Winter 2004/2005 [ Contents ]

JOHNBULLETIN BROWN A publication for the alumni and friends of John Brown University

WINTER 2004/2005 [ CONTENTS ]

JOHNBULLETIN BROWN Letter from the Winter 2004/2005 Editor Andrea Phillips Alumni News Editor Jerry Rollene Flashback pg. 47 Athletics pg. 24 Inauguration pg. 18 Contributing Writers Devi Abraham Lindsay Dikes President Sarah Kropp Leila McNeill April Moreton Dear Alumni and Friends of JBU, Andrea Phillips

The morning breeze has turned crisp and cool here on campus, Lead Designer Traci Collins features a seasonal reminder that marks for me the end of my fi rst 100 days as Design Assistance Luke Davis 8 A Page Is Turned by Cherissa Roebuck president of John Brown University. These past few months have been Andrea Phillips Get to know Dr. Charles Pollard, JBU’s new president exhilarating as I have come to learn more about the history, people, Hannah Rittenhouse and momentum of JBU. I am honored to be asked to serve as the sixth Jennifer Trenchard 12 A Legal Golden Eagle by Lucas Roebuck president, and I remain dependent upon God for wisdom and leadership Alumna Myriah Jordan served in Iraq, helping to carry out this sacred trust. Photographers Luke Davis prepare new Iraqi law. Read about her I have most of all enjoyed the informal conversations with students Mark Jackson over the last several months, from hearing about the adventures of dorm Jon VerHoeven 18 JBU’s Presidential Inauguration life over lunch in the “Caf ” to listening to the stories of an Advance Matthew Feyerabend Photos of the historic event Program cohort at a banquet. Consistently, I hear about the ways in which God is at work amongst the students at JBU. Students tell of faculty 20 Homecoming 2004 Printer Magna IV Printing members who open new doors of discovery of God’s world. They tell Photos that capture the weekend fun of peers who pray for and support them as they face diffi cult personal challenges. They tell of friendships formed through hard work, laughter, The John Brown Bulletin is the offi cial publication of and Christian love. They speak with conviction about developing and John Brown University. It is published at 2000 West using their skills to serve Christ and others. University Street, Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761. departments 7 by Stan McKinnon Chaplain’s Corner It is a privilege and a great encouragement to hear these stories, for they testify to the fact that the mission of JBU continues to be To submit stories, photos, feedback: 15 Stories from the Road by Jim Evans fulfi lled. Indeed, one of the highest compliments that we received Andrea Phillips, regarding the inauguration (story on page 8) was from the University of 16 Perspectives On... Arkansas representative. He said, “I knew John Brown University had a Director of University Communications [email protected] “Turning Chapters in Your Family’s Life” Christian tradition, but I didn’t realize the current level of commitment. by Gary J. Oliver and Carrie E. Oliver I was touched by the extent to which it was evident throughout the Alumni news and photos: ceremony.” 17 World View May JBU continue to be a place characterized by “Christ Over Jerry Rollene, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations [email protected] “Engineering Projects Are Vehicles for Missions” All” both in our public ceremonies and our students’ lives. by Leslie Hancock

Admissions information: God-speed, 24 JBU Sports Page Don Crandall, Chip Vice President for Enrollment Management 47 Flash Back www.jbu.edu/admissions 1978: John Brown III is inaugurated president

For information about giving to JBU: www.jbu.edu/giving or 800-446-2450 John Brown University’s mission is to provide a Christ-centered COVER PHOTO higher education which contributes dynamically to the intellectual, Mark Jackson ’90, Main Street Studios spiritual, and occupational effectiveness of men and women in God-honoring living and service. jbu in focus from the editor [ CAMPUS NEWS ] Rollene is New Director of President Pollard said. “We look Program courses for the business Alumni & Parent Relations forward to continuing to provide an information systems and organizational In case you haven’t noticed, JBU is excellent Christ-centered education at management programs. changing. A lot. In the past fi ve years, JBU has added After serving JBU as JBU.” more students, new buildings, new programs, and new a regional development The total score that each institution classroom locations across Arkansas. It’s exciting to director for nearly a year, receives is based on peer assessment, JBU Career Network see the JBU community embracing its responsibility to Jerry Rollene ’75 was retention, faculty resources, student Up and Running become the very best Christian university it can be for selected to be the Direc- selectivity, financial resources, today’s students. tor of Alumni and Par- graduation rate, and alumni giving. The Parent/Alumni Career network The rankings provide prospective There are a few changes at JBU that you should ent Relations in August. is now online and ready to offer career students a comparison of schools based know about in particular as alumni. First, we have a Rollene is responsible help to JBU students and alumni. on these various pieces of data. The JBU Career Development new president at JBU. In his fi rst few months, Presi- for creating and maintaining programs Center, in partnership with the Alumni dent Pollard has demonstrated a sincere interest in for alumni and parents. He also acts as a facilitator for the Alumni Board and offi ce, has been working for the past students, respect for the rich heritage of JBU, and a Parents Council. JBU Advance and Graduate year on ways to bring the extended JBU passion to advance JBU’s mission. You can begin to “Continuing to build a sense of com- Programs Expand in Fort family together to help one another know him for yourself by reading the feature story on munity and lasting relationships among Smith with job related issues. This network page 8 and his inaugural speech, which is included in alumni, parents, students, and university will allow JBU alumni and the a special insert in the center of this magazine. employees is vital in this position,” Rol- JBU hosted a ribbon cutting parents of JBU students to offer support Another important change is the addition of a new lene said. ceremony and to graduating director of alumni and parent relations, Jerry Rol- Before coming to JBU, Rollene alumni event JBU students lene ’75. Jerry has some great ideas for reaching out worked as a business consultant and at JBU’s newly by sharing k n o w l e d g e , to you JBU alumni, but he’d like to have your help business owner. expanded and opportunities, to better understand your thoughts and needs. On “The director of alumni and parent remodeled Fort relations is a very important position at Smith Educa- and encourage- page 26, you’ll fi nd a survey asking for your valuable JBU,” Jim Krall, vice president of uni- tional Center ment. input. Please take a moment to complete it and return versity advancement, said. “Jerry brings in October. If you it to him. If you prefer, you can submit your answers a wealth of skills, knowledge, and expe- The Fort Smith would like to online at www.jbu.edu/alumni/survey2004. rience that will be valuable to the posi- center recently help someone Finally, as you fl ip through the Brown Bulletin, you tion.” doubled in size in your career might notice some changes here, too. New design Jerry and his wife, Donna (Peter- due to continued President Pollard cuts the ribbon in Fort Smith. fi eld or someone elements, new departments, a new angle for feature son) Rollene ’77, have three daughters, enrollment growth in JBU’s graduate looking for employment in your region, stories. Hopefully, these changes are for the better, Becky, Jessie, and Olivia. You can and degree completion programs in. The sign-up online at www.jbu.edu/alumni. The online form will allow you to but we won’t know unless you tell us. If you’re in- reach Jerry in the alumni offi ce at (479) expansion added three new classrooms. decide your level of involvement in the spired, frustrated, pleased, confused, or if you simply 524-7212 or [email protected]. “These new classrooms will allow us to expand our program offerings JBU Parent/Alumni Career Network. have ideas for stories or improvements to the maga- in Fort Smith,” Phillip Beatty, JBU’s We encourage you to consider zine, we want to hear it. Send an e-mail to me at JBU Ranks 8th in U.S. News & Fort Smith director said. “Students are supporting these students as they enter [email protected], or send a letter to JBU, attention: World Report List enjoying the fresh, open atmosphere the work world and search for ways to Andrea Phillips. of the new space.” further God’s Kingdom. C. S. Lewis wrote about the necessity for change John Brown University JBU fi rst offered classes in the in the Christian life, saying, “We are like eggs at pre- stepped up three places Advance Program, JBU’s adult sent. And you cannot go on indefi nitely being just an to rank eighth in U.S. degree completion program, in JBU Boasts Lowest Student ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.” News & World Report’s Fort Smith in 1994 at St. Edward Default Rate in Arkansas Thankfully, JBU has been hatching and maturing �� 2005 “America’s Best Mercy Medical Center. In fall throughout its history to become the university it is � Colleges” rankings. 2001, JBU purchased the building John Brown University’s student �� to relocate the Fort Smith center to today. In essence, it has remained the same, educating �� JBU, which is ranked loan default rate was recently calculated its current location. at 0.7%, the lowest of all four-year the Head, Heart, and Hand, and putting Christ Over in the Southern Region of �� Currently, JBU’s graduate and schools in Arkansas. Out of 392 JBU All! In form, however, it’s always developing. Change Comprehensive Colleges–Bachelor’s, has been steadily climbing over the past Advance Program enrollment in Fort graduates who took out school loans isn’t easy, but the hatching is necessary if we are to fl y! �� fi ve years. JBU ranked eleventh last year Smith is 175 students. and who entered repayment status in the �� Graduate courses in counseling, and thirteenth in 2002. fi scal year 2002, only three defaulted on Looking Up, �� “JBU’s higher ranking refl ects the business administration, and leadership their loans. �� collective efforts of its committed and ethics are offered at the Fort Smith Of other colleges and universities Andrea Phillips �� students, faculty, staff, and alumni,” center in addition to all Advance in Arkansas, those with default rates Editor, Director of University Communications �� 4 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 5 jbu in focus chaplain’s corner [ CAMPUS NEWS ]

closest to JBU’s are: Harding University employers. Tice, who is now a sales in Northern Ireland, seeing someone knocking, a cultural sign of respect and (1.3%), Ouachita Baptist University manager for Wrigley’s Gum in Utah, in Guatemala respond to a lecture that approval. Every lecture that followed The Divine Drama (3.7%), Hendrix College (4.5%), and said that his experience with developing we had both watched together! I got to elicited the same response. Lyon College (5.1%). Many of the state a business from scratch led to his current experience the world in a way I never Though he enjoyed his German schools have default rates in the double job. thought possible.” students, Ostrander’s experiences made “But you will receive power when the digits. The University of Arkansas “It all comes down to the interview,” him appreciate the responsiveness of Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will in Fayetteville has a 3.2% rate. The he said. “And during my interview, I JBU students. The students at Wurzburg be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and national average default rate for all spent a fourth to half of the time talking Ostrander Serves as were used to a strict lecture format, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the four-year schools is 5.4%. about developing the business plan.” Fulbright Scholar in Germany which afforded very little interactivity, ends of the earth.” “It’s encouraging to see that our and students rarely shared their thoughts Acts 1:8 NIV graduates are doing the right thing, in class. Since classroom interaction is Dean of Undergraduate Studies honoring their commitments,” said important to Ostrander, he organized JBU Leads Worldwide Cyber- Rick Ostrander had the honor and Andrea Phillips, JBU’s director of various lunches during the semester ave you ever wondered where you fi t in God’s plan? One of the Learning Experience privilege this year of being named a university communications. “I think it where he and the students had an statements I hear most often from JBU students is, “I wish I knew what Fulbright Senior Scholar and teaching H serves as a testimony to their character informal time of discussion. They God wanted me to do with my life.” My response tends to be something like, Clasping cups of tea and notebooks, in Germany as part of the Fulbright and values, not only as JBU alumni, but talked about topics such as America “You already know,” or “If you’ve read Acts 1:8, you should know.” While that students in this summer’s JBU Scholars Program. also as Christians. We are so thankful and world affairs, religion in America, Northern Ireland International Business “I wanted to travel, and I wanted our may sound rather insensitive, it’s not intended to be. Rather, I want to remind for our alumni, and we’re thankful to and American and German higher Studies trip defi ed their sleep patterns kids to see the world,” he said. our students that God has called them to be witnesses to the new life He has God for supplying their needs.” education. at 1:00 a.m. to participate in a unique He, his wife, Lonnie, and their given them in Jesus Christ, regardless of what they do vocationally. Ostrander also had the opportunity cyber-learning opportunity. Early in four children traveled to the city of Each semester, we have a chapel theme, and we ask our speakers to to give lectures at events and at other the Belfast morning, Patrick Roche, Wurzburg, Germany where Ostrander universities. He was asked to give a address the theme as they speak to the students from their particular JBU Students Win Governor’s former member of the Northern Ireland taught at the University of Wurzburg, a lecture to the German American Center perspective. This semester our theme is “The Divine Drama: Discovering Our Entrepreneur Competition Legislative Assembly, lectured on the state school with 20,000 students. in Stuttgart on the fi ftieth anniversary of Part in God’s Story.” The purpose of this theme has been to hear members of problem of Northern Ireland terrorism Founded in 1946, the Fulbright Brown v. Board of Education. our JBU community describe how God has worked out His redemptive plan Last spring, four JBU students were to JBU students and to participants in Scholars Program picks 800 scholars “Part of being a Fulbright Scholar is awarded fi rst place in entrepreneurial Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina, and from the United States annually in an in each of their lives. making yourself an informal goodwill development at the Fourth Annual the U.S. via the Internet. effort to increase mutual understanding Beginning with our new president, Chip Pollard, and including such ambassador,” Ostrander said. Governor’s Award in Arkansas. For the fi rst time in JBU history, between the people of the United States people as JBU alumnus and board member Roger Cross, International Ostrander’s time in Germany was Members of the new webcam and people of other countries, said Programs director Billy Stevenson, director of Christian Formation Tracy not purely academic. While in Europe, Entrepreneurial Team, technology Adam Meir, spokesman for the bureau he enjoyed hiking the Swiss Alps, Balzer, history professor Preston Jones, and several others, we have heard the seniors Matt Tice, allowed a of educational and cultural affairs. The biking in the rolling Tuscan hills, and witness of the Spirit’s power. In addition, on Sunday nights at “The Gathering,” Daniela Bucaro, Sarah lecturer to program exposes college students of climbing the towers of Notre Dame. He several hundred students come together to worship and hear from their Chess, and freshman broadcast in different countries to visiting American got to experience the perks of being in fellow students how God is working in their lives. The result of all this has Seth Malley, received fi ve countries faculty. the Fulbright family when he and his a $20,000 award for at once, span- “We consider this the premier been to reinforce to our students, faculty, and staff the truth that God is still family were invited to Berlin for the 50th creating a plan to ning seven scholarship program,” Meir said. at work in His people and He is using the Body of Christ to be His witnesses in anniversary of the Fulbright program in produce and market time zones. “We’re looking for scholars who will Siloam Springs, Northwest Arkansas, and to the rest of the world. Germany. “Nature’s Beef,” their (1:00 a.m. be able to represent the United States I believe that is true for you as well. Regardless of whether the dreams JBU students with Patrick Roche in Ireland Ostrander maintains that the family’s proposed organic beef in Northern overseas both professionally and on a time traveling Europe was the most you had for your life while you were at JBU have come true company. Ireland is 7:00 p.m. in Guatemala.) personal basis.” memorable part of all. or not, God’s calling on your life hasn’t changed. No matter With outbreaks of mad cow Billy Stevenson, the Director of O s t r a n d e r The Ostrander family in Germany While in Berlin, Ostrander recalls, what station or season of life you fi nd yourself in, you have disease in the U.S. and the European International Programs at JBU, says, “It taught two he went jogging through the city and just as much promise and calling as you had when Union’s demand for organic meat, the was the very fi rst time JBU extended A m e r i c a n ran over what was once the Berlin wall entrepreneurial team saw the need for such an international, virtual, live history courses you were students. God desires for you to enter and through the Brandenburg gate. As an organic beef product. Their plan seminar. I hope that we can do it again from March 15 into His divine drama, discovering your part in His he ran, it began to rain, and as the sun would provide customers with “beef next year, live from Northern Ireland!” to July 15: the story – to be His witnesses wherever you are right emerged over the Berlin Dom, a perfect the way nature intended,” by using After Roche spoke, viewers in history of the now. rainbow framed it. embedded microchip technology to Belfast watched as Sergio Enriquez, Civil War and “It was a surreal and unforgettable I pray God may use you as well to be His witnesses track adherence to the USDA’s standards an Associate Dean at the Universidad the history of experience,” Ostrander said. where you live, worship, and work! for organic products. Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, the American

Chess said, “It took all the aspects responded to the lecture by contrasting West. After By God’s Grace, that we learn in the classroom and gave terrorism and the peace process in Ostrander’s us the opportunity to use it in real life.” Guatemala and Northern Ireland. ﬁ rst lecture, he Stan McKinnon Team members said the experience Leila McNeill, a JBU student received a hearty Campus Pastor also made them more marketable to participant, noted, “I was an American round of table

6 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 7 Pollard said when he came home from the meeting that night and told his A Page Is Turned family the news, his oldest son, Chad, asked two questions. First, “Will it aff ect me?,” and second, “Who else was running?” When his father told him no one else was running, Chad replied, “Doesn’t that tell you something about the job?” But Pollard rose to the challenge of the job. Soon after taking the helm of the school board, he was leading the charge for a $12 million capital campaign for JBU Welcomes Charles Pollard as Sixth President the school. “[Th e campaign] was the fi rst thing I thought about when I woke up in the By Cherissa Roebuck ’02 morning, the thing I thought about in the car. All the planning was exhilarating ith an intense love for literature and three English degrees to prove it, Charles for me,” Pollard said. WPollard has turned many pages in many books. Pollard said the position and the experience were a great fi t for his skills and Now Dr. Pollard opens a new chapter in his life story and in the life of JBU as he his personality. begins his tenure as the sixth president of John Brown University. “Th at position brought together all the things God had prepared me for,” Dr. Pollard took the post as JBU president on July 1, 2004. One of the fi rst things said Pollard. “Over the three-year term that I was chairman, we started the that has impressed him about JBU is the quality people that make up JBU’s faculty, campaign, raised the money, built the building, and moved in. It was a blast.” staff , administration, and students. Seeing how much they love being at JBU and how Today, Pollard believes that all these experiences have been preparing him committed they are to the university is encouraging, he says. for his new role as JBU president. “I’ve heard so many bright, committed individuals at JBU say, ‘I never thought I’d be here, but I’m confi dent that this is where God has me,’” Pollard said. Chapter 2 Pollard understands what they mean. God has brought him on an unexpected journey Th e Road to JBU to John Brown University, and he couldn’t be more excited about what’s in store for this new chapter of his life. After several years of teaching at Calvin College, Pollard had begun to think that it might be time for a change. He fi rst heard about the JBU Chapter 1 presidential search from Calvin professor Ed Ericson Jr., father of Th e Making of the Man JBU’s Ed Ericson III, vice president for academic aff airs. “[Even before learning about the position,] I found myself Charles “Chip” Pollard fi rst experienced the impact of Christian higher education asking, ‘What’s next?’ When I heard about the presidency at JBU, my while earning his undergraduate degree in English from Wheaton College in Wheaton, fi rst reaction was, ‘I’m a long shot.’ But I knew enough about JBU to Illinois. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, as well as his know that I might fi t. And I though that if it was anything like my master’s and doctorate degrees in English from Oxford University and the University of experience at Ada Christian, it might be very rewarding,” he said. Virginia, respectively. As the JBU board of trustees researched, evaluated, and interviewed He began his professional career practicing law with Latham & Watkins, serving as a candidates for the position, Pollard rose to the top as the best candidate for corporate and tax associate for the international law fi rm in Chicago. the presidency. Th ough Pollard experienced success and personal growth as a lawyer, he began to During the application and interview process, he experienced a “slow- realize that God’s call on his life was leading him out of the courtroom and into the growing confi rmation” that JBU was in the Pollards’ future. He said there were classroom. a series of “hints and guesses” (a phrase borrowed from one of Pollard’s favorite “I felt a stronger call by God to teach and write and to work with 18- to 22-year-olds poets, T. S. Elliot) that ultimately led him to the decision to come to JBU. in an academic setting,” said Pollard, whose experience at Wheaton played a vital role in “Calvin’s President Gaylen Byker gave me this advice at the time: ‘Don’t take his decision to teach. this job if you don’t fi t with the mission of the university. It’s too hard of a job to “I distinctly enjoyed and was inspired by my own undergraduate experience,” he said. struggle with the mission,’” said Pollard. “I remember sitting in a freshman literature class, listening to the lecture and realizing After visiting JBU, meeting with staff , faculty, and students, and reading that I had just learned more about the nature of human beings in that class than in any about the history and vision of JBU, Pollard began to see that he was a good fi t sermon I’d heard.” with the mission of John Brown University. Everything from his strong, personal Pollard’s fi rst teaching posts while he was in graduate school confi rmed that his commitment to evangelical Christianity to his love for scholarship and passion decision to make the career switch was a good one. After earning his Ph.D., he joined the for people lined up perfectly with JBU. English faculty at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “[My wife] Carey had come for the [interview] with some hesitations. We During Pollard’s second year at Calvin, someone asked him to run for a position were very happy with where we were, and she wasn’t sure whether we should on the school board of Ada Christian, a local Christian school. During his fi rst board leave what we had in Michigan,” Pollard said. “But on the fl ight home, she said meeting, the chairman of the board resigned because of a confl ict of interest, and Pollard she thought this move to Siloam Springs might not be just okay, it might actually was elected chairman of the board. be better for our family.”

8 JohnJohn BBrownrown BulletinBulletin WinterWinter 2004/2005 JohnJohn BBrownrown BulletinBulletin WinterWinter 2004/2005 9 That night, about 15 minutes asked him what the president of JBU leadership of the university.” after the Pollards returned home from does. Dr. Pollard, looking for a little One of the things Dr. Pollard their visit, the JBU board of trustees inspiration for his upcoming inaugural looks forward to most in his new role called and offered him the position. address, asked James what he thought is the opportunity to pursue two of his After some long family discussions the JBU president does. passions while president. that weekend with Carey and their “Well,” James replied, “you own “I really enjoy business: the four children, Chad, Ben, Emma, and all of these buildings, so you must go numbers and the economics of an James, the Pollards decided to make around campus and tell people that you organization,” Pollard said. “But I also the move to JBU. own this building and that building.” really love poetry and the arts. It excites “Those were tough conversations Dr. Pollard said that James me that this is a position where I can with our kids, and there were a lot of seemed noticeably disappointed when use both loves. Some days it’s about tears,” said Pollard. “They had great he learned that his dad didn’t own all budgets and deals and details. Other friends and a good school. But we those buildings and that, in fact, the days, it’s about speaking, and I’ll enjoy decided this was the best move for the Pollards didn’t even own their own the art of writing and communicating.” entire family, and Carey and I were home anymore! As JBU faculty, students, and excited about taking on a job where we James took another stab at figuring staff get to know Dr. Pollard, they’re can really serve together. out what the JBU president does. beginning to see these passions unfold “We felt that we were moving He said, “I guess that you go to a lot in his role as president. to a place where we could serve with of meetings where people talk a lot.” “Dr. Pollard is one of those people who were like-minded, both Then a bit puzzled, he asked, “Dad, people who is clearly brilliant but who theologically and academically,” do you like being president of JBU?” also puts you at ease and is one with Pollard said. “The decision was also Pollard assured him that he does. whom you can easily relate,” said Dr. a little mystical—we had a sense of During the first few months as Ed Ericson III. “His public speaking God’s calling.” president, Dr. Pollard has been diligent demonstrates these two qualities. You So Pollard finished teaching about getting to know the faculty, staff, have the feeling, as my wife described his last semester at Calvin, closing a and students and learning the ins and it after one of his talks, that he’s rewarding chapter in his life to open a outs of daily business at John Brown invited you into the inner workings new chapter: the presidency at JBU. University. of his mind while he ruminates about But even with the busyness of his some fascinating topic. You feel both Chapter 3 new schedule, Dr. Pollard has found welcomed and inspired.” Turning a Page in History time for a little fun. This fall, students That welcoming, inspiring have enjoyed watching their new personality in Dr. Pollard is precisely In June, the Pollards packed up president play intramural flag football what has endeared him to the faculty, their home in Michigan and made with fellow students and staff on a staff, students, and alumni. Seeing the move to the president’s home on team called “All the President’s Men.” him chatting with students in the the JBU campus. Even though Siloam Walker Student Center or stopping to Springs is small, it still took some time Chapter 4 visit in the hallway with faculty or staff for Dr. Pollard and his family to find Looking Ahead is not uncommon. The JBU family has their way around town. clearly welcomed him with open arms. “It took us the first two months Dr. Pollard takes the post as JBU Pollard believes that each chapter to figure out if any street went straight president with a clear vision for what in his life has been preparing him for through Siloam Springs, “ Pollard his role should be at JBU. this new challenge: the leadership of said. “There are three things I know John Brown University. As the Pollards settle into a new are clearly important,” said Pollard. “All those life experiences have home, new community, and new “The role of the president is a triangle. made me who I am, and who I am is schools, the four Pollard children At the top, and most importantly, is whom God has called to this position,” are getting used to their dad being a preserving the Christian identity of Pollard said. “You take this kind of job university president. the university. The other two points of realizing that it’s a jump, and I’m ready One day when Dr. Pollard was the triangle are the financial integrity to take that jump and rely on God to walking with his eight-year-old son, and the educational quality of JBU. I’m help me do it well.” James, to a JBU rugby match, James committed to all three of these in my

10 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 11 [ Leagal Golden Eagle ]

be a part of it.” he was interrupted,” she A Legal Golden Eagle Jordan, who studied journalism said. “A marine walked in, at JBU and served as editor of the and apologized for inter- Building hope in Iraq, JBU graduate Myriah Jordan helps write Iraqi commercial law Threefold Advocate, later went to law rupting. He had just lost school at the University of Texas. two of his men, and needed She proved to be adept in legal mat- someone to pray with him. By Lucas Roebuck ’97 ters while studying in Texas, combin- The chaplain stopped right ing her journalism training and law then, placed his arm around degree to work as an editor for both the marine’s shoulders, and The Review of Litigation and the Texas prayed aloud.” Review of Law and Politics. Also while Jordan said the chaplain Myriah, who lived in Saddam Hussein’s palace in the Lone Star state, she served was used to dealing with compound while in Iraq, poses with one of lions both the governor and the Texas Su- such distress—but she was kept by Hussein. preme Court as a legal intern. not. Her interest in politics and law “After the prayer, the soldier improved schools, greater utility led her to a post at the Economic thanked us, re-shouldered his rifl e, capacity, immunization programs, Development Administration, which and returned to duty. The chaplain health clinics, increasing jobs, an “detailed” her to the Department of picked right up where he left off in emerging, independent court sys- Defense for deployment to Iraq. She his sermon.” tem, progress in women’s rights, was asked to serve her country as a While Jordan had high praise for a new constitution, a new sense of civilian helping to bring modern, the men and women in uniform, she freedom, etc., get little or no atten- Traveling on the road ramp, cut across more democratic law to the commerce of was not as gracious to some mem- tion from the media.” from the Green Zone traffi c, and fl ew across a that Middle Eastern nation. bers of the news media who had For Jordan, the brightest hope for to the Baghdad airport, fi eld, down another road. Jordan contends that Iraq is on come to Iraq to cover the war. Iraq is seen in the faces of its chil- JBU alumna Myriah Jordan ’99 was As we looped down the other road, quarters of the provisional govern- the right track and that the Ameri- “The American media is atro- dren. Tapprehensive when her SUV be- ment, to catch a fl ight to the nation we saw the men in robes close the can news media have portrayed the cious,” she said. “They send people “I had some little toys I’d been came stuck in traffi c. hood to their ‘broken down’ vehicle, of Jordan where she would give a situation with darker hues than those over here just so that they can put planning on giving out to the kids, “We started buzzing down the and move on down the make-shift speech at a convention about the that color reality. However, she says, a Baghdad dateline on their stories, and I went down to this alley where main highway, windows open, weap- exit.” laws she was drafting that deal with the specter of death is real, even in but then they never get out in Bagh- I always see a lot of them playing,” ons pointed outside, and traffi c came For Jordan, being a single Ameri- non-governmental organizations. the Green Zone, and the grief over dad.” Jordan said. “As it turned out, it was to a halt,” Jordan said. “Of course, can civilian woman in a turbulent She had not left Baghdad since ar- human loss hangs heavy. Jordan said Iraq is dangerous, too hot even for them to be out- my fi rst thought is, A traffi c jam on the Iraq was worth the risk for the good riving in Iraq in February 2004, While in Iraq, Jordan was but because the journalists don’t get side, but when one of the men saw way to the airport, and I’m going to end of freedom and democracy that was three months earlier. Now they were strengthened through chapel ser- out, they are prone to “pack journal- me looking for them, he ran inside up late. My second thought is, A traf- being worked out in Iraq. stopped in traffi c by a truck full of vices, where many came for support ism,” reporting only on the stories to get them. They were absolutely fic jam on the way to the airport, and “Every day I have a sense that unsecured bricks that had fl ipped on after suffering loss. Jordan said one that “fall into their lap” and failing thrilled.” we’re a giant, sitting target in the middle I’m right in the middle of history, the road ahead. service particularly showed the need to report a whole picture of confl ict Jordan said the children were of one of the most dangerous roads in and I’m watching it unfold in a way “Just as we think we’re going to for divine comfort. and development. well-mannered and gracious. Iraq.” that I wouldn’t be able to from back get out of the mess, the guys in front “Our chaplain began his ser- And yet in the midst of a nega- “I think we played with every toy Jordan, who works as an attorney in the States,” she said in a recent of us stop their car. They get out, mon, and didn’t make it far before tive press and real violence, Jordan in the bag,” she said. “When I told in the Chief Counsel’s Offi ce of the interview with Jocelyn Green, writer dressed in traditional Arabic garb, contends Iraq is im- them I had to go, they all promptly Economic Development Administra- for the Council for Christian Col- and pop the hood, right in the mid- proving. handed back all the toys—no whin- tion of the United States Commerce leges & Universities. “I also know dle of the exit,” she said. “Admittedly, there ing or pleading. I told them they Department in Washington D.C., that I’m serving a cause much bigger Aware of similar tactics employed is violence through- could keep all that they wanted, and spent several months in Iraq helping than myself. I really believe in what by terrorists in the area, the two out Iraq,” Jordan they gleefully dug their hands back to rewrite Iraq’s commercial law for we’re doing to help the Iraqi people, “shooters” who were in her vehicle said. “Yet tremen- in the bag.” the Coalition Provisional Authority and for me, that meant I should be became concerned, Jordan said, and dous progress has Acts of goodwill such as Jordan before the handover of sovereignty willing to give up a little segment of they prepared their rifl es. been made in Iraq, experienced with these children will to the interim Iraqi government ear- my life to go help out in any way I “The guys in front of us were at a rate faster than be the foundation of good relations lier this year. could ... in the end, because of what trying to hold us there,” Jordan said. that of post-World between a post-Saddam Iraq and Jordan was heading from the we’re doing here, I would have come “My shooters raised their weapons, War II Europe. The the United States, Jordan said. Green Zone, the expansive head- and my driver backed out of the exit to Iraq to make copies all day, just to a Baghdad market

12 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 13 Advancing Nationally: JBU’s New National StoriesStories ffromrom by Jim Evans De v elopment Team tthehe RoadRoad Regional Director of Development By Paul Eldridge ’88 Director of Development and Planned Giving onight I fi nd myself in a little music room. It’s barely large enough to hold the baby Grand piano, bench, and a Tsmall chair in the corner. Around the walls are hundreds of hymnals, music books, sheet music, and notebooks. Tapestry covers the fl oor, walls, and windows. It is reminiscent of what you would imagine in the private study of hat do relationships, development, they can support JBU personally and Brown Bulletin. In each issue of the T one of the great masters. This beautiful little lady, barely fi ve-feet tall and 82 years young, sits at the piano quietly WJBU, and frequent-fl ier miles have fi nancially. The NDT also serves magazine, you can read “Stories from playing her own version of Amazing Grace with a syncopated jazzy rhythm as she talks. Her name is Naomi (Spratt) in common? JBU’s National Develop- as planned giving advisors for the Road” written by one of the NDT Adams ’41. She didn’t graduate from John Brown. She was there only two years; however, those years were very ment Team, of course! In the past those wishing to leave a portion of members. In the near future, many infl uential. year and a half, JBU has created a their estate to JBU, and they help of the already existing stories will be One vivid memory for her is the time she enjoyed a formal tea hosted by Mrs. Brown (the founder’s wife). Naomi team of new faces who travel the others learn about special projects posted on the JBU web site at www. was extremely poor and had to borrow the hat and gloves that she wore that afternoon. She was greeted by Mrs. country to meet with alumni and that might be of interest to them. jbu.edu/giving along with profi les of Brown with an inviting smile and was welcomed into the founder’s home. The girls were taught etiquette at these friends, share JBU news, and get (Recently, one of our RDDs helped our NDT members, an online giving teas, and for Naomi, it was as if she were taking part in things that only the privileged enjoyed. That moment encap- updates from former students. an alumnus from the engineering tool, and other information about sulated her entire experience at John Brown University. While the university has always program connect with engineering ways you can impact JBU today and Her time at JBU was also a spiritual awakening for her. She left the university and began working as teacher, been a good steward of the fi nancial faculty to issue a challenge to other for the future. worship leader, pianist, or anywhere she felt God leading. gifts it has received from donors engineering alumni to raise much We look forward to meeting you Today, you fi nd her ministering to youth groups in Arkansas City, Kansas. Involved in numerous ministries, as across the country and from all needed funds for renovating the and hearing your JBU story! well as starting several in her own home, she carries a passion for youth and the message of Christ wherever she goes. walks of life, geographical distance engineering facility.) It is interesting that each visit [I have with alumni] has often made it diffi cult for us One of the greatest privileges takes its own direction. Some are a bit more formal to connect in person with alumni of the team, however, is having the Paul Eldridge joined the and others become very casual. And then you and friends who care deeply for opportunity to meet and hear the National Development Team have a visit like this one. It is the type of visit that JBU’s mission and vision. Now, stories of JBU alumni and friends. in 2003. He and his wife, keeps you going for days. The genuine joy and Laurie, both JBU alumni, relocated from the National Development Team Often the stories include fascinating wisdom that alumni such as Naomi impart in their (NDT) is closing the geographic gap descriptions of an individual’s JBU southern California to join the University Advancement staff. stories, opinions, and prayers provide strength and by visiting alumni and friends from experience, where God has brought assurance that what we do is a worthy endeavor. I coast to coast. them, where they are now, and what am reminded of a saying: “Any worthy endeavor The NDT is part of University is currently happening in their life. will require signifi cant effort.” Mrs. Adams and her Advancement and consists of three What a treasure those stories are! Jim Evans, a graduate of The views from the road are often as beautiful at the stories. husband will be praying for us, I promise. Jim captured this image on his way to visit Naomi. regional directors of development Not long after our team was Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in communications (RDDs) and one director of formed, the RDDs began e-mailing with an emphasis in theater, learned more about development and planned giving. some of these stories with pictures JBU history in his fi rst months on the job than Each team member manages a back to Siloam Springs as an most who have worked at JBU for ten years! specifi c region of the United States encouragement to those in the JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY and travels extensively within his University Advancement offi ce. region, connecting with alumni and These “Stories from the Road,” as Eric Greenhaw, a graduate friends individually and at alumni they came to be called, reminded of Ouachita Baptist events. all of us that God’s work in the lives University where he studied At the end of the year Indeed, one of the chief goals of JBU students extends long after business and fi nance, knows of the NDT is to raise money for students graduate, move into their fi rsthand about JBU student life through his brother and sister-in-law who are current JBU’s Fund for Student Financial careers and family lives, and on into don’t forget JBU! students. Support (FSFS), scholarships, and retirement. As we have catalogued 100% of all gifts given to the Fund for Student

other key development projects. these stories, we realized that they Financial Support go directly to fund need-based Fund for Student Understanding the great need of our may be as encouraging to our alumni Financial Support James Elliott completes scholarships and work-study positions. For more students for scholarships and work- and friends as they have been to us, the team. He is a JBU information about the FSFS, or to give online, visit study positions, they help inform so we’ve decided to include some of alumnus with a degree in www.jbu.edu/giving. Or call (800) 446-2450. FSFS alumni and friends of the many ways our “Stories from the Road” in the history and former director of Admissions. James’s wife, Karen, also attended JBU.

14 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 15 Perspectives On... Engineering Projects World View Turning Chapters in Your Family’s Life Are Vehicles for Missions by Leslie Hancock by Gary J. Oliver, Ph.D. and Carrie E. Oliver, M.A. eing converted oftentimes seems the Institute for Ap- numerous other families in similar Don’t be surprised if your kids develop “Bsuperficial until the forces of propriate Technology situations. eating, sleeping, or school problems. It’s darkness are removed from lives. (IAT), founded by The starting place is to acknowledge not uncommon for emotional problems Talk is not enough; we must show the Kim, creates an overall that moving is a major transition, it to manifest themselves in other ways. As evidences.” best design of the involves a real loss, and it can create a you reassure your children that they are Dr. Young-Gurl Kim, the mild- BUV and produces crisis for children and adults. However, still safe and secure, as you spend time mannered professor of engineering and models for real life it can also be a signifi cant opportunity for with them, and as they begin to make technology at JBU, speaks of such things applications. Cost- growth. If your children share painful or new friends, you are likely to see these from personal experience and with effi cient and equipped oving presents some great negative emotions, don’t correct them or problems decrease and disappear. passion. with an independent opportunities and some signifi cant Kim has invested the last fourteen suspension system M give them the message that it’s wrong to Our fi rst six months in northwest Dr. Young-Gurl Kim teaches national missionaries in Bangledesh. challenges for a family. Several years have those feelings. Listening tells your Arkansas weren’t just hard on us; they years instructing JBU engineering for a smooth ride ago we moved with our three boys kids that they are important to you, they were very diffi cult for all three of our students in their career pursuits. At the over rugged terrain, from Denver, Colorado to John Brown are respected, and that in your family it is boys. But here’s the good news: All same time, he has been working to take these vehicles are currently utilized in “When the stove is out of order,” University. We went from living in the safe to feel and to express pain. three of our sons now say they love it practical principles of engineering and Honduras with the assistance of World Kim explained, “we experience the Rockies to the Ozarks, from health food Don’t get too busy too quickly. here. In fact, our two older boys can’t technology to serve poor and developing Vision. Whether enabling a poor same characteristics of our fallen state: restaurants to fried food restaurants, Immediately (if not sooner) carve out wait to come from college back “home” countries, showing true evidence of farmer to carry goods to/from the disorder, ineffi ciency, uncleanness, and from a Starbucks on every corner to no time in your schedule to be a family and to Arkansas. As you help your children Christ’s love for the world. market or helping a mother with daily other problems. But notice that when Starbucks at all, and our kids went from to have one-on-one time with each of make this transition, know that they will Take, for example, the annual basic tasks and providing transportation for we start to learn ways to restore its right private schools to public schools. It was a your children. We’ve found that many be learning skills that will last a lifetime. utility vehicle project—or BUV, as it is her children at safe speeds, the BUV is order—we can recover all of the benefi ts huge transition for every one of us! kids open up at bedtime. Sometimes it called. Each year, engineering students one answer to a practical need. embedded in its function.” An important life skill is learning how can be an excuse to stay up late, but if build a fully operational, four-wheeled Kim’s passion to bring God’s holistic The man from the orphanage whom to manage change. While it can be hard they are talking about what’s going on in Carrie Oliver, M.A., is an educator and a vehicle from scratch. Kim guides salvation to people in need has taken Kim trained now trains others in “Stove- on us adults, it can be especially hard on their world, then that’s okay. marriage and family counselor. Gary J. Oliver, the students in the construction of him to places such as Kenya, Uganda making 101.” Just this year alone, 18 our kids. Depending on their age, many Be intentional about discovering some Th.M., Ph.D. is executive director of JBU’s everything from frame to engine. Then, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Indonesia effi cient stoves have been constructed don’t have the vocabulary, the abstraction shared family activities, and consider Center for Marriage & Family Studies and he takes the students with their BUV to be of practical assistance. These and each is capable of cooking meals skills, or the life experience to be able to cultivating some new hobbies. Start by professor of psychology and practical theology at to a national competition, where the are places, Kim describes, where the for 20 people. Perhaps these, too, have understand what they are feeling, let alone exploring your new surroundings. Find JBU. The Olivers have co-authored Raising team races their creation against those disparity between the rich and poor become practical life illustrations for express it. Here are some simple ideas the parks, libraries, museums, and activity Sons . . . and Loving It! (Zondervan). of other universities, proving which are readily observed; where the forces sharing the Good News. that helped our boys and have helped centers in your area. Learn more at www.liferelationships.com vehicles are the fastest, most durable, of darkness are sadly apparent by an So great is the need in many such and best constructed. In 2004, the JBU epidemic of ignorance, negligence, countries that an Institute for Biblical team took an impressive fourth place. and unnecessary disease; and where a Community Development (IBCD) But it’s not all about winning awards. twenty-fi rst century Macedonian Cry is being formed. As director of this Using this same BUV technology, resounds to “come over and help us.” research hub, Kim will devote many of One such visit took Kim to a his energies to fundraising and hiring Ugandan orphanage last year. In researchers in appropriate technology, AYour Giftmoney can work Th for youat and JBU Gives at the same time. t Wheno youthe give a Giver the main kitchen were two large pots agriculture, nutrition, and business. Charitable Gift Annuity to JBU, you: positioned on rocks with wood placed Individuals working through IBCD, underneath. Sadly, these stoves were many of whom are part of the JBU primitive and hardly able to feed the community, will travel to impoverished receive a fi xed income for life • more than 400 students present on countries, meet with expatriate enjoy potential tax benefi ts • school days. Surveying the situation missionaries and indigenous leaders • help provide a life–changing Christian education for JBU students and assessing the evident human to survey the human needs, and train need, Kim seized the opportunity nationals with appropriate technology If you’reyou’re agagee 55 or older and wwouldould llikeike momorere ininformationformation ababoutout CharCharitableitable to train a leader in the orphanage in water, nutrition, and energy Gift Annuities or other ways to support JBU fi nancially, contact: to build a simple and more effi cient management, and in environmental stove. And then, taking the lesson protection with a Kingdom perspective. Paul J. Eldridge, J.D. ’88 to a heightened level, he proceeded “By following God’s principles, we Director of Planned Giving to share with the man the Bible can overcome poverty,” Kim says. “And 1.800.446.2450 or The BUV built by JBU students is put to the test in competi- story of Creation, the Fall, and then as advances are made, people gain 1.479.524.7468 tion. “The BUV has tremendous potential to improve Redemption—all by using the confi dence to see God as a good God.” [email protected] transportation and serve as a tool for evangelism in remote stove sitting before them. areas of developing countries,” says Kim.

16 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 JohnJohn BrownBrown BulletinBulletin WinterWinter 2004/20052004/2005 1717 center: Board Member Bill George ’48 presents Dr. Pollard with a presidential Bible during the ceremony. immediate left: Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee ’03, graduate of JBU’s Advance Program, greets the audience. below: Faculty and staff members pray with the rest of the congregation, creating an atmosphere of worship.

The inauguration of Chip Pollard as president of far left, bottom: International students and John Brown University was a wonderful event! students from missionary families lead It was an opportunity to thank the Lord for the procession carrying the national ﬂ ags His blessings to JBU through the years and to from 42 different countries, representing T JBU’s student body. celebrate the start of a new chapter in the life middle left, bottom: SGA President Cole Truitt of the university. The pageantry, worship, and gives a charge to Dr. Pollard during the celebration as a community were a blessing to all ceremony. who attended.

Jim Krall, Chair of the Inauguration Committee

18 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 19 Every Homecoming takes on its own ﬂ avor. Dr. Pollard’s right: John Brown Jr. and John Brown III with inauguration as our 6th President started the weekend off student scholarship recipient Heidi Schultz at with a bang that was heard all around Northwest Arkansas. the Scholarship Brunch. The reuniting of classmates and good friends made the Ecampus buzz with the sounds of laughter and the telling of familiar stories. Rugby, soccer, and volleyball games reminded both recent and not-so-recent grads why most of us now prefer watching such sports over participating. I daresay all of us enjoyed outstanding meals whether served in the Kresge Dining Room or under “The Big Top” tent set up on the lawn in the middle of campus. From the towering “Adrenaline Blast” inﬂ atable slide/ rock climbing wall for KidZone to the Showcase featuring the widest variety of musical productions by alumni and students ever assembled, this Homecoming had something for everyone. I tip my hat to the many people, on and off campus, who participated in making this year’s Homecoming something special.

Jerry Rollene ’75 Director of Alumni and Parent Relations

Heritage Society dinner

Student Ministries reunion Alumni go head to head in an alumni rugby match Saturday morning.

20 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 21 left top: Former members of JBU soccer teams play an alumni reunion soccer game Saturday. left middle: Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and guests ﬁ lled three large tents at the celebration luncheon after the inauguration. below: Heritage Society members pose for a photo.

left: Joe Walenciak ’81 is the 2004 recipient of the “Christ Over All” Outstanding Alumnus Award. bottom: Jennifer (Hampton) Marcum ’94 performs during Showcase.

above: John Brown Jr. poses with Robert Barclay ’54 at the Senior Leah Miller is crowned Homecoming queen. Heritge Society induction ceremony.

22 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 23 The 2004 men’s soccer team placed When It Comes to Making an second in the SAC regular season with 11 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties. Soccer Player Finds Hope for Impact, JBU Athletics His Future Through JBU Doesn’t Play Games Graduating Senior Pablo Fernan- and effective leader,” Gustavson said. dez, 28, began playing soccer as a The men on the team feel the same by Dr. Robert Burns four-year-old in Uruguay and began way. Director of Athletics his lifelong career as goalie a year later. “He made everybody around him He fi nished school [in Uruguay] at 18 better, and he made the game fun,” ince the inception of intercollegiate but didn’t graduate. He continued said sophomore Stephen Granberry. athletics at JBU in 1958, the goal JBU’s men’s basketball team hopes for another great year. Last S year they went to the second round at the national tournament. playing soccer until he was 21 for a “It was a joy to be around him all the has been to develop a program that youth club team. He tried to move time.” fi ts the mission of the university, and into the professional realm but couldn’t When the men’s 2004 soccer we have been working toward that because of injuries, season ended in a end continuously. he said. conference-tourna- It has been my pleasure to have served at JBU for the past Then in 2000, thirty years, most of which has been spent directing the ment loss to Okla- Golden Eagle intercollegiate athletics program. I have been Leonardo Peirano, homa Baptist Uni- questioned from time to time as to why I think intercollegiate who was a junior versity, Fernandez athletics is an important part of the college campus, and, from Uruguay play- said it was one of particularly at JBU. Some might say, “Everybody else has it,” ing soccer for JBU, the “saddest days or, “It’s just not college without intercollegiate sports.” But, we Several JBU swimmers set JBU records and qualifi ed for made Fernandez a ever.” operate from the premise that intercollegiate athletics should the NAIA national meet held last spring. deal that changed He has been be more than a rallying point for the campus or a means of his life. Peirano playing soccer for creating school spirit, although these are important. told Fernandez if he 24 years, he said, At JBU, we believe intercollegiate sports plays an integral fi nished high school and now feels like part in the educational process and is a microcosm of society that he would try he is “changing that allows the student-athlete an opportunity to develop to get Fernandez to stages in life” with and demonstrate his or her God-given ability to the glory JBU. his graduation in of God. “I was desperate December. And We believe that attempting to win each contest is very about my future ... I important, but not an end in itself. We believe that all activities he will begin this within the individual sport programs should exemplify JBU’s saw myself growing new stage in life as commitment to a Christ-like witness and refl ect university older without a job, career, or money,” a married man when he weds Paula policies. Fernandez said. “I was just having on January 7 in Uruguay. He is also We believe that the coaches are one of the most signifi cant fun.” considering attending graduate school components of the program and have a unique responsibility Fernandez went back to [high] in the United States and wants to study and opportunity to mold the lives of student-athletes. The 2004-2005 women’s basketball team is starting strong, going school, graduated, and left his now- sports psychology. We believe that “to whom much is given, much is expected,” undefeated in their fi rst fi ve games. Last season they were fi ancée, Paula, to come to JBU on a “I don’t have time to waste,” and this truth should be refl ected in the student-athletes’ invited to the NAIA national tournament. soccer scholarship. While at JBU, Pablo Fernandez said, referring to his age. daily lives, whether in the classroom or on the court or fi eld. soon became known for his incredible “I have to catch up.” We believe that as Christian athletes display these work ethic and encouragement. But once he catches up he wants to characteristics, good things, usually happen: teams are “In four years here at JBU, I can’t go home to Uruguay. successful, players are motivated, fans are supportive and ever remember him missing a day of “There’s nothing like home,” enthusiastic, parents are proud, and prospective student- practice,” soccer coach Bob Gustavson Fernandez said. “Even if you live on athletes want to participate. And we believe that very often, said. “He works so intensely; I cannot because of the way we play, because of the character we the moon.” exhibit, and because of the way we exercise our God-given recall a day when he wasn’t the last player to leave practice. I’ll miss him This story by Amy Harbottle fi rst appeared gifts, non-believers are drawn to Christ. It’s why we believe in The 2004 women’s volleyball team making “Christ over all,” even over intercollegiate athletics. took fi rst place in the SAC with a in many ways, especially because he in The Threefold Advocate, JBU’s record of 36 wins, 7 losses. has been such an enthusiastic, loyal, student newspaper. Edited and reprinted by Coach Robyn Gordon was named permission. SAC Coach of the Year. The women’s 2004 soccer team went 10-5-2, 2424 John John Brown Brown Bulletin Bulletin Winter Winter 2004/2005 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 25 placing fourth in the SAC. from 1961-1985 at which time he was Lucy (Cundiff) Kennedy ’68 – went his wife, Clara Frances (Easterbrook) inducted as a Trustee Emeriti. He was a home to be with her Lord June 16, 2004. McKinney ’51 and one sister, Gladys respected physician who provided medical Mrs. Kennedy was the widow of the late Darby. Dr. Ralph Kennedy, former JBU academic care for more than 50 years to patients dean. She was also the mother of Ralph in northwest Arkansas and northeast Raymond Pontier ’53 – Ray’s family Kennedy III ’65, Lucy Cundiff ’68, dearly loved him and misses him, but they Oklahoma. Dr. Huskins is survived by Arthur ’71, David, John, Charles ’78, rejoice to know that he is in heaven with the his wife Pat ’80, his daughter Mary Ann Mary Beth Reeves ’81, and Philip Lord and Savior today. Surviving family Guinn ’78 who serves as the JBU nurse, ’87. The Ralph & Lucy Kennedy Legacy members include wife Betty, son Ron and and son-in-law Dr. Gary Guinn ’74 who Scholarship was established in 1999. his wife Donna, daughter Jeannie and is an English professor and director of the her husband David, son Jim and his wife honors program at JBU. Dale Morris McKinney ’51 – died Melodie, daughter Carol and her husband Dec. 20, 2003. He was a veteran of James, daughter Martha, and thirteen Sue (Ward) Woods Henson ’38 – Sudie World War II, retiring as a captain in grandchildren. Henson was born on May 15, 1905 in the Air Force. He graduated from the Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, the 11th USAF Pilot Training Program, Air Force Alice (King) Psaute ’43 – was born on of 12 children, and the daughter of Dr. Intelligence School, Air Force Aerial July 23, 1922 and passed away on April Artemis and Alice Ward. Dr. Ward was Photography School, Air Force Special 4, 2004. She was born in San Diego, brought to this area from South Dakota Nuclear Weapons School, Air Force Flying was a homemaker and a member of the to provide credentials needed to accredit Instrument School, and the Air Force Salvation Army. Survivors include 2 With all the excitement of JBUʼs recent John Brown University. She passed away Instructor Instrument Flying School. children, 3 grandchildren, and 3 great- presidential inauguration, we thought youʼd enjoy on April 25, 2004. Sudie was a member He accumulated 1,800 fl ying hours as grandchildren. fl ashing back to another presidential event in JBUʼs of the JBU Heritage Society. Survivors a fi rst pilot of B-17s and B-29s during history. In 1978, JBU inaugurated John Brown III as Frank Varnell ’50 – went to be with the include two daughters, six grandchildren, World War II. He was a retired air traffi c the universityʼs third president. A dark-haired Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas at the time, and seven great-grandchildren. controller for the FAA. Survivors include Lord on May 16, 2004. spoke during the ceremony, which was held in the Cathedral of the Ozarks. Guests enjoyed a buffet afterward in the Dye Lounge.

Limited Edition: A Mighty Fortress

In recognition of the deep spiritual and rich musical heritage of John Brown University, the Alumni Association has commissioned a unique and lasting framed printing plate of the hymn A Mighty Fortress. Turn-of-the-century letterpress printing used elec- trotype plates created from original engravings. The plate framed in this 17” x 19” limited edition piece was made using the same process. In the center below the hymn plate is the alumni crest. On the back is a description of the plate and the signatures of Presidents John E. Brown Jr. and John E. Brown If you have historic photos of events from III. JBU’s past that you’d like to share, please send them to: For more information and to view a larger image of Brown Bulletin the piece, visit at www.jbu.edu/alumni. To order your own John Brown University copy of this heirloom-quality piece, contact Jerry Rollene at 2000 West University St. [email protected] or (479) 524-7212. The proceeds from your Siloam Springs, AR 72761 purchase will support the educational work at JBU. All photos will be forwarded to JBU archives. Some may be selected for publication. By sending us your photos, you are giving JBU permission to use those photos for publication. Photos cannot be returned. 46 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 John Brown Bulletin Winter 2004/2005 47 ��

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