial ollege of gricultur and Minne ota rewards of the Morse-Alumni Award to involve Extensi n ervice nur ery speciali t, believe undergraduate students in archaeological that student mu t be receptive to off-the-cuff research projects here and in Greece. "teachable moments" and that pr fe sors mu t oblige their tud nts' "learnable moments." I do not teach by nature; I have to work at it. Born to be an engineer, I ended up a humanities teacher. Conver ion h ere i no cookbook recipe for a succe fullearning from engineering to humanities was a gradual proce . In experience in the clas r m. If one ingredient i very suc retrospect, the teachers I remember be t, from first grade ce ful with one class, it may be a complete bomb with the through today, are those who required me to formulate my next. To be successful, you must be willing to adapt your- own ideas, whatever the field of study. elf and the cour e content to the tudents in the cla s, yet I endeavor to share with undergraduate orne of the maintain a consi tent level of competency in the cour e. enthusiasm I ha e for th e discipline of art history and There are many memorable po itive moments [in my archaeology. It is horrifying to think that I might have a teaching career) and perhaps one or n 0 I would ju t as teaching styLe. The word style originate in ancient Greek as soon not remember. One instance that I will alway an architectural term. Granted, nearly all cla es in my remember, however, wa when I had a young prie t in my educational career, as well as lectures I have attended, were cla who wa tudying for his rna ter' degree in fore try. taught and given by profe sor about whom teachi/lg styLe In my cla es each tudent is as igned a management pro might be an appropriate term. Yet among those from ject where he or he mu t plan and manage all re ource , whom I have learned the most, not only teacher but others per onnel, and activiti e n a particular day. During the in all walks of life, I cannot weave a common thread called cour e of this tudent's project, s mething came up that teaching styLe. \iVhat characterize the greate t of my teach required him to leave ~ r a hort time. He reported hi ers (some of them geniuse ) is that they never aid the same departure to me, and I asked him who he left in charge of thing twice. I believe this to be a demonstration of the the project. Realizing that he had neglected to app int an active mind in creative thinking. a si tant he hesitated for only a econd and replied eri ou Iy:" od." He recei ed an for quick thinking. 4 6 0 V I· \ \ Il FR · D I' F VI Il f R I ~ 9 I Thomas Soulen , M. Susan Ubbelohde, professor of plant biology in the ollege associate professor of architecrure in the of Biological ciences, is renowned for his College of Architecture and Landscape bility to call on all 60 students in a class by Architecture, is a nationally recognized name by the second or third class meeting. researcher in the areas of climate and architec ture and daylighting in design, and in compar I would tell a new teacher a number of thing. ing the work ofItalian filmmaker Michelangelo & E amine cia ely what you wi h your tudents to learn and Antonioni and architect Aldo Ros i. chao e carefully what you expect them to remember. In biology, there i no way that tudents can keep up with the alarming explo ion of knowledge. It' going to be ever more important to give tudents the tool they need to A rChitecture has been defined on the one hand a the handle thi increasing rna s of information on their own; creation of ignificant place for human action and, on the we can't force- feed it all. other hand, as the pro\-i ion of helter from em'ironmental & often a you can, involve your tuden by a king que - force. Few theories of architecture are inclu i\"e of both non and encouraging their que tion . Don't be afraid to artitude , and within the di cipline there i a rriking lack of ay "I don't know." You can alway add "but I'll try to find synthe is between the two conception . In architectural out." education especially, thi chi m has become codified a the & Keep up with rour field. You may be the be t e pert your plit between art and cience, between de ign and technol tudents will ever encounter, and your re pon ibility i ogy. I teach both de ign and technology. This clearly place great if you hape rna t of what the e citizen carry IOta the me either directly over the uncro able cha m or tanding world about [your ubject). with one foot on each bank. ,\1)' work in teaching and in & Try not to get di couraged. There will be many competing re earch ha consi tently been an attempt to identify the demands for your orne yet remember that you are entru t nature of thi chi m and aCO\'ely addres opportunitie ed with the ntver Ity' m t imp rtant mi ion. Do the and po Ibilioe for creating a more unified and inclusive vel) be t ~ 'ou an t teach well and constantly tri\'e to \'iew of architecture and architectural education. Impr \·e. " 'e ne\'er arrive at the pinnacle of teaching per fectIon. & Be enthu iastic. tudents really re p nd to teacher who are excited about \\ hat they teach, e\'en if the 'ubject i not intrinsically intereting to them. & Alw y treat your tudents with re pe t, collecti\· Ir and individuall .. \1 1 '\ '\ lor -\ 4 7 Carol A. Miller, Van D. Gooch, associate professor of arts, communication, associate pr fes or ofbi logy and philosophy in the General ollege, has on the M rris campu ,leaves a lasting served the University community as chair of impre sion on tud nts: Hi c lleagu report the Department of American Indian tudies that they are ften a ked by vi iting alumni, and on many committees and task forces, "Have you een Dr. Gooch today? I must working to enhance the undergraduate peak to him." experience, especially for students of color. T vo of the most rewarding f all human endeavors are learning and under tanding. It i tremendou ly fulfilling to W hen my affiliation with the Univer iry and eneral be in a profe ion where I have the pp rtunity to a i t College (GC) began ten year ago, I had no idea what a for learners in a king question and in developing rational tuitous match it would turn out to be. I was a new Ph.D. in an wer . Teaching in a uni er iry etting i exciting becau e American literature with lots of teaching experience, but a it provides opportunities for me to continue to learn, to mostly unformed professional identity. My family back pa on to m tudents new concep ,and, more impor ground and Oklahoma origin generated an early interest tantly, to demon trate to them the fun and value I expen in native cultures and literature, but until my assignment at ence in developing reasoning skills. ne of the most valu the Univer ity, I had found no appropriate place ~ r that able concept a college [ tudent] can learn is that mental interest in my professional life. In GC, I di covered that enrichment is a lifelong proce . my own particular background and academic intere ts were I encourage que tioning and critical thinking in aU of for the first time important to and encouraged by tile pro my course. I challenge tudents not to accept the dogma grammatic agenda. I have tried, however, to be careful not of textb oks outright, but rather to que ti n the validity of to 0 er tep inappropriately, or in ways that might be all statements. I di courage them from aying an experi unwelcome, my association with the very distinctive native ment "goes wrong" if they do not get the results they communities within the niversity. expected. The experimental character ofGC has always seemed to It i important to be a positive example to my tudents, me its greatest strengcl1, and I found in the variery of teach to show them that what I expect of tllenl i what I do a ing as ignments available to me-more than fifteen differ well. I try to make it apparent to my tuden that I have ent course preparation to date-ongoing opportunities to enthusia m for the subject being taught, that I am involved learn more about teaching, which I take to be among the in the learning proce ratller tl1an just a purveyor of primary objectives of our enterprise. More and more my knowledge, that I work hard and am alway trying to teaching and research are about the consequences for tu improve my efficiency, and tlnt I make mistake and do n t dents-all students-after the ca non is reloaded, when always have the an wer . educational diver iry reall y moves in from the margins. 48 '-JOVE~tBFR - DECt·,~tB~R 1991 Nina Graves , Richard W. Lichty, a ooate professor of pharmacy in the professor of economics on the Duluth ollege of Pharmacy, is the only faculty member campus, is coauthor of an award-winning to be named Teacher of the Year more than one-act play entitled "Benefit-Cost Analysis: once-ind ed, three time -by graduating o Problem." The play was so popular that doctor of pharmacy tudent. private fund were donated to videotape it for wider distribution. I decIded to become a teacher becau e I enjoy rudents and ha\'e found great satisfaction m the profe Ion of clini A cces ibility i an attirude a well a a funcnon. rudents cal pharmaC) . GUldmg rudents through the proce of oon learn whether a faculty member can or cannot be clmical pharmaC)' education and seemg them develop into approached on an informal ba i . I tf)' to make m} elf marure profe sional who will even ruall), advance thi won acce Ible by making it clear that rudents ha\'e a right-a derful profe ion I eALremeiy re\1 arding. The role of the rrsplJlwbrlll)·-to a k que tion , debate i ue , and come to pharmaCISt i changtng rapidly. •\1)' goal is to allml ruden m} office for informal di cu ion relative to a gil'en t respond to the e changes and to bec me leader in their cour e. I indicate in lecrure that my office hour belong to ch en profes Ion. nly if they are marure, respon Ible rudents and that they have e\'ef)' rIght to u e them. I try to profe lonal will they ucceed. nly by creating uch lead intr duce concepts in cla with example from current er II t1llthe field oij pharmacy continue to mamtain its e\'ents, I even try to be contrO\'e ial in the e.xampJe I use hIghly regarded taru and grow with the changing health and im1te ruden ' to dISCUS theIr liew in cla - or in pri care emlrunment. I treat mr rudents a marure profe - vate. I involve as many undergraduate rudents a po ible slonais. \nd I tf) to remember [ho\1 I felt) \\ hen I \I'a it- in funded re earch. I erve a a minority rudent mentor ti ng In theIr eats. and as an ["C'ndergraduate Research pportuuities Pro gram) ad\1 er. But my bigge t break-through [a a teacher) occurred when I quit tr}ing to how my ruden how much I had learned in graduate chool and became more concerned \Iith encourJgmg rudents to both appreCIJte Jnd under tand the ubJect matter contained in a given c ur e. \11 " [ n I \ 4 9 Joan N assauer, Warren Ibele, professor of landscape architecture profe or of mechanical engine ring in the ollege of Architecture and Landscape in th Institute of Technology, attempt Architecture, promotes interdisciplinary to create a cla r m atm pher where and multidisciplinary instruction "grade, quizzes, and e aminati ns in her clas room through team teaching are f, rg tten, the bell ring much too soon, with faculty from other University the bl ckboard j ra ed, and the in tructor college and schools. move toward his office, a gaggle of tudents in train, eager to continue the di cus ion." M y philo ophy in teaching grow out of my respect for my students a individual adults who have cho en to com mit year of their live to becoming land cape architect . That respect exhibits itself in the organization of my M y fir t class wa a ection of thermodynamic cour e , where I try to unfold a logical relationship among for engineering juniors in fa111947 . umbering 25 ideas, in th intellectual challenge of dialogue I bring (the tandard ection ize then), male, prinkled with into the cia room, and in my re pon es to students' vVorid War II veterans they were the vanguard of a flood concern . I see cia time a precious focused moments of tudent to the niver ity. fren the first of their outside of the stream of everyday distraction , and I see familie to attend college, mature and indu triou , myself a re pon ible for malcing those moments they tudied with a sen e of urgency, partl becau e meaningful for tudent . I try to et up situations in which the war had disrupted their live, but al becau e all parts of an intell ectual concept are presented in an they realized that their COWltry' gratitude, expre ed orderly way, but the tudent snap the parts together, 0 through the GI Bill, had granted them excepti nal that the experience of disc very is their. on equently, opp rtunitie . Children of the Depre i n, conditioned my cour e can be quite challenging. I try to make that by war' re traints, they had an innate gra p of tile challenge primarily one of idea rather than time in e t importance of deferred gratificati n. Thu ,witll orne ment. I want students to feel that their time in the course i well- pent, and I query on that point on cour e evaluation forms. My goal i to encourage tudent ' particular talent o that they can establi h their own entrepreneurial direction, and I try to help them ee how they should be prepared t credibly articul ate that direction. 5 0 ' 0 v r· \I B FR · DE" II Jl F R I 9 9 I THEN & NOW Dave Mona ott Meyer Dennis McGrath Cia of 1965. Clas of 1m . Clas of 1963. Major, Journalism; Major, Journalism; Minor, Hi tory. Minor, Hi tory. Minneapoli Minneapoli native. Commuter native. Commuter tudent. Sports tudent. Favorite editor, Minne ota course - George Dai ly and Gopher Favorite course - Hage' "Literary Yearbo k. Favo rite course - Da id Robert Lind a ' " Publicity." peets of Joumali m." Education oble' "Intellectual Hi tory of Campu life everely limited by war interrupted by tint in U.S. Army. United tate ." Worked _5 hours per in Vietnam. Worked full-time at Fought in Golden Gloves injunior week at WCCO TV where he wa a Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood. Fonde t year. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. wnter on Dave Moore's "Bedtime memory: Converting clas project Worked full-time nights at Our Own ooz ." Memories of : Peter, Pa ul on employee communication mto Hardw.u-e warehouse. Warm memori and Mary free concerts at C ffrnan u ce ful prop al that led to of unn football atu rday in the and great pope m and pinball an offer of po t- hool fuU-time tudent ection at 1emorial tadium rna hine at Manning . ommunications job. and breakfasts at AI' in Dinkytown . MONA, MEYER & McGRATH Nurtured at th Uill er ity fMinn ota. Ba ed in Mione ta; erving rrununi ation lien w rldwid . A fuJl- r i publi relation firm . rp rate • C mmuni ation Trai ning · Empl MEMB R: I 500, I 87; M 1B REL TIO FIRM I REGIO family assi tance, mo t completed their a Tight rather than an opportuni ty. Gov and cause the low retention and gradua degrees with dispatch and without large ernment grants, except for the poor, have tion rate that currently concern the fac debts. It is difficult for me to conceive of been replaced by loans, and familie ultyand adrnini Lrati n. more favorable condition for beginning often find it difficult to contribute to col It i trange that the experience and an academic career. lege expense . The consumeri m of the lessons of the I Bill, whi h brought My thermodynamic cla s this spring the 1980s has made deferred gratifica such handsome reward for both the numbered 45, women, minorities, and tion a concept that must be learned by nati n and a generati n of tudents, have international students joining what earli many of this tudent generation. he been D rgotten. That particular public er had been an essentially white, male, result is a part-time tudent body, work policy drove the impres ive economic state-resident class. Increasingly they are ing half-time or more in order to finance expan ion of the 19505 and '60s greatly not the fir t of the family to attend col their education without burdensome expanding the middle clas . lege, a pursuit considered by some to be debt. This extends the peri d of tudy T he problem of financing college education and creating a complete uni ver ity experience, of which tudy is the ... for Active Alumni! most important but not the only compo nent, are related. If, becau e work i .. . Great Christmas Gift! essential, tudent contact with the ru versity is limited to the clas room, the pportunity to engage in activitie that complement and enrich the cia sroom experience is lost and the task of creating a se nse of community in an increasingly diverse and disper ed student body become formida ble. otwith tanding this challenge, the faculty make plan in the c lieges to improve all as pects of undergraduate education. urrent student are equipped and dispo ed to take advantage of the e change . ~'hether they can will depend upon our wi t and will to olve the financia l problem. bsent federal government poli y, which ~ tered col lege attendance in 1947, onl state and private support remain. For ni er ity of Minne ota alumni no ta k is more imp rtant than extending The University Look. Mail Order Form or the e lucational pportunity that was Four traditional designs For Customer Service. 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The award, named for the phy ic. pro M fe sor wbo wa first lean of Univer ity ollege (1930-41), \ a established fi e Design 14, specify anyone or two digit number: ' _ f---) MINNESOTA years ago to rec gnize the role academ Add $3.60 UPS Handl,ng harge 1-----1 ic advising plays in the niversity' Ple • • e Allow 4·5 weak. ror delivery TOTAL AMOUNT ALUMNI educationa l mis ion. Each adviser receives 1,000 and a certificate of plaque. extension instructor. recogniti n. ~ Patrick Kroll , associate profes or, ~a, Douglas Robertson, as ociate pro lois Deleon, a i tant coun el r/ eneral ollege, ha taught in a variety fe or, eneral College, directed the adv cate, eneral ollege, Twin loes of outreach programs at the Roche ter math anxiety program in Continuing campu. aid one of DeLe n' advi ees: enter via UNITE television, in the Education for \\'omen and now over an Ian tudent, I feel she under- prisonystem, and in on-site cia e at sees the succes or Fir t- tep program tand a lot about my culture and there Twin ities bu ine e. in the Compleat/Practical cholar fore under tand me and my problem a Ton i McHaron. profe or of EngIi h program. a refugee." and w men studle ollege of Liberal fa, Thomas McRoberts, a ociate AT ,has taught cour es in Renals ance director, Morri enter for ontinuing literature, women writers, and femini t h e A'ational cience Foundation Education, \lorri campu. aid a the tudie in more than twenty year a an (1 • F) pre ents the Pre idential Young ater major who wa afraid he would be unprepared for the job market: "Tom helped me realize the skill I learned in theater, uch as communication, de ign, organIzation, and management, w uld tran fer to a job. He taught me ho,~ to ... give my elf credit for who I JITI." George Shapiro. profe r of peech-communjcation oll ege f Lib- eral Ar ,T\\ In itie campus. A speech commurucao n enior ar: "Fr m the fir t meeting wnh George I felt I had been given a torch to li ght my educati n al path. He looked me in the eye and a ked, '\Vh FI e pr feor from the liege Liberal tS have won 1cKnight Land rant Profes or'hjp . The award carries a 16,500 re earch grant for each of tw year, and either a year' lea e t pur ue academic research or an addition<11 grant of 15,000. Paul Chapman, as i' tam profe ps choJogy Michal Kobialka. a si tant pr fe theater artS Jane Mcleod, a i tant profe soci logy Kathryn Sikkink, a sistant profe or f p litical cien e luise White, a istant profes or of history ~1e ontinuing Educati nand xten- ion Di ti nguished eaching Award h nor Twin itie campu facu lty fo r their clas ro m ex ell ence and u tand ing el ice to tuden enr lied in ni - ersity exten i n pr grams. a h re ipi en t i gi en 1,000 and an engra ed \I1"'I .lll \ 53 FOR THE BEST CHICKEN WINGS IN TOWN lnve tigat r ward t faculty member near the beginning f their careers a KNICKERBOCKERS en uragement t remain in higher edu cati n . ach profe r receives a 25,000 re earch grant from the F, N plu matching fund up to 37,500 from t private urce. Two faculty member from the niver ity' In titute of Tech nology are among thi year' 220 recipi ent . Scott Rychnovsky, as i tant profe or of chemistry Nicholas Zabaras, as istant professor DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS of mechanical engineering 94 h e Minnesota tudent pre ents the ordon L. named after the former FRANKLIN AVE Memorial nion planning director, to faculty and taff who contribute to tu dent' academic development. Jon Booth, principal tudent per on nel worker, International tudyand Travel enter Mark Bultmann, principal tudent per onnel worker, agricultural and applied economic Joan Darrell, a i tant to the a i MINNESOTA GARDENING '92 tant dean, Internati n3l gricultural Program The only gardening calendar Heather Dorsey, admini trative offi designed especially for Minnesota's climate cer, Minne ota tudent s clanon Mary Ellis, principal secretary, enter for Ancient tudies Warren Gore, as i tant profes or of rhetoric David Isham, principal tudent per sonnel worker, tudent financial aid Gerald Johnson, associate profe sor and director of undergraduate studies, civil and mineral engineering Florence Littman, administrative director, ouncil of Graduate tudents Jane Maland, research as i tant, Inter national gricultural Program '" FuU·page color photos each month as well as August Nimtz, Jr., a ociate profe or timely tips for lawn, garden and housepla nt care '" Monthly listi ngs of holidays, hortirultu ral ..ents, of poli tica l science, acting director of helpful publicatioos the Martin Luther King Program Donald Peters, director, Boynton Health Service Name ------Street, Route, Box ______Raj Suryanarayanan, a i tant profe - City State __ Zlp ___ sor of pharmaceutics No. calendars desired __ x $6.00 = Albert Tims, Jr., as ociate professor of (on Minnesota orders) 6.25% sales tax journalism and ma s c mt11unication postage & handling 150 Clare Woodward, profe sor of bi - TOTAL $ * ~~i~ ~ 5 4 0 V E ~I B I' R • D F C F \1 0 I:. R I q 'l I CLASS NOTES E DI TE D B Y TERE CALZO the niverslty of I Iawail at \lanoa. participated in a semlllar for teachers held In COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE iena and i~i , Italy, last summer. Djck, an '56 Melvin Seiden of Blllghamton, • 'ew York, Eng" h teacher at Brooklyn Center High has written ,\1rnmrr for Jlrnmrr Cnn/lstry alld chool, was one of fifteen participants cho en '62 Roland F. line of Pullman, \\'a~hlngton, • Intmy (Cathohc nm:rslt) Press, I QQ I). el in a nariolll' ide competition . has received the O.A. Vogel-\\'ashlngton late den IS an [ngiJ~h profe~sor at State COlverslt)· rop Impr vement ~OC1300n Crop Improve of ell York at Binghamton. '77 Sonja Eveslage of \\'yncote, • ew Jer er, ment \ward. Line, a . Department of \gn has been named re~earch fellow in the Project culrure Research emce plant patholOgist, IS '59 Herbert Carson of Big Rapids, \llchJgan, for the rud~' of Adult Learning at IIImols tate tatloned Jt \\'a hlngron tate C nl\ er It). has received a Teaching Excellence Award from C niver,lt) E"eslage i dean of the Center for Ferns '63 Richard Barsness of Bethlehem, PennS),I '64 Sheldon Simon of Tempe. \rlZona, IS '77 Maria Gomez of onage Grole, ;\linne \anla, has receIVed the Hillman ward for ad holder of the ordon Paul mlth ndowed ora. has recell'ed the Lloyd hon .\ward for vancing the Interest of Lehigh nller~I!:y, hJlr In Internatlonal Poltc) rudles at the Dlmngulshed Public emce from the :\linne where he I dean of the ollege of BU<;lness and .\ 10nterey [nsarute of Internatlonal rudles. i ora Puhltc .-\dmllli tratlon ocie~·. omez i a Economics mon I profes or nf poliocal clence at Arizona pohC)' con ultant in the \ltnne ota Department tate COlverlt)·. of Human en;ce' Health are and Re Iden '67 Gary Jacobson of \Ibert Lea, .\hnne ota, nal Programs Dll'i Ion. ha been promoted to enlor 'Ice pre Ident of '68 Tom Brunelle oft Paul ha becn ap In tallation and distribution at \pogee Enter pOlllted to the board of director of the \Lnne '77 Jeff Olson of Washington. D .C., ha been prISe. He w JS prevlou\l) Vlce preSident of the ~ot.1 Academy of 'clence. Brunelle I eOlor Ilce appomted depu~ Ilce pre ident and director of \ IIdwe t region. pre Ident of LecTec orporarion. the \mold BoUe Center for ustainable Fore t EcoS) tems, a publtc land management research '68 Charles Larson of ),camorc, IIIlnol . has center \\ ithin the \\'ildemes oClet)·. GRADUATE SCHOOL received the . xcellence In L ndergradu3tc Teaching \11 ard from. -orthern lIIino" l -m '79 Richard lee, Jr .. of Hamilton. luo. ha '46 Martha Kotila Roane of Bla ksburg, Vir I 'ers l~, "here he I profe or of communj a been named Researcher of the Year by the .\li glnlJ, ha, been named a fello" of the '-Irglnla tlon srudles. ami l'nlveNty chapter of Igma Xi. Lee i· a - \cadem} of clence. Roane I, an adjunct pro ociate prof, or and coordmator of mathemati fes or at \ 'Irglnla Tech '70 George Milkovich of Ithaca, 'ell \ ork. i and sCience at .\hami's Hamilton campus. heading a I.,bor-management commmee charged '48 Carl Rowan of \\'ashlngton, D. ., ha rc to carr) out the directive of the Federal . m '79 louis Newman of • 'orthfield. ;\lmnc·om. cen cd an honoral) doctorate degree from the ployecs Pa) omparabillt) \ct of 19 O.• \Iilk has been granted tenure b) the arleton 01- l nlver It) of outh Flonda. Rowan, a syndi onch I the .\l.P. atherllood Profe or of lege board of ern tees. :-\ellIDan I as oclate pro cat d columnist, has received numerou awards Human Re,ource .\1Jnagement at the enter fes or of rehgion at Carleton and former director for hI> cl1\'e rage of the Civil nght> mOI'e ment for Advanced Human Re~ource rudlt" at or of arleton' program m JudaiC ruwe . and for hiS reporting on the in itial segregaoon nell VOlI ·er'I~ . ca e before the U. . upreme ourt. '80 Jane Lanphear of Ro he ter. :-\e\\ York. '71 Robert Bicking of Freeport. Illinois, ha h" been app01l1ted a SI tant to the general man '50 James Zumberge of an .\Ianno, all for recell'ed the 1l0ne)'lIell Lund .\11 3rd for m,m ager. health SCience, dl\'\ Ion. Ea tman 1:odak ma, has recelled the fir.t "ard for E\cellen e agement excellence. BI kJOg IS ll1Jnager of nell ompan} Lanphear \\a pre\1OU Iy manager, in Leadership From the t.; niver it) F outhern ;emor de"elopment for the autolllotil'e olld mammography market, health clence dll"! ion. ahfornla, of" hlch he IS former preSident. tate product de 19J1 group at .\ lJero lIl[ch. a dll'lslon of II ney I ell. '81 Kelly Dunn of Hollywo d, ahforrua. has '51 Seymour Cray of olorad pnngs, 010- been named blrol .\Ientor Program . pi I"a nt rado, ha received the Insrinlte of Electrl al and '74 Richard IIkka of, tClen POlllt. \\'i,con m, 111 the field of ad,·emsmg. The program pro ElectrOniCS Engineer> nglneenng Leadership hJ' been apPoll1ted he'ld f the Oll1SIOn I' m mote, menrormg between ucce sful and a-plr Recognition ward. Cray i cofounder of on mUOlcatJon at the l'nll'erslty of \Yi 'Consm- mg women III a I ;met) of careers. Dunn i. a trol D ata orporatlon and founder of ra), Re tel en, POlllt, II here he " .lSsociate profeor. mu IC'al 11deo promotlon 31 tant at apltol ~earc h and raj omputer orporation. Re ord in HolI) lOod. '75 Richard Aslin of Rochester, ,ell \ ork. has '54 John Flbiger of Pacific Palis'ldes, ah~ r been named dean of the ollege of \rt and '84 Susan Harlander of t. Paul has recelled nia, has been named C\ccutlve 11ce preSident S lenee .It the C nileNt) of Rochester. \I here .111 \lUI11I11 DI tinguished ~ en1ce \\\ ard from \\ I " " E , 0 \\ 5 5 jOined the Department of Animal SCience at Iowa tate niverSlty as assistant profes or. 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Bulli n, a reored ann) colonel, wa chief of the organization branch of the army direc Support your favorite team torate of Civ il affair' at the Pentagon for four year" retiring in 1 96~ . lie then worked as Far ast c ordmator for the office of export Illar with oHicial Sport MuHs keong emces at the .S. Depamnent of ,\gn -8 Fisher Each: Two Muffs: ulrure, retiring from that position In 1979. Donald Chamberlain, '41 , B ca Raton, Florida, $5.99 $1000 o\pnl I, 199 1. hamberLlIn retired fr m the plus $2.50 postage & handling enrral Intelligence '\ genc)' m 1976 afrer 3 rears a In spector general and 21 ye,lrs \\ nh the Fisher ,2209 W. Fairmont agen y. lie sen ed ea rli er JS director f sCien Tempe, AZ 85282 (602) 437-0368 tific intelligen c and director of .1 , Icntlfic di vi>l on. hall1berlam ta ught chelllical engmeenng Nome at \ a hington ruversit) 111 St. LOUIS from 1952 to 1955. Address Brian Coyle, '67, i\l i nn c~po li s, \ 1ll1 ne,ma, ,\u City b'1.lst 23, 1991. 'oyle, a member f the ,\lmne State Zip apolis II:) Oli n Ii since 19 3, harnploned ause ranging from neighhorhood Improve Check or M.O. Enclosed Or Charge to 0 Viso 0 M.e. ment>. to gay rights, 'Ind carned a reput.lti n a Acct. Jt a politi ian \1 ho stood up for the underdog. " Brian was ommincd to making our cit), the Signoture bes t P SS lblc place for ,III people to IiI e Jnd \\ ork," sa id counci l presid ent haron :lyles Bel Exp. Date tOil. "1 wi ll remember him for hi c n ern and om paSSIO n, hi s cour:1gc Jnd le,]dershIJ1, ~nd 111 • while supplies lost .\1 I , ,~ II I \ 5 7 vi ion for what 1inneap Ii ca n be." Francis Gibson, '31 , Pre tt, Ariz na, March S, 1991. pioneer in interna ti onal petroleum ex Perfect holiday gifts ploration, Gibson was hired in 1932 a a dy for the medical student, graduate, namite helper C r Humhle Oil and Refining ompan} III LouiSiana, and rose rapidly through or Minnesota history buff the ranks. From 19-1-5 to 1955 he was chief geo ph)' icist for Iraq Petroleum Company. In 1955 The Rise of Surgery: from empiric craft to he became foreign exploration geologl t and scientific discipline, by the University's renowned geophySicist for tan-Vac in "eI' York, witch ing to Mobil Ii in 1962 when tan-Vac was surgeon Owen H. Wangensteen and his wife and dlssoked. I Ie retired in 1969 and became a con medical historian, Sarah D. Wangensteen su ltant. $50.00 Herbert laitinen, '37, ain ",lie, Florida, 1arch Medical Revolution in Minnesota: a history of 22, 1991. Laitinen was a graduate research pro fe sor of chemistry at the niverslty of Florida. the University ofMinnesota Medical School, by the He taught prevlou;ly at the niversity of Illi University's professor of medical history, nois, the l11\'er ity of Birmingham in England, Leonard G. Wilson $55.00 and U L . He also "orked as a chemist at Ru ell ,\Iiller ."Idling In Minneapolis and Du Order from: Midewiwin Press Pont in leveland . 797 Goodrich Avenue William Lehman, '31, \Vilsonville, regon,June St Paul, MN 55105 17, 1991 . Lehman erved a; director of labora tOrie at 7 od amaritan H pltal and Medical Add shipping charge of $3.50 per copy domestic or enter from 19-1- to 1959, founded the Physi $4.50 foreign, and MN sales tax, if applicable. cians Medical Laboratory III Portland in 1955. and in 1970 was appollltcd president of the icy of Roses llospi tal medical staff in Portland. He All orders MUST be prepaid or charge to VISAIMC. al 0 worked part time as medIcal director of Enclose card number and expiration date. North Lincoln Ilospltal III Lincoln ity and pathologist for \ VillamcltC Falls. Tillamook ounty, and t. Helens 'ommunny hospital . He retired in J 9 6. Ou r special SAFAR IStake yOU ... Patricia Maas, '69, Edina, .VllllneSot3 , April 17. 1991. J\lass was active III the DFL party most of her life. he became as istant to .\Iinneap lis Whatever it)' ouncd member Kath} O'Bnen in 19 1 and was se lected to omplete her term when !d ~ rISfrom 'Bri en left the counci l se\'en years later to be Minnesota, Bell Museum ...J> • wildlife and photo safaris Your come as i tant to UnJ\'ersity of A!inn e ota Pre i will make your dreams of dent il Has elmo. j\linneap lis layor Don Africa come true on a Business Is, Fraser appoi nted ,\ laas to the ,\Iinneapoli Plan spectacular, never to be :;Ia ning Commi!osion when she left the .ity oun forgotten adventure. ci l in 1990. he then worked for the enter for Join _ You Should ncrgy and rban Environment. Harry Reasoner, '89, \Vesrp re, onnectlcut. Us. ~ Make It ugust 6, 1991. Reasoner abandoned his studies at the nl ersity of linne ota in 1942 at age Feb. 10, 1992 ..- ~ 20 to become a reporter for the now-defunct A special natural history and Your Business ,\Jllmeapo/is Times. lIe returned to the niver- photographic safari for ity at age 66 to ea rn his bachelor's degree. In geology, vegetation and wild th e interim, Reasoner was a J3 ews reporter, life behavior and ecology. to Advertise in B ew anchor, (I n I 60 ,\lilllltes anchor-cor- J> re pondent. Don Hewitt, 60 J\lilllltes creatOr and Minnesota executive producer, aid : "H arr)' Rea oner ------Please send safari brochures to: brought the lvI idwest with him to television. He not onl y [had) craggy good looks, but also that Name ______Magazine Iowa en e f wh>!t' important." Address ______Margaret Whelan, '42 , Inglewo d, aliforl11a. City ______State ______Zip ______Janu ary 30, 1991. A pioneer woman in engi neering and co nstruction, \Nhelan wo rked in Telephone ______Call 612-624-2323 the ae ronau tic,l l fi eld during orld \\'ar II. Af SEND TO : Safari, Bell Museum of Natural History, ter the war, he worked as onstruction l11an University of Minnesota, 10 Church SI. SE, Minne apolis, MN 55455; or call (612) 624-4112 For Rates 'lgcr on a number of c I11mercia l and ivic buildings in Los Ange les OUllt . ------5 8 N V I, M B F R - D" i' M B F R I 9 9 i P R T One of a Kind Center Bob Martin is the only senior on a promising young team BY BRr BERG B MARTIN lTD UT Bplayer-in everal way -on the opher ba ketball team. The pple aI ley, 1inne ota, native and center is seven feet tall, weigh 255 pound, and i the only enior on a team of two juniors, five ophomore, and eight fre hmen. Though not a prolific corer, .\lartin ha a career field percentage of more than 60 percent and i an out tanding hot blocker and olid rebounder. La -t year II as di appointing ~ r .\1artin. "I wa n't a healthy a I I anted to be," a) Marun. "I had m no, and that can Itn ger. 1 al had I w iron, 0 I g t tired ea ier. I started a number f game at the begtnning f the ea on but n t dur ing the ]a t part, but that didn't really bother me. ow I'm looking fOClI ard to g mg out and having my be t year." To build trength to compete in the phy ical Big Ten, Martin gained near! twenty p und by lifting weights and eat ing more. Though he' gerting bigger and better, Martin doe n't neces ari l)' want any added attention or pre ure. oach Clem Ha kin bypa ed Martin and named junior Dana }3cks n from hicag captain f thi year' team. "At fir t I wondered, but it \ a probabl) a go d thing," ay Martin. "That's ju t m re pres ure that I d n't have on me. ery ne I ks up to the eni r, but it' nothing 1 can't handle. Ea h }rear you mature a little, and I think I've grO l1 n. Seven-foot Bob Martin is healthier and twenty pounds heavier this year. He gained l' e g t en ugh re ponsibility, and I'm valuable playing time this summer as a member of the Big Ten Foreign All Star Team. looking forward to it." Haskin is "a ery g d ach, and he .\brtin ch e t phl~ b'l~ketb,lll .It the the "e" 0 lI'e ould go to your game, ha a lot f re-peer fr mall f the other nil'ersity of '\linne- t,1 becau e he liked but d whatc\'er r u 11'1 -h.' " oaeh S,":l lartin." n the curt, Ila kin~ and lI'anted to be P,lrt of the Pb) ing in the BIg Ten required me he' a oach and d e \ hat a a h ha, Topher rebuilding pr gram. "'\Iy dad big adjustment. "I didn't kn \I \I h.n to t d t get hi pint a ro s. I Ie" :l t - went to the ni\'cr ity, but my p.lrents expc.:ct," ar- .\brtin. "I kn 11- it \I'as f.l ,t ta ll different per n ff the urt. 1 I 's were pretty pen minded," ay .\Iartin. er pn ed, 111 re inten e. , on n pra - li ke a father figure,), u an ta lk t him." " he) aid, '\ V 'd like t see you g to tice - t~lrted, it 1\ a , 'lIolr buckets, th e PHOTOGRAPHED BY WENDELL VANDERSLUIS \I1"F'~ 1\ S9 guys are really good. Maybe I won't play ba ketball, but "it takes awa)' from every "They're our veteram, and the} gained a much a I anticipated.' In high hool, a pect of our life," he ay.· But in the a 1 t of valuable experience lastea~on." I was a big guy e pecially in Minne ota. end I think it' all worth it. I've got the De 'pite the uncertainty accompanying The guy in the Big Ten, and in college height, I've ju t got to get the trength the re ent il1le tigati n f the in general, are much bigger and tron and the talent, spend time in the gym. If men\ athletic department, the CJ phers ger. I'm g ing against people who are I want it bad enough, it' there.' had an excellent re ruiting year, consid my size just about every game, and it' ophomore Ernest zigama ab , a ered one of the best in the Big Ten. more phy ical. But it's fun just to be on 6'9" native of Burundi, frica, wh he fr nt COLIrt will be trengthened by the team and to be in the Big Ten." played high ch 01 ball for 10und, 1in the addition f 6'9" redshirt freshman C ho en to play on the Big Ten For nesota, will hare playing time with l3r had Kolander of watonna, J\linneso eign All tar Team this summer, Martin tin. "Up front our strength will be Bob ta, and 6'6" fonvard Jay on \Valton f gained some valuable experience play Martin, Dana Jackson, Randy arter [of Dalla~, II ho averaged more than 27 ing again t European team. "It helped Memphi ], and Ernest zigama ab ," pints and 12 rebound per game. getting more playing time," he ay. ay Ha kin , who begin hi sixth ea With the graduation of Kevin Lynch, Martin would like to try pr fe i nal on at Minne ota with a 73-74 record. \\ h wa drafted by the har! tte lIor net, 6'2" sophom re Arriel McDonald of Raleigh will be the tarting point guard, leading the offen e. Defensive peciali tate ubb, a 6'4" junior from Fort \\fayne, Indiana, will be used to hut down pponenl!' t p guns. For offen sive punch, the Gophers are lookmg to red hirted fre hm3n 6'4" Jon Laster of Den er at off guan.! and 6' Chri~ lark Always of < cor e, Michigan, the on of former pher Archie lark, who pia) ed m the B . \ ith his quickne. and out Ide range, 6'1" ophol11ore guard Townsend rr frol11 Dalton, Illinois, who \\ as aca demically ineligible lat year, \\ ill gil e Ilaskins a solid backup to \1cDonald. The Gophers also recruited one of the top guard in the country, Yo~h()n Le nard, a 6'4" prep star from DetrOit. II ho led his high sch 01 to two straight \tate championship. "\ Ve have to see just hOIl quick.!) our back ourt can come together and 111<\ rure," IIaskins say. "\"e're still ~earch ing for the right combll13ti ns, but Ill' d hal'c some fi repower back there." The Tophers \\ ill be up against tough Big Ten competiti n thi ye'lr. Indiana and Ohi late are expected to be two of the top teams in lhe country. ,1ml Michigan and Iowa hale improved :l well. "The Big Ten will be awesome thi year," J fa kins predi ts. MldwBst Sports ChannBI The 1 phers al~o have an unusually cha Ilenging noncon fl:rence schedule: holiday tournament~ in 1nui during Don't miss exciting Gopher Thanksgiving week, again. t tealll~ ueh action on MSC including the as Arkal1sa~, Pro\'idence, and Arizona tale, and in Portland against ( regon "Clem Haskins Show" and Oregon ,late in late December. and "\ e'li 'oee some of the best teams in basketba ll right ~n: ay al the J\ L1ui lnl'i "The Doug Woog Show" talional, ,lIld that wi ll be a big reSl for our young te, Ill," says 1bskin . . 6 0 N () \ I· ti l B I' R · I I' C I' II Ill' R I 'I 'J I "Time will tell how soon we can put it all together and develop and mold as a team. It may take u a year or twO to discover our elve , but we have poten tia l to have a very good team in due time." PHONE CALL AWAY o matter where you are, you can now Ii ten to all the action of the 1991-92 Golden opher basketball sea on on TEAMLINE. To Ii ten to Ray hri ten en' live "\IV -AM radio broad you stayed with us! ca t of the game on your telephone, ju t You'll experience quality ervice and fir t clas call l- 00-225-5310 and charge it to your Visa or 1aster ard. You will be accommodations when you tay at Collin Plaza Hotel charged a ervice fee of 2.95 for each and Convention Center. And we're conveniently ~a ll regardle of length, plu a per located ju t 20 miles north of Iowa FOOTBALL minute charge ranging from 50 to 10 cents. City on 1-3 O. What more could you WEEKEND a k for ... 6S a night. Ok fans, you've ALUMNI NEWS Twenty pher greats will be inducted got it! Cali 1 (800) 541·1067 for a $ 65 ~ into the Gopher Men' ports Hall of reservation today. Fame, recently e tabli hed by the M lub and the men' athletic department, during halftime of the opher- hio tate fo tball game ovember 9. The Inaugural group was elected by the pub AAA 1991 FOUI DIamond Award lic from a ballot dl tributed at nlver 1- ty outle and at ba ketball, baseball, and ~ otball game. The ballot \ a prepared by a pecial committee of 1 Club mem ber, niversity official , the ne\ me dia, and a fan repre entati e. Inductee will include a "pioneer" group f G pher athlete who compet ed prior t 19+0 and a 'contemporary" clas who played after 1941 . harter inductees from the pi neer group are Bernie Bierman, football play er and coach; Les Bol tad, g Ifer and coach; L ui 0 ke, ba ketball c ach and admini trat r; John KWldla, basket ball pia er and coach; John 1ariucci, hocke player and coach; B bby 13r shall boxer and football and baseball player; and football star France "Pug" Lund, Br nko agur ki, Bruce mith, and Ed \ id eth. ntcmporary indu te are Bobby Be ll and Tom Brown, f otball players· IIerb Brooks, h eke pia er and oach; Paul iel, f tball and ba eball pia er and former athleti direct rj F rtune ordien, track; Bud rant, h otball, bas ketball , ~lnd ba cball pia 'er; u Hud 'on, basketba ll player; teve .hckman, wimmer; John bya i h, h ke pia f _ er; and Ri hard iebert, baseba ll c a h. 5000 IDS Tower. 349-6250 \\ \ '\; " F " 0 T \ 6 I Buy a college education for your children with "Zero" money. 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EDUCATION REVISITED already terrible Didn't it occur to anyone when tho e of that the re earcher and the I REID "WITH GREAT in us who work in re ource of the college could tere t the article by John Ko it know that it be u ed to bring forth ideas stouro titled "Higher i n't true in the to help mend the tears? I n't Education, Lower Expecta cl room. this logic omewhat like find tion ?" !'I1)' attention to the The intro ing an epidemic of cancer and article tern from orne ad duction of the then killing off the on colo mittedly parochial ve ting due Total Quality gi tS: to my long a ociation with '\Ianagement IT\ ~ KHZ, ' 5 PH.D. higher education in 1inne- (TQ;\I) meth Paoli, Pmnsyi-.:ollio ota. I wa b rn In Minnesota od into higher and after fifteen year awa education WANTED: BENEFITS THAT LAST fr m the tate returned in eem to be a 1965 to teach at t. loud good ign. Top READI?\G Y UR editorial tate C mver it)'. 1y other a - down manage ''.\linne ota onnection" o Uti n is with the niver ment with no Dulyl ugu t 1991) leads me ity f Minne ta, fr m which hared re p n to believe that you are ome I earned a Ph.D. in 197 ~ . lbility Jlld little real commu \\ hat on the \\TOn" track in I agree \ ith 1r. Ko tou titution . nication i not, in my \1e\\, thinking that graduate ro that higher educati n in niver it), ha , f; r example, erying the '\linne ota tate hould r \\' u1d upport the innesota i in danger of 10 - one of the large t academic ni\'ersit)· ) tern well. ;\Iay alumni J ociation purely out ing its vitality and its ability Iibrarie in the tate. It ha be the genemii ti would gi\'e f entimentality and loyalty to effectively serve all the cit been placing between ,000 way to reality \\;th better in to the edifice wherein we izen \\ ho are qualified to par and 12 000 book on the fonnati n and hared manage were educated. There are th ticipate. The tern and hel e for the pa t eight ment at allle\'el and between er thin,., to c n ider. "nile in titution are not wh lIy re- year . 1 ot enough to ati fy ) tems. I belieye that mo t of u are p n ible n r that c ndition, the faculty, to be ure, but Finally, I n ticed that n t £ nd of the l ni\'ersit)·, it doe hO\ e er, and it remain for en ugh to en ure high-level ne tudent faculty member, not playa continuing role in the citizen of Iinne ota to accreditation b), the m t dean, vi e pre ide nt, or pre - ur li\'e Jt thi time ...\lany de ide \ hether they want pre tigi u agencie in the ident (a 'ide from 1 il Ha ' of u ha\'e Iiyed in other tme ac e ible, low-co t, high nited tate. elm ) of .my in tituti n \\'a r countrie for mo t of the quality opportunities. T h vie\\ fr m the trcn h quoted in the ,'rtide. It would tim ince graduation. '''e I ')'TTlpathize with the need e , whcre I am i not that in- eem prudent to examine the nO' have other tie . and the for generality in an article f titution ar ding badly t pi more completely when Uni\'ersity may be only a fond thi kind. I belie e, h \ e er, but that th p pIe bearing :1 unding an alarm of u h that an ther view might hed large h re f the burden f rna) r pr porti n . Letters 71I(1)' hI! edited for sf)I(, a different li ght n me f dimini hed re ource are the • ' :-''TO~ R. FROIlRIP Imgt/) , a11d e1f1nt)'. end .1'0111' the i ues addre ed .... The fa ult), and admini tration f t. 10Ild, ,' Ihmesotfl lettel'S to tbe editor, .\linne ora, rather unplea ant generalitie the in tituti n . There i n 100 .110rn'1I Hall, 100 Cll/rei qu ted in the article arc n t que tion that the continued L T' E if I h:l\'e the log- t1'l'l't E, Jflll1leapolis, .11.\ ne 3ril ba ed n reality er i n f re urce will take i right. rding t J ohn r--OllO. ILLUSTRATION BY LINDA FRICHTEL \1 1" " F S 0 r \ 6 3 Law Firm memory. The only reason I vi it the ni • ver ity is to wa lk tho e hallowed ground and relive what nce wa . We have noth ing current happening between u . This needs changing. George E. Harding BA '47 J.D. '50 Elizabeth l. Taylor J.D. '78 John S. Holten B.A. '47 Jeff H. Eckland B.A. '79 For the Univer ity to be important t G. Alan Cunningham B.A. '49 J.D. '51 Susan l. Jacobson J.D. '79 u throughout our live, it needs to keep Charles l. Hom J.D. '53 Scott W. Johnson J.D. '79 John D. French BA '55 Jennifer R. Mewaldt B.S. '79 offering u tho e things that we need Jack D. Gage J.D. '55 Kathleen H. San berg BA '79 J.D. '82 and value in ur job and lives. The e Lawrence C. Brown B.S.l. '58 J.D. '60 Wendy J. Wlldung B.A. '76 Paul T. Birkeland B.A. '58 J.D. '63 Mary E. Stumo J.D. '80 ervices need not be free, but they do David M. Beadie J.D. '63 Peter J. Wlthoff J.D. '80 need to have sub tance that i meaning Michael E. Murphy M.A. '63 Polly Peterson Bowles BA '81 J.D. Gale R. Mellum B.A. '64 J.D. '68 Peter C. Halls J.D. ful to u . They need to ati fy the self Hubert V. Forcier B.A. '65 J.D. '67 Einar E. Hanson J.D. intere t of the graduate. Arthur l. Doten J.D '66 Sarah Armstrong B.A. '82 J.D. Timothy M. O'Brien BA '66 J.D. '69 John R. Wheaton J.D. An example might be some type of Henry F. Frisch B. Math '69 J.D. '75 Bruce M. Batterson J.D. list or organized ervice wherein we can Gary l. Gandrud J.D '69 Karin J. Birkeland B.A. '83 J.D. Philip S. Garon BA '69 J.D. '72 Calvin l. Litsey J.D. contact other graduate or faculty mem Heidi M. Hoard J.D. '76 Michael A. Ponto BA '83 J.D. ber regarding ituations or problem M. Price B.A. '69 J.D. '72 David B. Clark BA '84 J.D. Richard A. Nelson B. Math '69 J.D. '74 Bridget M. Ahmann J.D. that we are dealing with in our profe - Stephen Rosholt J.D. '70 Bruce Jones J.D. sional activities. Another ervice might Mary Trippler B.A. '70 James B Sheehy BA '85 J.D. John F. Beukema J.D. '71 SOl1la A. Shewchuk B.A. '85 J.D. improve retirement y tern [so that you Thomas M. Mayerle J.D. '73 Paul W. Heiring J.D. do not] during your early working year John K. Steffen J.D. '73 Paul S. Moe J.D. Richard A. Forschler B.A. '74 Mark D. Savin J.D. '86 10 e the money contributed [to retire Philip B. Haleen J.D. '74 Sheri A. Ahl J.D. '87 ment funds] when you change job be Thomas J. Moore J.D. '74 Felicia J. Boyd J.D. '87 William R. Busch, Jr. J.D. '75 Christopher J. Dolan J.D. '89 fore you are fully vested. orne ort of Sally A. Johnson BA '75 J.D. '78 Douglas T. Holod J.D. '90 job referral ervice or recruitment no James A. O'Neal BA '75 David T. Quinby J.D. '90 Richard A. Heide J.D. '76 Todd E. Zimmerman J.D. '90 tices in the alumni magazine might be a part of the picture. Another po ibility We Salute Our Alumni Lawyers would be adverti ing hort cour es or Minneapolis Denver Des Moines Washington D C London Frankfurt eminars dedicated t career advance ment in the magazine. And I think ome type of investment club or service would be intere ring to many graduate . I believe that the body of graduate w rking together c uld impr ve the well-being of all wh choo e to parti i pate and at the same time bec me a urce of contribution to the ni er ty. The problem i to keep them in vo lved for their own self-intere t. 1 e them a reason to keep coming back that goes beyond entimentali m. It i nece ary to get snloent interested in these service before they go off into the big world and form nece ary affiliation in other place . How are these ervice to be paid for? Through fee for service rendered, may be at cost. I work with C RE [Service ore of Retired Executive] in T ied , offering advice and help to individual intere ted in starting their own bu iness es, and fee l that uch a concept c uJd be u ed t help tudents build their own futures. A project like this would appear t be of benefit to a great number, and intriguing t n ider what ORDO T. L APLA I I, ' Toledo, Ohio 6 4 0 V F ~I IJ I' R • I) F C FIB F R 1 Q 9 1 IN BRIEF EDITED BY M REE MITH OBERT ' DER 1 T profe sor leave. His adminj traove position will not R and head of pathol gy at the ni be filled. versity of ew Mexico chool of Medi t lea t 271 companies in Minnesota cme, has been named vice pre ident for and 413 worldwide ... ere founded by grad health sciences after a earch of almot uates of the Institute of Technology, and three years. orne regents que tioned the the li t is still gro\~ing, according to a ~ 10,000 salary ( 150,000 from the nJ tudv relea ed at a new conference ep ,'er icy' general fund and 60,000 from tember 4. The companies uncovered in the medical practice fund of the Depart the tudy generate more than 10 billion ment of Laboratory 1\ ledJcine and Pathol in annual revenue and create more than ogy), but they approved the app intment 100,000 emplo)lnem opportunities. in a unanimou vote. ix firm re ponded to the reque t for Local 116-+ of AF ME protested the prop als to de ign and build the new rugh alary at a time when "management hockey arena on the T\~in Citie cam i expecting workers \ ho make one-tenth pus, \ Ice Pre idem Robert Erickson tOld of the e alarie to accept a wage freeze." the regents in eptember, and five of the UnJverslt)' officIal aid the alar), i what propo als came in below the Crllyersity the market demand; a\'erage alar), for budget e timate. E !> f academic health centers at r The regents heard a report from the pubh uni\"er itie i 1 5,110 a year, and Campus afet)· and ecurity Comminee the hlghe t alaI) paid to an administra and pubhc afet)· director Paul T chida. tor in that group is 36-+,1 0. The comminee \\ill be a forum for ill - The regents were cheduled to receive cu ion of crime issues on campus. The <1 comprehensive budget plan in ctober, Lrll\'ersiry i among 35 _ institutions (out and niversity Prejdent ?-:il IIasselmo of ,000) that currently compile campu said in eptember that it \\ill continue crime data and ranks in the lower half of the !l"e-year, 0 million reallocation plan. the Big Ten ill numbers of criminal inci "\"\'e are n t putting quality ImprQ\'ement dents occurnng each year. Of ::!,OOO incj on the back burner," he aid. The plan den rep rted in 1990, ne-arly - 0 percent \\ill al 'o outline acti n reconunended to were thefts; 1 incidents of crinlinal ex deal with the L Ilulli n budget reduc ual conduct were reported ranging from ti n fI r the biennium and will layout a for ible r:lpe to in1proper touching. strateg) for the next !1"e rear. I ng General COW1 el Surell Brady left .\lin range plan i needed, Ha elmo aid, be ne ot'a for the " 'a hingron, D. ., area in cause it i unacceptable to put the entire n1.id- eptember. "It i \\ith a real en e of Pni"ersit)' c mmunit) thr ugh year after 10 that \\ e a cept the re ignation of year fbudget u . urell Brady," Pre ident 1'\il Ha elmo The budget plan \\ill also deal \lith the said. "1 have relied on her coun el on " ilent cri 'is" of deferred maintenance of many difficult I ue. \Ye \\il1 mi her facilities, Pre ident Ha 'elmo aid. The very much." Brady prai 'ed Ha -elm' in need , now add up to 300 million; the itiati,'e' f r imprO\;ng L rllver ity mm Uni"ersit), h.1 10 million a year t deal agement and hi commitment t \I ith the pr blem, .1Ild it gr \\s by 10 promoting diversit)· and a en e f c m l11illi n a year. 'It Clkes no math genius munit)· at the Uniyersity. to see that \\e'rc in tr uble," he aid. \' IW1ury renrulution progr.tm ha "\\'c'r going to Clke the leadeLhip in been de"eloped for employees on the \\ orking our way Ollt fit." Waseca campus, \\ hich \\ill cio-e in _pring Th ffi c of ~ \ :Jdemi -\Jhirs I re- ofI99_.TenuredE.lcult)· wh opt rthe ducing ,tJff ao part of its Intern.11 budget buyout would re ei"e two years f full ret!u tion. . iate , i e presillent Edward alary. Frail other \\'.1 e :J employee, Foster, \\'ho 11 PHOTOGRAPHED BY BILL EILERS 'I I ' " r ~ l 01 \ 6 5 E X E ( U T V E o R E ( TOR Introducing the Class of 1995 VE I A METRO POLIT the Univer ity well. Both more per on al side o f E area of more than 2 milli on peo hi parents have Univer ity their educati on. For Eve ple, the first day of class at the U niversi degrees. He attended a cou lyn the ch all enge i ty of Minnesota i a media event. T raf ple of eminar at the ni " pickin g th e ri g h t fi c, parking, and number of student ver ity, used the libraries to fr iends-who wi ll really make the news. "T oday is the fi rst day prepare for debate compe be my friends-and hav of class at the 'U,'" a M innesota Public tition, and fo llowed the ing people understand Radio newscaster reported September 23, ports tearns. ays Brandon, about the life that I came "and the first a signment is to fi nd a "Everyone thinks it' great from. I kn ow I can han parking place." that I'm going to the' .' dl e studyi ng for school. " One of my favorite rituals is to pen d It's a good program and a For Brandon "the bigge t my lunch hour on Northrop Mall wa tch good school, and my grand chall enge will be trying ing students on the opening day of class. parents are happy tha t I'm to balance everything I would love to stop all the new students clo e by." the ocial a peets and the and lea rn of their hopes, dreams, and In pite of their differ Margaret Sughrue Carlson tudies. I wa nt to u e as fears-an unmanageabl e tas k. Instead, I ences Brandon and Eve is executive director of the many re ource a po i decided to talk with two new tudents lyn are ali ke in many ways. alumni association bl e to make thi a better from the Class of 1995. Both are high Both knew from a very school. " ability studen ts. early age that they were My fi nal que tion to Evelyn Juliussen, a native f Anchor goin g to college. "Ever ince I was a li t the e bright, arti cul ate, motivated fre h age, Alas ka , traveled 3,000 miles to at tle gi rl , my dream and goal was to go to men wa ' \ Vhat t do you wa nt to be tend the U ni versity. She is in the Coll ege coll ege," says Evelyn. "My grandmother when you fini h school?" Bra ndon wa nts of Liberal Arts (CLA). Evelyn li ved with and my teachers were the ones who en to become a pace patent lu\\.')'er. "La t her aunt and uncle, then with a fr iend, couraged me, particularly the native year ur debate t pi c focu ed on pace. and was on h er own at an ea rl y age. D e YOUtll group coordinator, who was my \ Vhen Congre pa ed legi lation that spite family hardships related to alcohol role mode!." No one in her immedia te things that are developed for pace ex ism, Evelyn excell ed in high schoo!. She fam il y had gone to co ll ege, and her aunt plorati on can be patented, I kn ew this was active in the Native Youth Lea der and un cle ques ti oned her decision, but, \Va :1 path I would be intere ted in fol ship program, and during her enior year says < velyn, "I didn't let the unkn wn lowing." she worked fu ll time at a mal!. stop me." Evelyn is both per onal and pragmat Evelyn didn't exactly throw a dart at a For botl1 Evelyn and Brandon the cost ic in her re p n e. he wa nts to get a map to choose Minnesota, but her deci of educa ti on i a crucial factor. Evelyn ma ter' degree in management and re sion was nearly as fatefu l. During Eve could not have come t the U ni ersity turn to AJa ka to work in an Ala kan lyn' junior yea r in hi gh chool, a cl ose without a complete fi nancial package. nati ve corporati on. But, he add , it i fri end moved to Virginia and wrote to he ha a Ka tz Pre id ential M inori ty mos t important that she also maintain a her about the niversity of Minne ota, Scholar hip, twO grants, two Alaskan "commiunent to my grandmother and which she was planning to attend. he cholarships, and will still have to work fri end in 111 y home of Al a ka, and take encouraged Evelyn to apply, too. Evelyn to pay $1,600 in expenses per yea r. Bran everything in tride, starting with a reli inves ti gated the financial aid situati on don, too, is conscious of costs. F r him, gious background." and decided to attend the U niversity to th e Univer ity is "a grea t barga in-so learly, these tudent have a lot on room with her fri end. much chool for 0 littl e m ney." H e their minds, and tlle least of it is finding Brandon Lujan, a graduate o f Edina hopes th at during his fr es hman yea r he a parki ng spa ce. The Univer ity can be (Minnesota) High chool, is enroll ed in can lim it work to weekends only. proud to have Evelyn and Brandon in the CLA honors program. In hi gh school ked what will be the biggest chal the la of 1995. I plan to tay in touch he was a nati nally acclaimed debater, lenge during their fr e hman yea r, both with them during their niversity day , p layed tenni , worked on the chool Evelyn and Brandon make note of the and I will report to you 11 th eir pr gre . new paper, and, after debate seas n, worked in a copy center. Brandon kn ew By Marga7!'e t Sugh7!'ue Ca rlson 6 6 NOV F tI ' B E R - 0 FeE ,\1 B E R 1 9 <) 1 OUR COLUMNS CAN'T BE READ, WE DON'T HAVE A SPORn SECTION, BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR COVERAGE. You'v s enourbuildingattheendof i oll tMall.Whatgo on inside? ilIl \ ewritechecks.Checks to payoff mortgag s. Fund 011 g educations. Provid family income . And grow retirement fund . 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