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ROWING MACHINE FORGIVE-ME-NOTS PINTS OF PRIDE

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 1 No lounging around: Education majors study on the renovated sixth ﬂoor of Fitz Hall. Photo by Larry Burgess

2 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 In This Issue

2 PRESIDENT’S PAGE

3 LETTERS 6 CONVERSATION PIECES 8 FLIGHT DECK Global goodwill plus $7 million; Romero Award honors Vatican human rights champion; local jurisdictions keep the death penalty alive; Carnegie Foundation recognition for community engagement; and more. 13 ASK A MARIANIST Father Raymond L. Fitz, S.M. ’64, on how to lead and love.

18 EXPERT INSTRUCTION Forgive-me-nots

19 SPORTS Bobby Wehrli, living the dream

22 PINTS OF PRIDE Dayton’s glory days are hopping again. Behind the barrels are UD alumni, innovators and entrepreneurs making it happen with their craft.

30 ROWING MACHINE Senior Pete Ogonek is paddling toward the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Catch him if you can.

36 UNCOMMON By making uncommon connections, we’re building a better way of learning. Meet the Common Academic Program. 42 CLASS NOTES 56 ALUMNI 58 POSTCARDS 60 GOOD WORKS Repeating history 61 HIDDEN TREASURE Rising stars 62 PERCEPTIONS 64 PARTING WORDS A blank page

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Senior Pete Ogonek at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadephia, where he’s training like an Olympian. Read more Page 30. Photo by Dave Moser ’90

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 1 COMMENTARY BY DANIEL J. CURRAN PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON At home in China PRESIDENT’S PAGE When I step down as president in June 2016, I plan to spend part of my time teaching students at the University of Dayton China Institute because I believe our graduates need an international perspective. They need to excel in their chosen professions — and develop the cultural skills necessary to collaborate in the workplace locally and globally. That’s why I was so moved by the words of junior chemical engineering major David Borth at a January announcement of Fuyao Glass America Inc.’s $7 million gift. We will use the company’s generous donation to purchase the building that houses the China Insti- tute in Suzhou, China (see story, Page 8). “When employers hear that you have been to China, they are intrigued and want to know all about it,” David told the audience of state legislators Dayton Daily News and community leaders. “It speaks to what kind of person you are — that you are not just willing to go outside of your comfort zone but are willing to go

very far outside that comfort zone. Employers know TY GREENLEES, that you are willing to challenge yourself.” The value of Fuyao’s gift is priceless for countless University of Dayton students. When students study abroad, it changes their lives. It prepares them to live and work in a borderless world. The China Institute — slightly larger than Miriam Hall on campus — sits 7,000 miles away, but it’s become a home away from home to all those who study and conduct research there. Our students are gaining invaluable experience conducting hands-on projects with such partner companies as Emerson Climate Technologies, GE Aviation, Johnson & Johnson Medical and Lilly Pharmaceutical. Fuyao’s gift is both visionary and bold. With a presence here in Dayton and on the other side of A handshake of goodwill between Fuyao and UD: the world in China, this company knows the pow- Dewang Cao and Daniel J. Curran. er of intercultural partnerships. Just a few miles from campus, Fuyao is undergoing a $250 million renovation of a former General Motors assembly plant for a large automotive glass manufacturing facility. I’ve had the privilege of visiting Fuyao’s headquarters in Fujian Province in China twice, and it’s an impressive operation. As a Marianist university, we believe building community begins with building relationships, one at a time. We’re discovering that’s a mission that resonates in every corner of the globe. In December, I traveled to China to join the U.S. ambassador to China as we dedicated the new American Cultural Center at the China Institute. It is one of only 20 such centers funded by the U.S. Department of State in China — and the ﬁrst to be established outside the campus of a Chinese university. That speaks volumes about our reputation for building bridges. When making the gift announcement, Fuyao Glass Group Chairman Dewang Cao said the China Institute “has the potential to become a center of international goodwill.” For our students, globalization is not part of the future. It’s right now. And it’s quickly becoming part of their comfort zone.

2 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF LETTERS DAYTONMagazine My year in Malawi Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing: Sundar Kumarasamy taught me lessons about life I wasn’t Editor Emeritus: Thomas M. Columbus Editor: Michelle Tedford aware I needed to Managing Editor: Audrey Starr Art Director: Frank Pauer learn. —Carly Hensley ’11 Photographer: Larry Burgess

Staff Contributors: Thomas M. Columbus, Michael Dunekacke, THOSE WHO FOUGHT change countless lives. With projects sup- Cameron Fullam, Gina Gray, Alex Kordik, Mike I was very glad to see the profile on Floyd porting education, orphan care, women’s Kurtz, Shannon Shelton Miller, Brian Mills, Jill Norman [“Honorable Service,” UDQuickly, empowerment, health and the environ- Pajka, Jeaneen Parsons, Teri Rizvi, Shawn Robinson ment, Determined to Develop brings donor Student Staff: Erin Callahan, Tom Corcoran, Nov. 11, 2014]. Reading such bios brings me Michaela Eames, Michelle Friman, Jed Gerlach, over the chasm of time to be closer to my efforts to Malawians in a sustainable and Caroline Glynn, Cyrena Hutten, Emma Jensen, dad who was in WWII also — in the Pacific community-driven platform. The sense of Caroline McCormack, Ian Moran, Chelsea Randall, theater. I lost my dad right after my fresh- community that lives within all UD stu- Ryan Wilker, Zoey Xia man year (June ’66), and every Veterans dents and alumni is Blog: See udquickly.udayton.edu for UDQuickly, an Day especially (and Memorial Day as well) I mirrored in the smiling eclectic look at UD people and places. feel the loss a little harder. Thank goodness faces and helping hands Newsletter: Subscribe to the email newsletter New from of the people of Malawi. UDQuickly by going to udayton.edu/alumni. my father talked to me about the war and I have never met more Twitter: @daymag his service as well as teaching me in-depth about all America’s wars and those who accepting, grateful and Instagram: @universityofdayton Hensley Facebook: facebook.udayton.edu fought them. It was a great legacy that has innovative individu- Website: magazine.udayton.edu given my husband’s experience in Vietnam als. My year in Malawi taught me lessons Phone: 937-229-3298 more depth and compassion. Thank you for about life I wasn’t aware I needed to learn. the profile. When the University provides opportuni- Read the magazine via iPad, VIOLA JEANE HEIMBERGER CANDIDO ’69 ties for research and development in Mala- iPhone and Android mobile POSTED TO UDQUICKLY.UDAYTON.EDU wi, it is giving students the opportunity of apps available at no charge through the Apple and Android stores. a lifetime. The practicum research will af- DOING ‘WITH’ fect the lives of people that many of us will Class notes and record changes: I consult with the United Methodist never meet. The Marianist model is be- Class Notes Church in their effort to retool their denom- ing lived and breathed by Maroon, and University of Dayton ination’s process of “helping” the majority this thing he created will continue to do 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469-1303 world. They call their initiative In Mission God’s work. If any students or alumni are Email class notes to [email protected]. Together (IMT). interested in sponsoring students, fund- Record changes only to [email protected]. This article [“Pachoko, Pachoko,” Win- ing projects or even donating their time in Please update your record with your cell phone number ter 2014-15] was spot on, and I will share Malawi, I urge them to consider the call. and your email address. If you want any contact information included in a class note, please indicate that. it with the IMT person overseeing work in Please visit D2D’s website, determined- University of Dayton Magazine (Spring 2015, Vol. 7. No. 3, Malawi. Moving toward doing “with” in- todevelop.org. ISSN 2152-3673) is published quarterly by the University stead of doing “to” or “for” is a slow, ardu- CARLY HENSLEY ’11 of Dayton, University Communications, 300 College ous task. I applaud UD’s direction. DAYTON, OHIO Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1322. Periodicals postage paid [email protected] at Dayton, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Perhaps we may encourage and learn University of Dayton Magazine, Records Office, 300 College from each other. Park, Dayton, OH 45469-7051. DAVID PHIPPS ’83 BIG IMPACT ENGLEWOOD, OHIO I was very happy to read that UD students are actively participating in the Big MEANING OF MALAWI Brothers Big Sisters program [“From Little As a UD alumna and volunteer with Matt to Big,” Winter 2014-15]. Last year, I com- Maroon’s nonprofit, Determined to Develop pleted a lengthy research project while fin- (D2D), I have witnessed firsthand just how ishing my master’s degree in education at far UD’s efforts in Malawi can reach. In the George Mason University about the effects year I spent volunteering in the Chilumba of mentoring on at-risk youth. By actively region, I saw Maroon and D2D volunteers replicating and extending the research of

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 3 many others, I found overwhelming evidence with the use of alcohol across all at-risk youth fraternity brothers, as well as mentors in the that mentoring seems to be one possible solu- demographic groups. ROTC program at the University of Dayton. I tion to helping at-risk youth overcome adver- As I was completing my research, I couldn’t had no way of knowing then how much of a sity in order to become successful adults. One help thinking about all those who made an diﬀerence a mentor would make in my life, staggering and interesting fact I learned was enormous, positive impact upon my own life but now I fully understand what they did for that at-risk youth were 70 percent less likely to while growing up. I remembered kind and me. initiate drug use than at-risk youth who were loving teachers and coaches, my older broth- I am currently employed as a special edu- not mentored. The same patterns were found ers and sisters, and even my Alpha Nu Omega cation teacher in an alternative high school in

NAMES WITH FACES I enjoy and look forward to each issue of the University of Dayton Magazine. The winter 2014-15 issue has some articles of special interest to me. First of all, I’m so happy to see that Father Burns is still sharing his abiding love of Mary and teaching with us. I was one of his 27,000-plus students who, in 1966, took his Marriage and Christian Family Living class. Cannot believe that it was so long ago. On a related note, I just loved the article on coach Donoher, the reunion and the photo of him with many of his former players. I just wish your editors had included a caption with the names of all of the players pictured. My family and I were (and still are) huge UD basketball fans, and although I remember many of the players by name, time changes faces. How about a re-run of the photo in a future issue with the names added? PATRICIA KAIN KLEIN ’68 REDFORD, MICHIGAN Editor: We had many similar requests. Here is the photo with identifications.

1 Bobby Joe Hooper ’81 23 Jerry Gottschall ’70 2 Tom Hatton ’63 24 Johnny Davis ’77 3 John Courtney ’85 25 Dr. Tom Rau 4 Joe Emmrich ’69 26 Rusty Schuermann ’79 5 Don Donoher ’54 27 Jack Zimmerman ’80 6 Tom Henry ’86 28 Joe Siggins ’79 7 Jim Larkin ’72 29 Mike Sylvester ’74 8 Rex Gardecki ’72 30 JD Grigsby ’73 9 Gary McCans ’68 31 Ken May ’71 10 Russ Willis 32 Brian Donoher ’91 11 John Samanich ’67 33 Denny Papp ’67 12 Jim Wannemacher ’68 34 Dr. Art Bok ’50 13 Gene Klaus ’67 35 Jim Gottschall ’70 14 Dave Borchers ’68 36 Don May ’68 15 Rob Urbanowicz ’88 37 Tim Pohlman ’80 16 Dr. Ed Leschansky ’51 38 Steve Hess ’73 45 George Jackson ’73 52 Bill Crotty ’89 59 Ken Beall ’80 17 Doug Harris ’79 39 Bill Uhl ’89 46 Jim Scoby 53 Henry Finkel ’66 60 Ed Young ’86 18 Norm Grevey ’90 40 David Bradds ’91 47 Noland Robinson ’90 54 Bucky Bockhorn ’58 61 Rory Dahlinghaus ’86 19 Dan Christie ’87 41 Mike Byrd ’83 48 George Janky ’70 55 Dan Hipsher 62 Jim Paxson ’79 20 Larry Schellenberg ’85 42 Fred Eckert ’79 49 Jim Testerman ’75 56 Anthony Grant ’87 63 Damon Goodwin ’86 21 George Morrison ’82 43 Louis Bok 50 Steve Lawrence ’73 57 Jim Stiff ’82 64 Mike Kanieski ’82 22 Don Bernard ’70 44 Dan Herling ’75 51 Steve Pittman ’90 58 Gordy Gahm ’73 65 Al Bertke ’72

4 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Alexandria, Virginia, and I mentor several kids Ohio State or Cincinnati. the origins of Rudy the throughout the year. Every day I see the nega- That would have been a great Flyer (“Original Rudy tive effects of poverty on broken, dysfunctional matchup. M.I.A.”) are very inter- families, but I know that mentoring can make I look forward to the 2014- esting, to say the least. a significant difference in reducing negative 15 Dayton Flyer basketball I hope my own memo- behavior in at-risk youth. season with high hopes for ries can shed some Father Burns, S.M., was asked the ques- another successful season. more light on Rudy’s tion in the “Ask a Marianist” section of the JOSEPH RICCIARDI ’63 origin. Albeit taken same issue, “What was the most rewarding YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, for granted that the thing about being a community member of NEW YORK Wright brothers are a UD?” His reply, “As a vowed Marianist I hoped MAKING PROGRESS Chapel renovation coming common and justified to answer Chaminade’s vision by a belonging- COACH TOM along nicely. @univofdayton beginning for the mas- ness, a relationship.” I think that’s exactly BLACKBURN @daymag cot’s image, a couple of what the Big Brothers Big Sisters program does Tom Blackburn and the —@FOXGWYN us may have been the for not only their mentees but also for the UD teams he built put the Uni- POSTED TO TWITTER model for the current student mentors. It warms my heart to see UD versity of Dayton on the map. “barnstorming pilot” students practicing the Marianist tradition by Any boy growing up in participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters the ’50s knew that Dayton was one of the top- mascot Rudy. During the late 1970s, a very old program. rated basketball teams in the nation year after leather and wool bomber jacket and leather JERRY WALSH ’87 year. And year after year they were in the Na- cap, complete with goggles, was discovered in ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA tional Invitation finals and, just like my be- the coat closet at 224 Kiefaber St. At the time, loved Dodgers, they always seemed to make the this was the Alpha Nu Omega fraternity house. BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS finals but not win the championship. One William A. “Buddy” Mills ’78 started wear- Congratulations to the Dayton Flyer bas- There is little chance this kid from Brook- ing the outfit to the basketball games off and ketball team of 2013-14 for making it to the lyn, and so many other East Coast kids, on. Upon his graduation, the outfit was passed Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Reading would have chosen Dayton over St. John’s or on to Tom “Rudney” Golias ’81 who wore it reli- the magazine [Summer 2014] brought back Providence or Seton Hall if they didn’t believe giously to every home game. When Rudy made many nostalgic memories. they were entering the excitement and pres- his appearance in December 1980, I continued The Dayton Flyers had many great teams, tige of a nationally recognized Catholic co-ed to don the outfit for every game through the including Roosevelt Chap- university. 1980-81 season. We don’t know where the origi- man’s 1984 team. Let’s Let me reinforce the impact of From Twitter nal outfit came from or what has happened to not forget Donnie May’s @daymag coach Blackburn by asking a trivia it since. We just know it was perfectly suited teams that made it to question: What Division I basketball @daymag Taft says for Flyer games. While I wasn’t selected to ac- the 1967 title game with team had the most wins during the Berry execution “Obvi- tually wear the Rudy costume for games, I was UCLA, which had Abdul- ’50s and ’60s — Kentucky, UCLA or ously wasn’t murder.” nonetheless proud to have supported the UD Jabbar as the center and Which is technically Dayton? Flyers, as I still do. Go Dayton Flyers! a few All-Americans, or correct, though it de- Answer: The little school in Ohio. THOMAS M. GOLIAS ’81 Dayton’s 1968 team that Results: The University of Dayton

pends on whose law HURON, OHIO won the 1968 NIT Champi- we are following. Flyers had 435 wins during the 1950s ...... onship. —@UDTMAC and ’60s (228 and 207 wins, respec- Then there was the tively). UCLA had 427, and Kentucky Clarification: In “Star Reader” [Page 10, Winter 2014- Tweet us your reactions Flyer team in 1974 that lost had 421. 15], we wrote that one student receives a cash prize for to our stories. to Bill Walton’s UCLA in Coach Blackburn should be me- the winning essay in the journal Line by Line. In triple overtime 111-110 in morialized in some signiﬁcant way fact, there are three winners from student work com- the west regionals of the NCAA tournament. by the University of Dayton. pleted for first- and second-year composition courses. In my opinion, Tom Blackburn’s 1962 NIT DON FISK ’61 The winners each receive a scholarship of $100 or $200. championship was probably the best Flyer team HENDERSON, NEVADA Have thoughts about what you read this issue? ever. The team had Gordie and Tommy Hat- [email protected] ton at the guards, Garry Roggenburk and Hal PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: Schoen at the forwards, and Bill Chmielewski RUDY’S EXTENDED FAMILY University of Dayton Magazine What a great way to stimulate memories 300 College Park at center. In 1962, the Dayton Flyers defeated Dayton, OH 45469-1303 an excellent St. John’s team. Additionally, and conversations for everyone who has made [email protected] Hall-of-Famer Roger Brown from the Indiana UD a part of their lives. The “Truth or Tale” Please include your city and state. Indicate whether you Pacers was on the 1961 freshman team. feature [Winter 2014-15] had several interest- wish your email address printed. Letters should not exceed 300 words. University of Dayton Magazine may edit for clar- In my opinion again, the 1962 Dayton Flyer ing pieces that made me and others reﬂect ity and brevity. Not all letters received are printed due to team would have won the NCAA champion- on memories that we may have been a part space. Opinions expressed are those of the letter writers and not necessarily of this publication nor the University of ship, but they would have had to beat either of while at UD. The piece by CC Hutten ’15 on Dayton.

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Love to help #BEUDKIND

We love that so many of our students broke up — with their T-shirts. During four collection days in February, students donated 1,200 gently used and new shirts in exchange for a new

CONVERSATION PIECES CONVERSATION #iloveud T-shirt. The donated shirts went to St. Vincent

. DePaul to help clothe our Tap The calling to watch a video Dayton neighbors in need. UDAYTON.EDU/LIBRARIES on “Living the During other #BeUDKind Call” featuring service opportunities, faculty If we didn’t ask, we wouldn’t know: Sister Mary Louise Foley, campus and staff filled 86 backpacks with supplies for the F.M.I., enjoys playing Rummikub — and winning; Father Marianists. homeless, students gave supplies for the Urban François Rossier, S.M., loves rock ‘n’ roll, especially Led Zep- Child Development Resource Center, and Flyer pelin. The Year of Consecrated Life, decreed by Pope Francis, basketball fans donated 300 towels and sheets to a led University Libraries to ask and record videos of campus local homeless shelter. religious talking about themselves, their calling and community. The videos are part of the exhibit Charism, Character and Calling, on display through March. The exhibit includes crowns of thorns worn by sisters in some orders during special ceremonies, photographs from consecrated men and women throughout history, and more, all celebrating how answering the call influenced their lives — and ours.

Know the law U.S. COP APP

...... As a police officer and School of Law student, Mark Albrechtsen recognized the knowledge gaps officers had regarding case law and its practical application on the beat. “There’s a huge disconnect between civil rights and law enforcement,” he says. The app he created, U.S. Cop, helps to lessen that disconnect, offering more than 1,200 pages of information of cases on record across the country to help officers avoid liability and protect individuals’ civil rights. It’s now the No. 1-selling law enforcement app on Apple and Google Play.

“I learned that solidarity is love, and experiencing “Our biggest challenge at UD is that people don’t want to leave; I can their struggle made me realize how interconnected see some seniors nodding their heads right now.” we are.” —DANIEL J. CURRAN ANSWERING STUDENT QUESTIONS DURING —JUNIOR SAM BRICKWEG ABOUT THE WINTER BREAKOUT DIALOGUE WITH THE PRESIDENT FEB. 11 TRIP TO EL SALVADOR

“It’s part of our ‘pay-it-forward’ mindset.” “So many people have reached out to me this week to tell me that they love me. —JASON ECKERT OF CAREER SERVICES ON I challenge all of you to remind your loved ones how much you love them, THE UD CAREER FAIR; ALUMNI ALWAYS every day.” WELCOME —SENIOR KAYLA MUELLER, IN FLYER NEWS, AFTER A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST WITH THE SAME NAME WAS KILLED BY ISIS

6 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 .

Make room DAYTON MARRIOTT

It is a home to families during graduation, alumni attending Reunion Weekend and visitors throughout the year. Now the Dayton Marriott Hotel Food for thought is officially part of UD, purchased in BROWN STREET BISTRO December for $18.5 million in con- junction with Concord Hospitality, ...... which will operate the full-service hotel. With 399 guest rooms, it is the largest hotel in the region and If you build it, they will eat — cream of tomato soup or the sits on the west edge of campus. The El Guapo sandwich with ham, chicken, pepper jack cheese and investment purchase includes plans hot sauce. The Brown Street Bistro is now open on the fifth floor for upgrades to guest rooms; recon- of Fitz Hall. The building across Brown Street from Holy Angels figuration of the lobby and restaurant Church is home to many academic departments, including space into a Marriott great room; and art and design and music, and the entire School of Education renovations to the ballroom, meeting and Health Sciences. More than 2,500 students take classes in rooms and fitness center. And while Fitz Hall each week. UD dining services operates the bistro five the upgrades are sure to make it more days a week. Said junior graphic design major Alexa Indriolo, popular, don’t delay — rooms are “Because it’s open so early, I plan to go in the mornings before already filling up for the June 12-14 reunion. class as often as I can.”

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Add it up 3D PRINTING

Success breeds success. In 2013, UD received a $423,326 grant from the Ohio Board of Regents, which it used to create 48 new co-op positions to beneﬁt both students and small companies. Then in 2014, UD received its second Ohio Means Internships and Co-ops grant — $800,000. Funds supported a capstone class project and the purchase of a Stratasys Fortus 360mc 3D printer. Two students — one from UD, one from Sinclair Community College — are using the technology to manufacture parts for student and faculty research projects. And they plan to add to their success by working with business students to create a student-run additive manufacturing business.

“Paul was not afraid to point out injustices in the American “Being nervous means you’re feeling something … it system and in institutions where he served. But he always did it means you’re loving what you do. Whatever it is that with calmness as if coming from a warm and loving heart.” you are doing, trust in your work.” —BROTHER JOSEPH KAMIS, S.M. ’69, REMEMBERING —HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL STAR CORBIN BLEU, WHO VISITED FATHER PAUL MARSHALL, S.M. ’69 CAMPUS FEB. 2 CONVERSATION PIECES

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Campus and beyond

...... $7M gift of global goodwill “Young ambassadors” — that’s what economic China Institute, which opened in 2012 in the tial to become a center of international goodwill, representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing Suzhou Industrial Park. where people from all over the world come to learn called UD students when they met at the University Fuyao Glass Group Chairman Dewang Cao, and work together. of Dayton China Institute “That is important and valuable work, and we Jan. 21. would like to play a part in making it happen.” The 30 students are Fuyao Glass America Inc. will collaborate the first cohort to take at with the University of Dayton and the China the institute in Suzhou, Institute in the areas of research and development, China, a semester’s worth technology, and management, developing new of courses in arts, busi- technology and improving management effective- ness, engineering, hu- ness, said President Daniel J. Curran. manities, natural sciences “We are immensely grateful to Chairman Cao and social sciences. UD and pleased to enter into this relationship, which students study there at no solidifies the University of Dayton’s presence in additional cost relative to China and our growing international reputation,” he a semester on campus. said. “With this gift, we can continue to expand our More such oppor- academic, research and development, and innova- tunities will be possible tion programs. for UD students thanks “Looking into the future, this gift will benefit to a $7 million gift from generations of UD students, offering them an un- Fuyao Glass America paralleled, affordable international experience. It Inc. The announcement will also benefit students in China, giving them ac- was made Jan. 9 in an cess to a first-rate American university where they on-campus ceremony, just a few miles from where who founded the company in 1987, said education can develop an international perspective.” Fuyao is transforming a former General Motors and fostering understanding are top priorities for The China Institute also offers professional assembly plant into a $250 million automotive him. training courses in communications, engineering, glass manufacturing facility. “The ultimate goal of our endeavors is to project and business management, technology, The gift will go toward purchase of the five- achieve harmony among people,” Cao said. “The and technical English to Chinese professionals in story, 68,000-square-foot building housing the University of Dayton China Institute has the poten- the industrial park and the Suzhou area.

8 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Presidential search firm, committee named What are the markers of success? Trustees said it’s essential a new president understand and em- That’s the question the national executive search firm of Isaacson, brace the University’s Catholic, Marianist mission. “We’re not just Miller is asking the greater UD community. a generic university,” said Father Martin Solma, S.M. ’71, vice chair “When you start a presidential search, you’re of the board and provincial for the Marianist Province of the United looking to the future,” Vivian Brocard, vice presi- States. “We have a particular history and culture that requires a dent of the Boston-based firm, told the trustees sensitivity.” and presidential search committee at the winter All candidates must be Catholic, either vowed or lay, with a prefer- board meeting Jan. 14. “You’ve had a wonderful ence given to qualified members of the Society of Mary. run with President Curran. The next president The board of trustees named a 17-member presidential search com- will be able to build on that foundation.” mittee to find a successor. The committee is chaired by trustee David Daniel J. Curran will step down as president Yeager ’75 and includes Richard Granite ’88, president-elect of the in June 2016 after a 14-year tenure. Alumni Association, as well as faculty, trustees, staff, administrators, The firm came to campus March 3 to 5 to hear Yeager a student and a representative of the Dayton community. from students, faculty and staff. Alumni are in- “We strongly believe this will be an inclusive search that will bring vited to share their comments on the markers of success of UD’s 19th the campus community together in conversations about the future of president through the presidential search website, go.udayton.edu/ the University of Dayton,” Yeager said. “To attract the best candidates, presidentialsearch. we will respect confidentiality about the candidate pool during the Brocard said the firm will be searching for “creative and innovative process and beyond.” leaders” with a track record for addressing demographic and financial Updates throughout the search process will be posted to the presi- challenges and the ability “to imagine” the future. dential search website.

Fitz honored Romero Award for Vatican human rights champion “Like Mary, he has made a Tap fundamental contribution to A cardinal who leads one of Third World debt. Romero was slain 35 years ago to watch a video society by simply saying ‘yes’ to the world’s top humanitarian or- “Thank you to the University while officiating Mass because on Romero’s ganizations received from UD an of Dayton for this great honor,” of his vocal defense of the human what has been asked of him.” legacy at UD. award named for the man who Rodríguez Maradiaga said. “Os- rights of the poor and disenfran- That’s what the president served as inspi- chised. The award is presented to of the Association of Catholic ration for poor an individual or organization that Colleges and Universities said around the world. has earned distinction for the pro- about Brother Raymond L. Fitz, The Universi- motion of the dignity of all human S.M. ’64, before awarding Fitz ty honored Cardi- beings and alleviation of the suffer- the prestigious Rev. Theodore nal Oscar Andrés ing of the human community. M. Hesburgh, CSC, Award for Rodríguez Mara- Pope Francis officially desig- outstanding contributions to diaga of Honduras nated Romero a martyr earlier this Catholic higher education. with the Archbish- year. Beatification of Romero, the “Brother Ray’s contribu- op Oscar Romero last step before sainthood, is ex- tions to Catholic higher educa- Human Rights pected later this year. tion are both local and global,” Award March 10. “We are honoring Cardinal Ro- continued Michael Galligan- Rodríguez Mara- dríguez Maradiaga for his lifetime Stierle, president of the ACCU. diaga is presi- of human rights advocacy, and dent of Caritas especially the way he continues “He lent his insights to the Rodríguez Maradiaga Internationalis, a to challenge leaders of prosper- Vatican as a U.S. consultant Vatican-based umbrella organiza- car Romero is the one person who ous nations to increase aid to poor during the drafting of Ex corde tion for 160 charity organizations has inspired the work of Caritas countries,” said Mark Ensalaco, Ecclesiae; he informed the working on six continents. In 2013, the most. He was an inspiration to director of human rights research writing of the Application of Ex Pope Francis appointed him coor- the poor throughout the world. His in the University of Dayton Human corde Ecclesiae in the United dinator of the Council of Cardinals teachings are so rich that you can Rights Center and creator of the States; and he has significantly for the Study of the Organizational always find new insights that sup- award. “Both Pope Benedict and transformed the University of and Economic Problems of the port our work on social justice.” Pope Francis hold Caritas Interna- Dayton.” Holy See. He also has served as UD created the Oscar Romero tionalis’ work in high regard for its Fitz, UD’s longest-serving the Vatican’s spokesperson to the Human Rights Award in 2000 to ability to respond to the needs of president from 1979 to 2002, International Monetary Fund and honor the ministry and martyrdom the poor. Pope Francis has called received the award Jan. 31 in the World Bank on the issue of of the Salvadoran archbishop. it ‘an essential part of the church.’” Washington, D.C.

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Setting the groove But who’s counting? Jazz music is a language — a syncopated, improvised, purely American language. Sit down with senior music major Kieran Grace, and his bass will speak you a The ranking agencies, few bars. that’s who. And “Being a good musician is being able to learn the language, to be put on the spot we’re happy to share the and to be fluent,” Grace says. He plays bass — electric or upright — in almost every #245 good numbers. possible musical corner of UD. But if the bass is off beat, the whole song is off. out of 300 for Best “Think of it this way: If a song was a house, rhythm is the foundation,” says College Values by senior electrical engineering major Matt Sprague, who plays piano alongside Grace Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Best in the Dayton Jazz Ensemble and the student alternative-rock band NineTies. College Values 2015 “[Bass] sets the tone for everything else. It’s the walls, the roof. If there’s no foundation, the house #77 out of 100 for Best collapses. The horns are the brick, the covered Values in Private

gutters, the freshly mowed lawn, the two-car . Universities by garage. If the gutters leak, if the wallpaper is off- Kiplinger’s Personal color — of course, the house loses value,” Sprague Finance Best says. “But if the foundation collapses? You don’t College Values 2015 have a house anymore.” #30 in the U.S. News & Grace has been building this house, year by year, World Report online with the help of music professor Willie Morris, who graduate education created a jazz studies concentration at the Univer- program rankings sity of Dayton in 2011 — the same year Grace made the decision to attend UD. In May, Grace will #16 become the first to graduate from the program. in the nation for And though the pressure is hot, bassists Best Internships in keep cool. It’s in their nature — specifically Colleges That Pay You Grace’s, as he lets his instrument do Back by The Princeton the talking on stage. Review “I’m pretty shy until you get to know me, but I’ll open up,” says Grace, who How the death penalty lives can barely hide his 6-foot- In the most recent edition of Studies in Law, 3-inch frame behind his Politics and Society, assistant professor of sociology upright, which stands Jamie Longazel and his co-authors only an inch taller. “[UD] analyze why, despite a tremendous taught me professionalism in decline in the use of the death that aspect; you never know penalty in the United States, a

who you’ll run into or . few locales continue to pursue who’s listening.” death sentences. Only 16 percent A lot more people of U.S. counties account for about will get the chance 90 percent of all death verdicts. to listen, as Grace Longazel “Capital punishment operates graduates and in a ﬁeld of violently defended racial boundaries,” said gets to set the Longazel, who with his colleagues analyze Maricopa groove of a jazz County, Arizona, one of the most active death penalty professional. locales in the contemporary United States. They —CC Hutten ’15 describe how various local actors contribute to a climate characterized by deeply rooted fears of racial ‘outsiders.’ These “racist localisms” are catalysts for the continued implementation of the death penalty in the United States, they write: “At a moment when the death penalty continues to breathe life in just a few places, it is essential to uncover an ever more in-depth understanding of what allows this peculiar institution to persist.”

10 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Lackner Awards There were tears of laughter and admiration at the 2015 Lackner Awards Feb. 13, when Marianists and guests gathered to honor two full-time lay faculty or staff who have made noteworthy contributions to the Catholic and Marianist character of the Univer- sity. The award, first bestowed in 1985, is named for Brother Elmer Lackner, S.M., whose influence permeated nearly all areas of University life. These are excerpts from the citations presented by Father James Fitz ’68, vice president for mission and rector.

Dr. Thomas Lasley . Teri Rizvi For his commitment to the education of youth with a For her deeply humble and honest service predilection for the most disadvantaged In our Catholic tradition, we celebrate the Word become In the Rule of Life of the Society of Mary, it states that flesh; Mary, the mother of Jesus, saying “yes” to the incarna- “education is a privileged means of formation in faith.” In tion of Jesus Christ, Son of God, become Son of Mary for our the educational apostolate, our founder, Blessed William salvation. Teri Rizvi Joseph Chaminade, had a special predilection for youth and has spent her years at the poor. Dr. Thomas Lasley has witnessed to this deeply the University of Day- held Marianist conviction ton incarnating the about education, especially word. She has served for youth and the poor. as executive director Tom began his career at of strategic commu- the University in 1983 and nications since Octo- serves now as professor in ber 2013. Previously, the School of Education and she led communica- Health Sciences. He served tions efforts for the as dean of the school from University of Dayton 1998 to 2010. During his ten- for nearly 25 years, ure as dean, Tom promoted the longest tenure for the linking of learning and a communications scholarship with leader- director. She began ship and service among her UD career as direc- students, especially under- tor of media relations ...... graduate students. Follow- in 1987. The media ing the model set forth by field demands much our Marianist founders, of one’s time, energy and patience. It takes a rare person Tom has consistently com- who can accomplish this with ease, grace and beauty. mitted energy and resources Under Teri’s leadership, the Office of University Com- to the educationally marginalized in the community. Tom munications has demonstrated an outstanding ability to has been especially committed to the improvement of pre- capture the many faces of UD. Collaborating with partners college education. He played a leading role in the founda- across campus and beyond, Teri utilizes her skills as a listen- tion of the Dayton Early College Academy, a program com- er, a bridge-builder and an innovative thinker. In imitation mitted to helping at-risk students achieve unbelievable of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Teri is in the forefront of the goals, and was instrumental in setting up the Center for background, observing, nurturing and enabling others to be Catholic Education, including two of its outstanding the best they can be. programs: Lalanne and the Urban Child Development In 2000, she founded the biennial Erma Bombeck Writ- Resource Center. ers’ Workshop. Teri’s commitment to capturing beauty, val- One of Tom’s colleagues described him this way: “Tom’s ues and ideas in the written word has inspired many people passion for success of students whose families are without through this workshop. material and psycho-social resources to provide a pathway During her tenure, the University’s national visibility and to post-secondary education is evident in the leadership reputation increased as communications expanded through he provides in the greater Dayton community as well as at print, electronic, online and social media. Her efforts have the state and national levels.” exemplified Blessed Chaminade’s vision and Marie Thérèse’s skills of organization with a personal touch.

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 11 All together Community engagement is nomic development, our way of life. arts and cultural pro- Now the Carnegie Foundation gramming, service for the Advancement of Teach- learning, civic leader- ing has confirmed it. It selected ship, research in areas UD for its 2015 Community En- such as human rights gagement Classification for long- and neighborhood sta- standing commitment through bilization, and other teaching, service, research and activities. partnerships. “The University of The University is one of 361 in- Dayton has a long and stitutions nationwide that earned very rich tradition of the classification this year. Unlike community involve- the foundation’s other classifica- ment on many dif- tions that rely on national data, ferent levels ranging institutions participated volun- from human services tarily by submitting materials to economic develop- describing the nature and extent ment,” said Michael of their community engagement. Parks, president of “Active engagement in the lo- The Dayton Founda- cal community is a central part Kristen Hammaker ’11 tutored local children learning English as a Graduate tion. “This engage- Community Fellow. of the Marianist tradition and ment is a very real em- integral to the University’s mission and iden- John Saltmarsh, director of the New England bodiment of the Marianist teachings, and we tity,” said President Daniel J. Curran. “We are Resource Center for Higher Education. “These are so fortunate to have UD in our community.” honored with this designation, which is an are campuses that are improving teaching and Curran praised students, faculty and staff affirmation of our long-term efforts to put into learning, producing research that makes a dif- for their sustained engagement and advocacy. action the Marianist spirit of social justice, ference in communities, and revitalizing their “I’m proud of their service, and especially peace and commitment to community.” civic and academic missions.” grateful to our students, who approach commu- The designation is indicative of a univer- UD’s engagement includes PK-12 neighbor- nity engagement with great passion, commit- sity’s deep engagement with local, regional, hood schools, environmental sustainability ment and ingenuity, and bring the Marianist national and global communities, according to advocacy and remediation, community and eco- spirit to life each and every year,” he said.

Reconciled, on stage Faith and reason are not just the theater program, used their and recitations of narratives. experiences based around the for the classroom or the chapel. responses to visualize scenes, Among those performing were elements of earth, water, air and This winter, they took to then worked with other artists to two students, sophomore theater fire. For example, the fire room the stage in the performance in- create songs, dances, puppetry major Ohana Garcia-Isgut and described the danger of knowl- stallation (ir)reconcilable: faith first-year theater and edge and how individuals could and reason in UD’s Black Box psychology major Alex- be forced into ideas of religion or Theatre. andra Damiani. other ways of life. The creative process includ- Four themes con- “Many story circle partici- ed six story circles, during which nected the scenes: pants remarked on what an un- faculty and students shared sto- journeys of intellect and usual and touching experience it ries in response to questions and spirit; the enduring na- was to hear people answer ques- listened to the stories of others. L.E. D’AGOSTINO-GOUGH ture of love — even after tions that wouldn’t normally come Participants described the “inef- death; relationships be- up between strangers,” Hayford fable” in their lives — something tween parents and chil- said. “The play really serves as that is virtually indescribable. dren; and spiritual con- a site for people to reflect on val- They spoke of relationships with nections made through ues of the community, their own family, with themselves and with nature. Between scenes, values and to connect with other higher powers they believe in. the audience visited four people.” Michelle Hayford, director of rooms with interactive —Erin Callahan ’15

12 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 BIG QUESTIONS

HOW TO LEAD AND LOVE. ... ASK A MARIANIST

Brother Raymond L. Fitz, S.M. ’64, former president and current Ferree Professor of Social Justice, answers questions from college presidents (Pestello of Saint Louis, Ploeger of Chaminade and Curran of Dayton), fellow Marianists (one being his brother) and a grad (Keneally) whose career includes being UD student government vice president 1989-90 as well as the 42nd premier of New South Wales, Australia. Read more answers from Brother Fitz at bit.ly/UD_RFitz.

How did your sense of mission guide and Marianist. That requires high-poverty neighborhoods. with students, the options we you during your tenure as president creating opportunities for all Also, when asked, lend your wis- have in voting are never clear- of UD? to appreciate how our mission dom to the new president. Expect cut. Each candidate has some —FATHER MARTY SOLMA, was meaningful to our tasks of to work about as hard as you are strengths and some deficits in S.M. ’71 learning and scholarship. It also now; you will just have fewer is- promoting the common good. ST. LOUIS requires the skills of listening, of sues to keep you up at night. Politics is the art of the possible. I I was attracted to the Marianists formulating our ideas so others ask students to examine the can- by their mission of educating could understand them, and of Many students vote in an election didate’s positions on a variety of leaders. In conversations over the having the courage to engage for the first time when they are at the critical life issues, abortion, pov- years we developed the phrase different, even conflicting, per- University. What advice would you erty reduction, war and peace, “learn, lead and serve,” as short- spectives to forge a constructive give them? etc. and then make a prudential hand for our mission. I sought to consensus. That was the most —KRISTINA KERSCHER judgment of which candidate has get our UD community excited challenging — and most fulfill- KENEALLY ’91 the greater possibility of promot- SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA about educating servant-leaders ing — aspect of leadership. ing the common good. who integrate knowledge to In working with students, I have advance justice in our society. What’s it like to be a former been guided by the statement of What did you learn from your president? the American Bishops and Vati- family that has helped you in your How has your work with the Fitz Cen- —DAN CURRAN can Council’s document Church in ministry? ter influenced your thought on what DAYTON the Modern World. As citizens, we —FATHER JAMES FITZ, S.M. ’68 makes a “complete” professional? That will be the second-best job have a responsibility to partici- DAYTON —BROTHER BERNARD J. you will ever have. As president, pate thoughtfully in elections From Dad, I learned “to keep PLOEGER, S.M. ’71 I was blessed with an ability and in public life. In the Catholic promises and to be resilient.” HONOLULU to develop consensus around tradition this participation must From Mom, I learned “to see I have used the phrase “complete important issues. I used this be guided by a well- with my heart.” Both of them professional” to describe a person ability to engage some informed and have shaped my work of advanc- with competence in a discipline faculty in exploring critical con- ing justice. There is a picture or professional field, a deep the important role of science. In my of Mom and Dad on the wall in understanding of what it means Catholic social teach- own experi- front of my desk reminding me to be human, and the ability ing in our curriculum ence and in to keep faithful to their lessons. to engage in positive change in and in challenging conversations society. In recent years we talked our community to be about this as “educating for concerned about For our next issue, ask your practical wisdom.” I have come to the youth and our questions of Matt Dunn ’91, who believe that a complete profes- families in our professionally serves sional must learn to see injustice as executive director and work to advance justice, of the Montgomery especially in collaboration with County (Ohio) Arts those at the margins of society. and Cultural Dis- trict and whose volunteer What has been the most challenging work includes serving on aspect of leadership for you? the national leadership —FRED PESTELLO council for Marianist ST. LOUIS laity in the United It has been to engage people in States. EMAIL YOUR constructive conversations that QUESTIONS moved us toward greater realiza- TO MAGAZINE@ tion of our mission as Catholic UDAYTON.EDU.

SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF OF DAYTON DAYTON MAGAZINE MAGAZINE 13 Bringing home to home Meet the Bukovec sib- Last semester, Colin’s birthday fell in the lings from Mentor, Ohio, as middle of finals week. “We went on a secret they sit laughing and chat- mission,” Morgan said. Colin returned from his ting in the Hangar. It’s their 8 a.m. accounting final to find his door plastered first year — and last year with stars and the words “Happy 20th Birthday.” — to do so together, three Inside, he found chocolate-covered pretzels and siblings all at UD. a card on his desk. That night, when his sisters Karly, the first to venture took him out for dinner at EO Burger, the cashier to UD, is a senior studying gave them order number “20.” marketing and visual arts. While their parents think they’re attached Next is Colin, a sophomore at the hip, they really lead separate lives. When and newly declared fi- they run into one another on campus, Colin said, nance major. The youngest “It’s unexpected, kind of awkward and always a is Morgan, a first-year stu- surprise.” Once on the RecPlex track he passed dent in early childhood ed- Morgan; the two high-fived and kept running. ucation. Turns out, having Siblings Morgan, Colin and Karly Bukovec Having family at UD “brings home to home,” an older sibling at UD is Karly said. “When we are old, we can look back good for more than recommendations on classes, Street. Lucky for Morgan, Karly’s cooking was on the same things telling our kids and grand- professors or the “monster cookie” at Marycrest there when she ran out of money on her meal kids stories and understand. We will remember dining hall. plan. “A rookie mistake,” Colin teased. that professor, or that place on campus, and it will When Colin or Morgan crave a home-cooked Some of their family traditions carry into mean that much more.”

meal, they run over to Karly’s place on Lowes college, like celebrating birthdays. —Chelsea Randall ’15

...... A rolling (gem) stone In the last 50 years, Edward Evans’ UD class ring Evans learned the film trade. His career in television In Memoriam managed to travel 2,900 miles without him. How? He took him around the world, from the 1972 Winter Tap has no idea, but he has it back, thanks Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, to watch celebrity to the kindness of a stranger. to the D.C. inauguration of interviews from Before this winter, the last time George H.W. Bush. He re- “The Bette Rogge he had seen his ring was in the mid- ceived awards for his cover- Show,” including with Loretta ’60s. He sold siding and roofing for age of California wildfires Swit. Montgomery Ward in Valley Stream and the riots after the Rodney on Long Island, New York, where he King beating. took off the ring to wash his hands. Evans now lives in Ox- He went back for it later, but the ring nard, California. The ring — in Bette Rogge Morse ’44 covered the was gone. the box, in the garage — was Apollo 14 moon landing, conducted a spe- Fast for- found five hours north in San cial televised half-hour tour of the White ward to this Francisco. House during the Johnson administration January, when “My guess is that some- and interviewed celebrities from Lucille Gina Zappariel- Above, Evans’ one took it and wore it as their Ball and Bob Hope to William Shatner and lo-Illescas wrote long-lost UD own,” said Zappariello-Illes- Liberace. Morse died Jan. 20. She was 92. to UD. She class ring. cas, who called Evans to give Her 40-year radio and television career wanted to return Left, a ringless him the good news. She was included The Bette Rogge Show on WHIO- a class ring with Evans (far happy to mail it to its rightful TV in Dayton. She donated her collection a green stone right) from the owner; he was overjoyed to of shows, plus other materials, to the UD and engraved 1960 Dayto- receive it. archives in 2002. “Edward R. Ev- nian. “It looks like it’s been Morse was a long-time advocate for ans.” She found it worn, not by me; it was almost UD. She served on the board of trustees, in a box while cleaning out her deceased mother-in- new when I lost it,” Evans said. “I’ll wear it for a while, was a communication professor, and with law’s garage. “She has no connection to the school, look at it, get used to it and tell people about it.” her husband, Wayne Morris Sr., supported and no one remembers a Mr. Evans,” she wrote. Even though he and she were unable to deci- scholarships in communication and en- It took some hunting to find Evans, who came to pher the ring’s mysterious road from one coast to gineering, athletics and the rebuilding of UD in 1958 but left after two years to join the Army. the other, it’s still a great story to tell. St. Joseph Hall after the 1987 fire. While at the Army Pictoral Center in New York, —Michelle Tedford

14 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 epending on your generation, your path to living in the neighborhood was decidedlyD diﬀerent from stu- COMMUNITY dents today. You could have BUILDING rented a room from a nice fam- Check-in chats with ily, waited for hours in a hous- your RA ing line or sat by a computer until you could click and claim Flyer Host training that home you’d been scouting Community building for months. meeting This year, the path to a student’s next housing assignment is, in fact, PATH — Points Accumulated Toward Housing. Students attend SERVICE events and activities, swipe I Love UD: T-shirt their student IDs, and rack up Break-up Day the points. For the Department of ACTIVITIES Housing and Residence Life, it’s part of an intentional resi- Late Night dential living program where Spoken Word students learn to be engaged Freedom Center trip members of a community. Sophomore luau For students, it’s about being a good neighbor in the place they want to live — whether it’s VWK their sophomore year or a home on Lowes as seniors. The more points your group gets, the higher your priority in the housing ARTS assignment process. The Rose Ensemble: Here are a few of the ways students earned PATH credit Land of Three Faiths this winter. LECTURES concert UD Speaker Series: Al Stagg performance: Sister Helen Prejean “Romero: A Martyr’s “Natural Disasters and Homily” Policy Change” with Meg Warnement ’07

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WHERE ARE YOU READING UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE? 1 Maddi Schmidt ’14, UD Magazine anniversary of the Beatles’ ﬁrst visit write, “While we were there, we 9 P. Jeffrey Hoke ’02 writes, “I read in hand, visits with her grandpar- to America, my husband, Dwight, decided to try milking a cow. After my UD Magazine in front of Lloyd’s ents, Edwin J. and Erma Schmidt, in daughter, Jenny, and I visited all, how many times could you say of London in England. I earned an Buhler, Kansas, on their 73rd wed- Liverpool, England. Here we are you got to milk a cow in Colombia?” MBA from UD in 2002 and am the ding anniversary. She writes, “We’re enjoying our University of Dayton manager of the risk management pictured in front of the monument Magazine at Penny Lane.” 7 Larra Scolaro ’91 writes, “I was and insurance function for Honda ‘Our Mennonite Forefathers.’ My ﬁnally able to go on vacation this North America in Marysville, Ohio.” great-great-grandparents were part 4 Colleen Conlon ’07 and Carolyn year — and it was great. Here is a of the contingent of Mennonites who Verst Thorngate ’05 snapped this picture of me enjoying the sunset 10 Tom Mikos ’68 and Jenny brought Turkey Red wheat over from picture during a World Cup match (and my UD Magazine) by the pool Galloway Mikos ’88 are reading Prussia in the 1870s,” making Kan- in Brazil in summer 2014. “We took in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The their University of Dayton sas the “breadbasket of the world.” this picture before the Germany rest of the vacation, I was either Magazine at the Jane Austen Centre vs. Ghana game in Fortaleza,” they enjoying the sun, swimming in the in Bath, England. 2 Joan McGuinness Wagner, direc- write. Red Sea or mountain biking in the tor of Marianist strategies at UD, desert.” 11 Jackie Plaska Williams ’99 A.J. Wagner ’77, Mary McGroarty 5 Jacquelin Zubko-Cunha ’07 traveled — with her UD Magazine McNamara ’78 and Jim McNamara writes, “This fall, my husband and 8 Three University of Dayton — to Havana and Viñales, Cuba, ’78 brought their UD Magazine with I had the opportunity to visit my graduates — all currently studying with her family in November them in spring 2014 on a dream sister, Grace Zubko ’15, in Lisbon, at the Marianist seminary in Rome 2014. “Here I am on the Prado in vacation to Italy. They write, “This Portugal. Lisbon is one of the many — took this photo in front of the downtown Havana,” she writes. photo was taken at a winery in Tus- cities she ported in while studying Marianist General Administration/ 12 Ben Beachler sent us this cany, with the medieval town of San abroad on Semester at Sea. I sailed Seminary Community by the pic via Twitter, writing, “The UD Gimignano in the background.” in spring 2006. It was bittersweet to Marianist Family statue. They Magazine made an appearance share our love for UD and SAS.” write, “You can see Father at both the UD alumni table at 3 Melanie Webb Schramm ’76 Chaminade on the right.” Pictured, 6 Louis Guzzo ’09 and Josetta Oktoberfest in Munich and with writes, “I attended UD in the from left, are Brother Armando DeFrancisco ’12 traveled to Cota, another alumni group in Frankfurt.” 1970s and studied the music of Añeses ’03, Brother Sean Downing Colombia, in summer 2014 for

the Beatles. In honor of the 50th ’04 and Brother Bob Jones ’98.

Josetta’s sister’s wedding. They

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16 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 In the news Q Professor Bill Portier, Mary Ann Spearin Chair of Catholic Theol- the Fuyao Glass Group investment in Ohio that also mentioned Fuyao ogy, talked with the International Business Times about the Pope’s Glass America’s $7 million donation to the University and plans to col- declaration of Oscar Romero as a mar- laborate on new glass technologies. At least tyr. Portier commented that everyday Salva- 60 outlets picked up the story, including Fox dorans viewed Romero, martyred in 1980, Business, the Miami Herald and CNBC. as a “temperamentally and theologically conservative per- Q Juan Santamarina, history department chair and ex- son who was genuinely moved by the plight of ordinary pert on Cuban and Latin American history, was Scott Sloan’s people under a repressive government. ... This is the kind guest on WLW to discuss diplomatic relations between the of thing that Francis is advocating for bishops and clergy, U.S. and Cuba. Santamarina also talked to the International and this is part of his message to them against clerical- Business Times for its story on “Cuba’s American Classic ism and careerism. Bishops are supposed to be like Oscar Cars: Only Lifting the U.S. Embargo Will Save Country’s Romero,” he said. Trove Of Well-Worn Wheels.” Q On the birthday of the modern automobile — Jan. 29, Q The Associated Press quoted Jana Bennett, associ- 1886 — China Radio International talked to auto historian ate religious studies professor, in a story about the Vatican John Heitmann about the auto’s impact on hu- investigation of U.S. women’s religious orders. manity. “Never underestimate the power of cul- The report, she said, is “clearly focused on ture to shape human decisions,” he said. dialogue, which I think is not necessarily what Q Celebrities are in a unique position to ad- people expected back in 2008 when this issue vocate for human rights issues, reported IRIN News. It came up.” Nearly 800 outlets picked up the story, including quoted adjunct faculty member Alexandra Cosima Bud- The New York Times, Fox News, ABC News, U.S. News & abin from the upcoming book Celebrity Humanitarianism World Report, The Washington Post, London Daily Mail, and North-South Relations. “The celebrity is not beholden Christian Science Monitor and Yahoo! News. to his or her public in the same manner as the elected of- Q The website Air Force Technology wrote about ficial,” she writes. “Misguided proposals and ineffective the University of Dayton Research Institute’s contract to interventions will not endanger a celebrity, whose position develop a next-generation, fully recyclable cargo pallet for is assured by both financial and political elites.” the U.S. Department of Defense’s transport aircraft fleet. Q The Associated Press quoted juries expert Q Nazret.com published an op-ed by Messay Thaddeus Hoffmeister, associate dean of student affairs and professor of Kebede, philosophy professor. In “Ethiopia: The Invention of Ethnic Poli- law, in a story about jury selection for the Colorado movie theater shooting tics,” he writes that ethnic politics, “reduce[s] the human to one dimen- case. Nearly 700 outlets, including The New York Times, picked up the sionality and so is repressive, being but the manner people are shaped story. The Wall Street Journal also quoted Hoffmeister in a similar story to empower a sectarian elite. It results in a closed society whose irony is about this case. that it must revive the diversity that it refuses in the name of ethnic purity Q The Associated Press Ohio statehouse bureau did a story about in order to evolve into a democratic society.”

Built like a tank Before clean-burning vehicles can go rolling Rice will serve as director for the compressed- down the streets, they need reinforcements. The gas storage initiative of the new Institute for Ad- University of Dayton Research Institute will help vanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation. provide that strength as it leads the development Led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the of compressed-gas storage vessels for the auto- Institute is a 122-member consortium comprised motive and trucking industry. of manufacturers, universities and national labora- “The demand for compressed natural gas as tories with the goal of creating better composite a lower-cost, cleaner-burning alternative to diesel materials and process technologies. and gasoline fuel for vehicles continues to grow,” Rice said research will focus on semi-trailer said Brian Rice, who heads the Research Institute’s trucks first, followed by commercial box trucks multiscale composites and polymers division. “In and, eventually, automobiles. The Department of order for natural gas fuel to be efficiently and safely Energy committed $70 million to the Institute for used to power vehicles, the transportation industry five years, and the Institute’s six partner states and needs an affordable, lightweight but high-strength members have committed $189 million, including compressed-gas fuel tank. Our team will work to Ohio’s $10 million. The Research Institute will also design and develop tanks and manufacturing pro- work with Sinclair Community College in Dayton cesses that can be mass produced at low cost while on workforce development around the technolo- minimizing energy use and waste production.” gies, Rice said.

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 17 orgive, forget: it’s a choice most of us face throughout our lives. The church teaches on theF power of forgiveness; seminars and self-help books have focused on the subject; Google brings up

EXPERT INSTRUCTION millions of hits. But that’s just the process of learning how to forgive. Alan Demmitt, associate professor in counselor education and human services, wants to know if there’s more to it.

Demmitt discusses the concept in his Integrated Approaches to Clinical Counseling course, geared toward students preparing to become mental health counselors. He’s been conducting his own research for the past two years on how forgiveness, or lack thereof, affects mental health — and our daily lives. Though psychology major Michaela Eames ’15 hasn’t taken his course, she’s taken interest in his research. “This isn’t an area I’ve seen much about, so I find it really interesting,” she said. Forgive-me-nots While most of us aren’t mental Look beyond the books. The Diagnostic and Establish a forgiving spirit. Demmitt devotes a health experts, avoiding a grudge Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the ref- portion of his research to how people prepare for could be as easy as following these 1 erence guide mental health counselors use to 3 forgiveness. “I’m focusing on what people do to steps and considering the ques- diagnose mental illnesses like depression or anxiety. be ready to forgive when a situation arises,” he said. tions Demmitt poses through his However, there may be additional factors to consider. “How do they go about cultivating this sense of for- research. “Things you won’t see in there are bitterness, resent- giveness in their lives?” Eames calls it “stabilized for- ment or a lack of forgiveness, but there are many giveness”: finding its origin and learning how to keep people struggling with those issues, and it could lead it going to prevent a grudge from interfering with to depression, anxiety or fractured relationships,” your life. Demmitt said. Taking those negative feelings into account could help individuals pinpoint — and solve — Keep it up. It’s easier to accomplish something the problem. than it is to maintain it, Demmitt said, like losing 4 5 pounds versus keeping it off. “Are there habits Consider your values. Whether you practice and practices people engage in on a daily or weekly ba- a religion or not, certain values could influence sis to keep a forgiving spirit about them?” his research 2your approach to forgiveness, Demmitt said. As asks. Like the religious figures Demmitt interviewed, part of his research, he interviewed a group of 10 clergy following a certain faith tradition or another moral code of different faiths about how they apply their religious can contribute to maintaining the forgiving spirit you practices to forgiveness. He’s transcribing the results establish. While Demmitt has not yet reached a conclu- and plans to next interview individuals without a faith sion in his research, Eames contends that addressing Above, GIUSEPPE MOLTENI tradition. Eames wonders if research could also ad- the process — and the topic itself — is an important first (1800-1867), The Confession, 1838. Courtesy Artgate Fondazione dress one of her observations: “Forgiveness is innate in step in helping people live happier lives. Cariplo under Creative Commons. everyone, whereas faith is not.” —Erin Callahan ’15

18 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Tap for updates on the basketball teams’ tournament appearances. SPORTS Living the dream The reality is that a basket- got the opportunity, I was hap- ball walk-on rarely gets to walk, py to step in,” said Wehrli, a run or shoot on the court during mechanical engineering major. games. “It’s a dream come true.” “Realistically, at games I On Jan. 8, Wehrli played used to feel almost like a man- 23 minutes, scored 9 points ager,” junior Bobby Wehrli told and had both an assist and a the Dayton Daily News. “I’d steal in the Flyers’ 78-61 win sit on the bench and do what- against St. Bonaventure in ERIK SCHELKUN/Elsestar Images ever the other guys asked me Olean, New York. to do — hand them a towel, At home, Red Scare shows whatever.” its appreciation for this dream- Wehrli, who joined the team come-true story for a fellow his freshman year, knew his pri- student with chants of “Bobby, mary role would be in practice, Bobby.” not games. He played a total of Miller took a chance on four minutes for the Flyers dur- Wehrli, but Wehrli also took ing the past two seasons. a chance on UD. As a high Then came December and schooler, he had to decide the dismissal of the team’s two between another university — tallest players. Suddenly, 6’6” Bobby Wehrli, center, living the True Team dream which offered him a position on Wehrli was a big man on the the basketball team — and UD, court. Wehrli, who played both volleyball which did not. He said his campus No more sitting. Now, when men’s and basketball at his high school in ‘I kept working visit sealed his decision. basketball head coach Archie Miller Naperville, Illinois. “I had to physi- hard, and once I That choice was afﬁrmed calls Wehrli’s number, he immediately cally and mentally prepare myself to Jan. 16, when Wehrli posted a picture stands up, removes his warm-up and take on this new role.” got the opportunity, on his Twitter account showing he enters the game, often with the task That includes workouts to build I was happy to was granted an athletics scholarship of defending the opponent’s tallest muscle and stamina for more minutes step in. It’s a dream for the remainder of the year. He’s a player. — now an average of 16 per game. walk-on no more. “It was a big adjustment,” said “I kept working hard, and once I come true.’ —Ryan Wilker ’16

Sports shorts Donoher named to Hall of Fame Flyer Faithful Don Donoher ’54 won more basketball games than Also answering questions for the Business Journal any other UD basketball coach. In November, he will was Chris Johnson ’12, who played this year with be enshrined in the National Collegiate Basketball the Philadelphia 76ers and the Utah Jazz. Asked Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri. Donoher posted why Dayton was such a great place to host the 437 wins and eight NCAA tournament appearances. games, he said, “Dayton has the best, true basket- He was the ﬁrst coach in the country to take his alma ball fans in the country.” mater to a NCAA Division I championship game after NCAA.com includes Dayton in its list of appearing in the tournament as a player. the “most passionate college basketball fans.” Mentioned as being in the same class as the Flyer Play against the owner? Faithful are the fans of Duke, Syracuse, Arizona and From the Dayton Business Journal in a story about the Kentucky. NCAA First Four being in Dayton: Q. Who is the best basketball player you have ever seen play? A: From Hoover sets record Brian Roberts ’08: “Best player I’ve seen play was During the Feb. 15 Flyer 82-64 victory over Saint MJ. I wish I could have been on the court against my Joseph’s, senior Andrea Hoover sank the 222nd owner (Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan), but 3-point basket of her UD career, breaking the being on the team is a treat in and of itself.” record that was set by Stefanie Miller in 2004.

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 19 Out of this world ...... Your planetary guide to a few of the shooting, putting and swinging stars of Flyer athletics

GOLF TENNIS VOLLEYBALL It may not be light years away, To inﬁnity and beyond — that’s The Flyers’ Atlantic 10 record but in February, Dayton feels the kind of courage Matthew is far out — 11 regular-season that far removed from sunny Fox brings to both the men’s titles and nine A-10 tourna- Arizona, where the women’s golf and women’s tennis teams. ment championships, plus team opened its 2015 season at The 10-year-old from Vandalia, 10 NCAA tournament appear- the Saguaro Shootout. Both the Ohio, diagnosed with pediatric ances in program history. The men’s and women’s teams log brain tumors last year, signed a team received four of the ﬁve hundreds of miles on the road National Letter of Intent to both annual awards handed out by each year, playing in tournaments rosters Dec. 4. It entitles him to the A-10, including Coach of across the country. But local Flyer attend all practices, matches and the Year to Tim Horsmon, fans don’t have to hit the road to team events. Said sophomore Player of the Year to senior see their players in action; each Mandy Marchant, “I’m excited to Alaina Turner, Libero of the October, the teams host a joint see what we can do for him, but Year to senior Janna Krafka tournament at the NCR Country also what he can do for us.” and Setter of the Year to Club in Kettering, Ohio. sophomore Jane Emmenecker.

20 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 SOCCER BASEBALL SOFTBALL BASKETBALL Athletes travel great distances Last year, coach Tony Vit- It was a star-studded start Senior Andrea Hoover this to play at UD. In the last two torio surpassed 400 career wins to the 2015 campaign when season became a member of an years alone, men’s soccer at Dayton. After the game, he Gayle Blevins ’73, one of the elite club as one of two players players have hailed from shared the credit: “We have winningest softball coaches in in program history to rocket past 11 countries. The 2014-15 a lot of players, coaches and NCAA history, joined student- this milestone: 1,000 points, team includes four players other people working together athletes for the Meet the Team 500 rebounds and 300 assists from Africa. One of them, with a vision,” he said. That event Feb. 1 in Boesch Lounge in her Dayton career. She joins senior Amass Amankona from vision has propelled 10 of his at UD Arena. Said Blevins, “UD Beverly Crusoe ’80, who set the Ghana, was named a Presi- players into the Major League presents a positive experience benchmark — 1,627 points, dential Scholar Athlete for his Baseball draft. Vittorio began for young women looking to 946 rebounds and 358 assists academic excellence, qualities his 16th season at Dayton this compete as well as attend an — in only three seasons, and of leadership and service to spring. One key to the suc- excellent university. I will con- before women’s basketball had the UD community. cess? “Throw away yesterday tinue to be a fan of the Flyers established the 3-point line. and play today,” he said. Re- and wish the softball program member, a new sun will rise. and all teams the very best.” Background © ROBERT GENDLER, Subaru Telescope (NAOJ) Background © ROBERT GENDLER, Subaru Telescope (NAOJ)

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 21 Dayton’s glory days are hopping again

when it comes to libations thanks to a

revival of the local brewing industry.

It distills a piece of the city’s history,

lends a full body to the economy,

and adds a distinct flavor and

aroma to Dayton’s cultural scene.

Behind the barrels: UD

alumni, innovators and

entrepreneurs making it

happen with their craft.

By Kristen Wicker ’98

22 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 23 and space-durable materials. But his love for could provide you with something safe to drink Belgian beers pulled him away from those labs that would not give you cholera.” and into a new one: the home brewery. Beer changed from a daily to a social drink “I’d spent about six years homebrewing through the course of time, impacted by the and felt Dayton had a vacuum when it came to temperance movement, an alcohol tax, cleaner breweries,” Juhl said. “So I pulled the trigger to water sources, and changes in agriculture and start one.” transportation. When Dayton Brewing Co. Juhl and his partners bought a boarded-up closed in 1962, it was the lone such business in building in downtown Dayton’s Oregon His- the city. toric District and renovated it inside and out. Yet Carillon Brewing harkens back to those He designed the seven-barrel brewing system earlier times, using equipment and recipes that and other equipment, which was made in replicate an 1850s experience. Grain is hand Ohio. Juhl and his staff even make Toxic’s tap milled, and barley is roasted over an open fire. handles. Beer is fermented in oak barrels, and visitors “The best part of this has been people en- can opt to drink the finished product as it was joying the beer,” Juhl said. “I’m excited to see served in the 1850s: The cask ale is served at the growing beer scene in Dayton. People are room temperature and is lightly carbonated. coming from other cities to see our breweries. The process to brew a barrel takes 12 to 15 Dayton has a rich history, and I enjoy being hours, rather than the average six hours at a he number of brew- able to say we’re part of it.” modern brewery. “The modern brewer doesn’t eries and distilleries Toxic and other breweries are, indeed, res- need to lug wood to make a fire using hot coals now open in Day- urrecting a legacy — one re-enacted at Carillon to fire the kettle in the morning,” Brock said. ton mirrors national Brewing Co., a Dayton History facility at Caril- Carillon Brewing — which opened in late trends in the growth lon Historical Park near UD’s campus. The park August 2014 and served its first house-brewed of the craft beer and is packed with things from Dayton that impact- beer in December — is the only fully licensed spirits industry, and ed the world, such as a replica of the workshop production brewery at a park and the only his- also bellies up with where the Wright brothers fashioned their fly- torical brewer in the United States. Brock hopes consumers’ growing machines. With a focus on life in the 1850s, it will help it become a tourist destination for ing taste for high- beers are made as they were at that time, and such visitors as UD alumni visiting campus. quality, sustainable staff in period costume serve up food and drink “We hope to draw people to come see us, but and locally sourced while guests observe the brewing equipment also to see other Dayton breweries,” she said. food. (Yes, well before the first glass is finished, and, on certain days, the brewing process. “History really is repeating itself here, and this many argue craft beer and spirits are food.) “Dayton is a great example of many Ameri- is a rare opportunity to really see that in action.” TIt’s about a love for all things local that can towns during the 1850s,” said Tanya Brock, And it’s an important history at that: “What make a town unique, a singular blinking blue Carillon Brewery manager and brewster. “This would Dayton be today if all these breweries dot on the map. (You know, things like the Uni- was a point in time when America was being hadn’t opened and provided a healthy, safe versity of Dayton.) And Dayton’s new breweries heavily settled, especially by English, Irish and drink?” she asked. “If you don’t have anything and micro-distilleries are infusing new flavors German immigrants. Barley was king and a to drink, you can’t birth babies who grow up to into their pints of Dayton pride. staple of the daily diet. Beer was the result of all invent the airplane.” those things coming together.” BIG STEINS TO FILL They came together so well in Dayton be- WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN During the mid-1800s, the city had more cause all the necessary ingredients for beer ex- Warped Wing Brewing Co. started with a than the average number of breweries for a ist or grow well in the region, which also has an handshake at Flanagan’s, located on Stewart town its size, with 14 at the industry’s peak in abundance of water. Even then, Dayton was the Street a block from UD’s campus. Well, that or the 1880s. Today, at least that many establish- “crossroads of America,” a gateway to the West, with the Wright brothers imitating the shape ments have opened since 2011 alone, when a and lots of travelers needed a place to stop for of birds’ wings for their flying machines, an in- change in Ohio law made it economically feasi- a drink. novation that made controlled flight possible. ble to open a small brewery or micro-distillery. “Beer used to be a daily drink, not a so- Nick Bowman ’02, co-founder and head of Shane Juhl ’04 opened the first brewery cial drink,” Brock said. “People didn’t realize sales and marketing at Warped Wing, moved in the city of Dayton in 52 years June 28, 2013, boiling the water was what made beer safe to back to Dayton after an 11-year career with when the inaugural glass was raised at Toxic drink. They thought it was something in the Anheuser-Busch — where he worked in a vari- Brew Co., where he is brewmaster and partner. fermentation process. So it was a safe, daily ety of positions in Indianapolis, Chicago, Den- Before his Toxic adventure, Juhl — who drink somewhat similar to how we drink wa- ver and the Bloomington, Indiana, area — to completed his undergraduate work at Virginia ter today, and a source of nutrition. Even kids join the Warped Wing team. Tech and his master’s in materials engineering drank what were called small ales, light beers “While I was in Bloomington, I had taken at UD — was a research scientist working on with 2 percent or less alcohol content. As long notice of the craft beer industry, and it was love fuel cell materials, nanotechnology, polymers as your community had a brewery, you knew it at first sight,” Bowman said. “I wanted to move

24 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 ‘We put ourselves on the line for this business, and to see the city embrace us so quickly has been one of the greatest things of my career.’

Nick Bowman ’02 WARPED WING BREWING CO.

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 25 ‘There are only a few micro-distilleries in the United States, so we’re really on the cutting edge, which is cool because the Midwest doesn’t always see things ﬁrst.’

Mike LaSelle ’04 and Mike Check ’04 BELLE OF DAYTON

26 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 .

home to Dayton and start my own business. My The Warped Wing founders love Dayton, A six-pack (plus one) of lessons idea was to start a craft beer distribution com- and Dayton is loving Warped Wing back. learned pany. My dad, Bob Bowman ’74, had a 20-plus Dayton Business Journal readers voted Warped year career with Allied Wine in Dayton, where Wing a “Top 10 brand” 10 months after it What Dayton’s most spirited entrepreneurs learned from UD — and what you can apply to he met Joe Waizmann, beer division manager opened, and the tasting room often is packed, your own venture. for Allied from 1990 to 1992. Fast forward to sometimes with lines out the door for the re- 2009, and my dad introduced me to Joe.” lease of special brews. Remember the Marianists. It was a meeting, and that eventual hand- “Dayton has been awesome in embracing “When I think back to UD, I think about the shake, that changed the trajectory of Bow- us and craft beer,” Bowman said. “We put our- relationships, the community and the Marianist man’s life. selves on the line for this business, and to see spirit,” Mike LaSelle ’04 of Belle of Dayton “Joe listened to my idea and was respect- the city embrace us so quickly has been one of said. “What I learned about relationships and ful, but he said, ‘There are four distributors the greatest things of my career. You can really community is one of the most important things already in the Dayton market. What Dayton feel a vibe in the city. People are jazzed.” I took away.” really needs is a brewery.’ This instantly piqued Call on your Flyer network. my curiosity,” Bowman said. “I started learn- FOLLOW THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT “We have many friends and relatives who at- ing everything I could about the craft beer Dayton’s modern-day breweries and distill- . tended the University of Dayton, and they’ve culture and industry. Eventually, we said, eries are building on another Dayton legacy: been instrumental in supporting our venture ‘Dayton needs a brewery? Let’s do it ourselves. innovation. and touting our brand,” said Nancy Rambasek Let’s open a brewpub.’” Craft distillery Belle of Dayton is innovat- ’76 of Buckeye Vodka. He and Waizmann began assembling their ing when it comes to how micro-distilling is Support and take pride in your community. team, starting with CPA Mike Stover, and done. Co-owner Mike LaSelle ’04 and friend “With UD being a small private school, the working on a business plan for a full-scale pro- Mike Check ’04 are working to develop differ- students took a lot of pride in the Dayton area duction brewery with a tasting room and self- ent maturing processes. and Dayton community. I learned how critical distribution. “Our business plan was about “This will be a huge innovation coming it is to be active in the community,” Nick Bow- 90 percent done when John Haggerty, at the out of Dayton,” LaSelle said. “We’re looking at man ’02 of Warped Wing said. “It’s that same time brewmaster at New Holland Brewing creating an advanced form of aging so you can Dayton pride and sense of community that Co., decided to come on board,” Bowman said. emulate a 20-year-old whiskey in a short period helped shape the identity of Warped Wing.” “That was a game changer.” of time with a real barrel-aged taste. This will Put customers first. All customers. The team’s final business plan was com- allow us to experiment and not waste seven “During your college life, you realize we’re all pleted in spring 2013, and they raised $1.2 mil- years.” really the same,” said Neil Chabut ’11 of lion in private equity capital and $500,000 Indeed, the innovation that led to the open- Eudora Brewing, who as a first-year student in bank financing in six weeks. In only five ing of Belle of Dayton, in the Oregon District lived on the international floor at Stuart Hall. months, renovations were made to the brew- downtown, came from experimentation. “I’ve applied that to my customer service ery’s new home, the former Buckeye Iron & “I started making beer in the kitchen with philosophy: Everybody who walks through the Brass Works Foundry in downtown Dayton, my brother Murphy,” LaSelle said. “We were door will be appreciated.” and — boom! — Warped Wing took flight trying to make all these different kinds of Don’t forget that classroom learning. Jan. 18, 2014. beers, and one day we realized maybe we were Shane Juhl ’04 of Toxic said he’s often asked Warped Wing’s ties to Dayton and Ohio making the wrong product. So we began to how he went from being a materials engineer history go beyond its namesake: Its flagship study distillation and spent three years taking to “slinging grain.” “Half of brewing is chemis- brew, Ermal’s Belgian Style Cream Ale, is a nod classes in Kentucky and Chicago and studying ...... try, and half, with the equipment used, is engi- to Dayton inventor Ermal Fraze, creator of the the industry. We never knew where it would neering,” he said. “And being a researcher in pop-top can (and sold, appropriately, in pop- go. It was just a fun thing to do. general has helped with my understanding of top cans.) The artwork for all labels, created by “We were talking one night and said, ‘If the process of brewing beer.” a team in Cincinnati, represents the city and you won the lottery, what would you do?’ and Accept that we can’t all win all the time. Ohio. “We incorporate a story into every beer,” we said we’d start a distillery. We like the mys- “I’ve learned you can’t do everything,” LaSelle Bowman said. tique behind it. And we knew how to distill said. “You have to focus. Put people in charge The brewery also incorporated reclaimed and had a business background,” said LaSelle, of things and trust them to do the job.” materials into much of the historical building who also works at his family’s retail business Follow your passion. it occupies — a move typical of the sustainable and spent five years in Chicago after gradua- “I’m extremely lucky to have the opportunity practices found at many craft breweries. Large, tion working in commercial real estate. to do this work,” Chabut said. “It combines family-style tables once in the library of down- Belle of Dayton is also a family business, my passion of brewing with my passion for town’s former Patterson Co-op High School with Mike, Murphy and brother Tim taking on people, giving back and doing good — and I dominate the tasting room. Old bourbon bar- different roles. The company artisan-distills have UD to thank for a lot of that.” rels are used as bases for other tables, and pews small batches, 170 gallons at a time, using a from a church on Brown Street line the space. small, copper-pot-still hybrid system that al- Railings were salvaged from a former General lows it to distill different products, including Motors plant. Belle Vodka; a 1775 colonial reserve rum made

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 27 with Dayton-area molasses; Hell’s Vodka, a “The Crystal Water Co. was started by and having fun?’ pepper-infused liquor; and a four-grain Ohio a priest, Father Hollenkamp, and his fam- “Dayton’s hip factor definitely shoots up rye whiskey. The company’s name comes from ily in 1919,” Rambasek said. “Its key business with the breweries opening,” he added. “It an old whiskey bottle etched with “Belle of initially was to supply distilled water to local also helps create a sense of community because Dayton” unearthed downtown. beer manufacturers. With the onset of prohi- we have each other. It’s not competitive; it’s “Dayton has a rich history, and we’re bring- bition, Father Hollenkamp decided to diversify collaborative. It’s fun to try all the different ing it back, one distillery and one brewery at a his business and went into the bottled water breweries. It brings people together.” time,” LaSelle said. “There are only a few micro- business. A number of Dayton’s breweries partner distilleries in the United States, so we’re really “We have come full circle now, providing with each other and pay homage to local busi- on the cutting edge, which is cool because the our steam-distilled water to Buckeye Vodka, nesses and personalities. Toxic has offered Midwest doesn’t always see things first.” which gives the vodka a smoother taste.” brews named after other Oregon District busi- The work is getting noticed: Belle of Day- nesses, such as fitness studio Practice Yoga ton won a 2014 silver medal at the New York CHEERS TO THAT, MY FRIEND and hair salon Derailed. Fifth Street Brewpub, World Wine and Spirits competition and Neil Chabut ’11, owner and head brewer at in the historic neighborhood of St. Anne’s Hill slowly is expanding its distribution to nearby Eudora Brewing Co. in Kettering, Ohio, knew about a 10-minute drive from UD’s campus, markets. he wanted his business to make a positive dif- is Ohio’s first co-op brewpub. In January, it “We’ve had overwhelming support,” La- ference in the world. released the Saphire 1PA, named for longtime Selle said. “This is the easiest sales job I’ve “It was at UD where I got the idea to donate UD law professor Richard Saphire. According ever had. Making small batches of beer in your to a water charity,” he said. “I took an environ- to the pub, the brew — like the professor — kitchen is one thing, but being able to make mental social work class, and we learned about “makes a strong case and demands respect.” a spirit in a quantity you can share and take the global water crisis. I took that knowledge Warped Wing collaborates with other Day- pride in — that’s really cool.” and worked it into my business plan. In brew- ton businesses to create innovative brews. In Another exam- ing, you use a ton of November 2014, it worked with Esther Price ple of innovation is water. It’s the main Candies to produce a beer that sold out in three distillery Buckeye Drink local ingredient in beer, and days. Collaborations with downtown business- Vodka, created by you also use a lot of wa- es Press coffee shop/Wood Burl Coffee Roasters Breweries and distilleries in the business owners im- ter when cleaning.” and the Century Bar, named a Top 50 bourbon Dayton area pacted by the great re- Eudora donates a por- bar in the United States, also led to some in- cession. Several alum- BELLE OF DAYTON tion of its proceeds to the novative beers. ni are among them: BUCKEYE VODKA nonprofit organization “It was always part of our business plan to Tom Rambasek ’75, CARILLON BREWING CO. “charity: water” — do- collaborate with other locally owned business- Nancy Finke Rambasek nating more than $3,600 es,” Bowman said. “When you get two small DAYTON BEER CO. ’76 and their daugh- to date, and the brewery businesses to work together to create a unique EUDORA BREWING CO. ter, K.C. Rambasek opened in fall 2013. product, it’s very communal. The craft beer ’01, along with Nancy’s FIFTH STREET BREWERY Eudora also supports industry is very collaborative and promotes a brother, Chris Finke ’82. HAIRLESS HARE BREWERY the community in its own community approach. “Buckeye Vodka LOCK 27 BREWING backyard. It has a custom “We are reinvigorating Dayton pride,” he came at a time when the LUCKY STAR BREWERY brewing setup where people added. “We want to work with other business- economy had tanked,” can brew 5 to 10 gallons of es that are re-urbanizing downtown, the place STAR CITY BREWING Nancy Rambasek said. beer with friends and fam- where the first settlers to Dayton came from TOXIC BREW CO. “Two family-owned- ily for weddings, birthdays Cincinnati. We want to push local pride and and-operated small busi- WARPED WING BREWING CO. and other special events (or get people excited about what Dayton offers.” nesses, The Finke Co. and YELLOW SPRINGS BREWERY for fun). They even can make Crystal Water Co., saw their own bottle labels. Eu- EAT YOUR DRINK sales fall drastically, and dora customers have brewed Chabut started brewing while an upper- we knew we had to rein- more than 900 gallons of beer class student at UD, making beer at his Ketter- vent our businesses. It was a great risk in 2008 — the equivalent of more than 10,000 bottles. ing home with his brother and cousin. While when we started throwing our ideas around, “Craft beer and brewing are meant to be living at ArtStreet, he and his roommates de- but we think it paid off when we launched our shared,” Chabut said. “We want people to cided to focus on culinary arts for a required product in April 2011.” learn about how to brew beer and its history. resident project — demonstrating how to brew That product combines the raw material of One pleasant surprise about having this busi- a batch of beer. Indeed, craft beer and spirits Crystal Water with the distribution power of ness is we get so many regulars, it’s almost increasingly are being folded into the local the Finke Co. into Crystal Spirits, which pro- like a family. During our first anniversary cel- food movement. duces Buckeye Vodka — packaged in red, white ebration we had a band, and people in their “There are a lot of people who are used to and blue bottles to honor the state of Ohio and 80s were dancing alongside those in their 20s. the lighter beers and who come to Eudora not United States — in a facility near downtown I thought, ‘Where else can you get so many dif- Dayton. ferent people together in one place interacting See Pints of Pride, Page 41

28 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 ‘Dayton’s hip factor deﬁnitely shoots up with the breweries opening. It also helps create a sense of community because we have each other. It’s not competitive; it’s collaborative.’

Neil Chabut ’11 EUDORA BREWING CO.

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 29 Pete Ogonek ’16 is paddling toward Rio. Catch him if you can. Rowing machine

By ERIN CALLAHAN ’15 Photographs by DAVE MOSER ’90

C’est en faisant n’importe quoi qu’on devient n’importe qui. When he was young, he was half of his family’s “It is by doing anything that we become anyone.” two-man ﬁx-it team with his dad in Cleveland. He —Rémi Gaillard was an athlete at Westlake High School and mowed grass to earn money — one of many jobs. He thrived ete Ogonek has this famous on the challenges of track, cross-country, remod- French prankster’s words tat- eling a bathroom and taming lawns. College came tooed on his inner right bicep. with a desire for something new, and with some He’s a civil engineering major, coaxing from his Stuart Hall resident assistant a rower with only four years’ and rower Nick Ritter ’15, Ogonek ran (or rowed) experience; and he’s training with the opportunity. alongside veterans of 15 years or “There is something beautiful about a boat, be more. And while, like Gaillard, it two, four or eight rowers, moving in unison,” Ogonek loves a good joke, this he said, “the quick splash at the catch, creak of is no joke — Ogonek won’t stop the oars swinging through, and the resounding training until he’s passing the thud as all oars come through and release the boat, top athletes in the world. letting it glide underneath your seat, moving By rowing like an Olympian, he could become gracefully up to the next stroke.” Pan Olympian. He remembers himself as the gangly freshman, Growing up, Ogonek had other aspirations. a former runner trying out the rowing machine for

Opposite, Pete Ogonek ’16 at Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia

30 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 31 the first time in 2011. He and several other cutting-edge boats. Students aren’t offered riod, where coaches judged his abilities and rookies received their first 20-minute crash scholarships and don’t always commit to decided whether to extend an invitation to course at UD’s Outdoor Engagement Cen- the club team for four years. While some join their club. ter, awkwardly pushing and pulling on the elite rowers spent their college practices Vesper said yes, and the opportunity to foreign contraptions. After just two weeks, in indoor rowing tanks that simulate row- focus on rowing also provided him an op- they were on the river. ing on the water, Ogonek used a rowing portunity to focus on engineering. Knowing “We rowed in unison — well, you could machine outside under a tent. However, he’d be training in Philadelphia for a year, barely call it unison — but we were doing UD head club coach Marty Carrabine said he secured a one-year internship with Lan- it,” he laughed. “I could tell how much the Ogonek earned his resilience during 9 p.m. gan, a civil engineering firm. sport depended on everyone’s coordina- practices rowing on the river in the dark. The move to Philadelphia put him in tion. The biggest challenge was getting the “There was a lot to overcome at Dayton, good rowing company. team aspect of it. Cross-country and track so whatever you could throw at him now is Established in 1865 along the Schuylkill were more individual efforts, but in row- going to look mild,” Carrabine said. “If you River in Philadelphia, Vesper Boat Club was ing, you’re only as strong as your weakest want him to row in the rain or in the pitch named the 2014 USRowing Club of the Year member.” black, it will be a walk in the park. He didn’t among 1,200 eligible organizations across Although Ogonek didn’t have the ideal have the best [equipment or facilities] he the country. Vesper produced Olympic and body type and had not picked up an oar be- could’ve had, but true athletes will shine no national team coach Allen Rosenberg; it’s fore 2011, he’s now a senior, with strong matter where they come from.” the only U.S. club with three Olympics back and quad muscles, his body further de- Dayton gave Ogonek the opportunity rowing regatta gold medals for the eight- fined by tattoos adorning his arms and tor- to shine. It gave him the challenge he was oared shell (1900, 1904, 1964); and two of so. However, he said physicality only plays looking for. When he bought a single boat its members medaled in the 2014 World a small part. It’s more about dedication. All after his sophomore year and began train- Championships. he needed was a way to ing individually on the Vesper is a three-story house with three apply it. river, Carrabine knew steeply pitched roofs over three garage doors He picked up the ‘The toughest part it wouldn’t be long be- that open onto the river. The history and technicalities quickly, is the mental and fore Ogonek advanced. prestige of the building itself helped draw using his legs to propel “Pete was inter- Ogonek in. the boat and using his physical stress we all nally motivated and For example, the first sight through the back and arms to contin- encounter each day. driven to get better — front door is a banner from an early 1900s ue the momentum. “You the sport was more of World’s Fair, where Vesper earned a cham- learn the first 90 percent We all have long- his obsession,” Carra- pionship with its eight-man boat. of rowing in the first term goals we’re bine said. “We wish he The first floor houses “the glorified ga- three months and the getting to on a day- would’ve stayed, but rage” where Ogonek pulls out his boat for rest of your life learning there was no surprise.” the day. He admires accomplishments from the last 10 percent,” he to-day basis. Looking Junior year, he years past in the second-floor trophy room said. at the big picture can broke the lightweight next to the kitchen. He changes clothes and Ogonek’s 90 percent be overwhelming, record, 6:18 in the 2k prepares for practice in the third-floor lock- was monumental. and 20:30 in the 6k. er rooms. Vesper is a “welcome home” to all Freshman year, he and sometimes it’s Ogonek contin- lovers of the sport, not just for the elite. It’s broke UD’s novice record just minute by minute ued to perfect his 10 for children taking lessons, for community for the 2k distance with that you’re able to percent during his in- members getting some exercise, and for old- a time of 6:39. dividual training, in- er rowers — the masters. This is Ogonek’s Sophomore year, he push through.’ creasing in speed and home for at least four hours per day. placed in the top three fitness in preparation lightweight records for for the next level. MORNINGS ARE FOR LONG-DISTANCE the 2k with a time of In February 2014, exercises when Ogonek covers anywhere 6:28 and the 6k with a time of 21:07. he was amassing on his desk applications from 15 to 25 kilometers in a single session. At Dayton, Ogonek’s 90 percent beat the for elite summer rowing clubs. He gained Evenings are for lifting, cross training and odds. acceptance to Vesper Boat Club in Philadel- focusing on technique, which could mean Dayton is no Ivy League rowing power- phia and a few months of training in its another 15 to 20 kilometers of rowing, to- house — no top-of-the-line facilities and program. The summer served as a trial pe- taling a potential distance of more than

32 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Over and over time The 24 hours of Pete Ogonek

4:50 Wake up, take heart rate and determine recovery score from the night’s sleep.

5 Pack for the day — afternoon practice clothes, business casual work clothes, and breakfast, lunch and snacks.

5:30 Have a cup of coffee, take supplements with fruit and water, leave for practice.

5:50 Arrive at boathouse, stretch, review practice drills.

6 Practice and post-practice stretching. Anywhere from 15 to 25 kilometers of rowing.

8:20 Shower, get dressed, bike to work.

8:30 Arrive at work, eat a real breakfast, start the workday.

5:15 Return to the boathouse for evening practice. Change, stretch and prepare.

5:30 Practice — either a lift and cross training or a long “steady-state recovery” row. Work on technique and get low-intensity distances in. Anywhere from 15 to 20 kilometers of rowing.

7:45 Arrive home. Shower, cook and eat dinner.

8 Log workouts for the day — how I was feeling, what I worked on, today’s speed.

8:10 Prep for the next day. Cook lunch, get work clothes ready, do dishes.

9 Free time. Read a book, do technique research, listen to music, stretch more if needed.

10ish Bedtime — I need at least 7 hours of sleep to function.

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25 miles a day. If the river isn’t iced over, Ogonek and the other rowers, advising on process. When he senses something unusual Ogonek rows on the water year round — he ac- technique and how the boat should feel to in his form or technique, he first has to iden- tually prefers it that way. As an Ohio native, them. tify the problem. He will go to Clarke for as- he’s rarely fazed by the cold. The coaches test rowers for physical fit- sistance, and they work through the problem At Vesper, Ogonek learns from coaches ness, ergonomics and physicality. Ogonek together to find a solution. Ogonek will then who have been where he wants to be. John has already surpassed the standard, and implement the solution until he can display Parker was a 1992 Olympian in the final eight- Clarke credits Ogonek’s success thus far to the proper form without thinking. man boat competition in Barcelona, Spain. He his power, endurance and inquisitive nature. Said Clarke, “He’s always looking for the advises each rower with a general plan that “He is very talented physically, which is next edge, and he’s patient enough to find can be adjusted to increase strides and push what most rowers need,” he said. “But some- it.” aerobic and anaerobic capacities, as well as times it’s more technical, and we’re working ensure proper recovery. Former Marist Col- on that — he’s not too proud to ask questions.” PERHAPS OGONEK’S EDGE IS CONNECTED lege coach Sean Clarke provides individual Ogonek sees the coach-athlete relation- to his day job. In the eight hours between feedback and pointers while riding alongside ship in approaching a problem as a gradual practices, Ogonek works for his internship at

34 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 Langan as part of a team focused on storm- differently, they essentially must become nitely be a humbling experience, racing water drainage, traffic flow around pro- the same person in the boat. against the fastest people in the world,” he posed construction sites and cleaning up old “Something striking about the elite lev- said. industrial sites. el is that nothing should stand out in good Clarke will provide the proper direction, “I bring the engineering aspect into row- rowing,” Ogonek said. “You link every part but he emphasized that Ogonek’s success de- ing,” he said. “It affects my thought process of your body with very smooth, continuous pends on him alone. Even though a common in considering how to make each part of my motions. Most people are composed once challenge and a big risk for young rowers is training the most beneficial for my body and they get to this level, but you can’t see how putting their college and professional ca- get the most out of it that I can.” much they’re pushing their bodies to the reers on hold, pursuing a sport without pay, Each time he gets in the boat or on the very end. traveling and paying out of their own pock- rowing machine, he begins with a drill that “The toughest part is the mental and ets, Clarke said the experience is life chang- segments each part of the stroke and pro- physical stress we all encounter each day. ing, and he’s never found someone who’s gresses into the complete form. He starts We all have long-term goals we’re getting to regretted the move to the elite level. pushing with his legs, arms extended, and on a day-to-day basis. Looking at the big pic- “Pete is here on his own accord; he’s here continues into a fluid stroke. From there, ture can be overwhelming, and sometimes to make the national team, and I’m here to he applies more and more pressure as he as- it’s just minute by minute that you’re able help,” he said. “He knows I don’t worry about sesses the balance and feeling of the water, to push through.” things like discipline, he doesn’t have to adjusting his form to achieve maximum Minute by minute — that’s how Ogonek worry about making me angry or letting me efficiency. approaches his training down. … He only has When rowing indoors, Ogonek observes and his day-to-day sched- himself to let down. his power curve on a screen that displays ule to keep him on track. ‘There’s been such We’re just very focused the amount of force he’s applied over time. He’s focused on adapting a transition from on getting him faster The goal: to get the biggest space under your to the training level and and reaching the goals curve, meaning a farther distance per stroke. continuously improving where I was to now, he wants to achieve. Ogonek said this isn’t achieved by applying his 10 percent to be prop- but the transition to As long as he keeps his more pressure but by adjusting technique to erly prepared for this time focus, he’s going to be move the farthest distance using the least next year. The hope is that where I need to be fine.” amount of effort. When rowing outdoors, in 12 months, Ogonek will is still huge. There’s This prospective he can observe the whirlpools made by his be sitting on the horizon a learning curve to Olympian has been oars in the water as he strokes. The larger of Olympic trials for the four years in the mak- the space between the whirlpools, the more 2016 Summer Games in that kind of racing. ing, and while Olym- distance he’s gaining per stroke. Rio de Janeiro. You need mental pic trials are in sight, JP Kirkegaard, Ogonek’s teammate and “There’s been such a toughness and Ogonek will soon re- close friend from Vesper, said Ogonek men- transition from where I turn to where it all tally goes above and beyond his training and was to now, but the tran- more experience began. After he com- pushes others to be their best, too. sition to where I need to in racing. It’s an pletes his internship, “Pete likes to study the sport a little bit be is still huge,” he said. ongoing thing.’ he plans to move back — he’s not just given the training plan and “There’s a learning curve to campus for his fi- taking it at face value. Not every athlete does to that kind of racing. You nal two semesters that,” he said. And as a rower in the light- need mental toughness and resume individ- weight class and one of the newer rowers at and more experience in ual training. He will Vesper, Kirkegaard said of Ogonek, “Pete has racing. It’s an ongoing thing. I plan to take possibly train with Dayton’s team no problem going toe to toe with guys who it as it comes.” again, in the family atmosphere that have been here for a while and nipping at Olympic trials are nothing to take light- gave birth to his ambitions, in the dark, their heels.” ly. Ogonek hopes to earn a spot in the four- on the river — rowing, learning and In the Olympics, rowers can compete person boat through identification camps or growing. in single, double, quadruple or eight-man a camp in Oklahoma City. He may have the Good luck, Pete, your UD family is root- boats. Ogonek has experience rowing in chance to visit Oklahoma City’s facilities ing for you. UD each boat, though he has spent most of his for a few weeks to train while the coaches recent training in singles and doubles. observe his performance. From there, the Erin Callahan ’15 is a senior journalism major. A single boat is delicate and solitary, coaches choose who will represent the coun- She writes, “Though I normally stick to land sports, while a double boat requires cooperation. Al- try in the Olympics. Pete’s story was incredibly inspiring. You can bet though he and his doubles partner may row “[Reaching the Olympics] would defi- I’ll be looking for his boat in Rio next summer.”

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By making uncommon connections, we’re building a better way of learning.

By Thomas M. Columbus As a sophomore, Nichole Henger gy and the Environment (SEE). “It ’14 was looking to add something sounded cool.” different. She was majoring in “Cool” is an appropriate de- environmental biology, the field scription of several of the Univer- in which she holds her bachelor’s sity of Dayton’s curricular initia- degree. “I was working with blow- tives, the largest of which is the flies,” she said. “But I was also in- Common Academic Program (CAP), terested in how people interacted the University’s new undergradu- with the environment.” ate general education program. She learned of a relatively new “The spirit of CAP,” said Bob minor called Sustainability, Ener- Brecha, coordinator of SEE and JIM FRAZIER/Illustration Source

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professor of physics, “is that it forces stu- Learning Outcomes dents — and faculty members — to wrestle SCHOLARSHIP with ideas from different perspectives.” Advanced habits of academic That can be as traditional as first-year inquiry and creativity through the students comparing Aquinas and Aristotle, COMMUNITY production of a body of artistic, as contemporary as looking at Bob Dylan’s Values and skills necessary lyrics through the lens of gender studies or scholarly or community-based work for learning, living, and as personal as a psych major taking an art intended for public presentation course that makes him look at things dif- working in communities of and defense. ferently — so his rap group can really make support and challenge. a difference.

aculty members for years have been . encouraging students to look at the DIVERSITY FAITH TRADITIONS Fworld from different perspectives, Intellectually informed, appreciative but the scope of that approach through- Ability to engage in intellectually and critical understanding of the out the new required curricula is extensive informed, appreciative and cultures, histories, times and places and the emphasis on it is clear and well critical inquiry regarding major of multiple others, as marked by thought-out. Nearly a decade ago, the Aca- faith traditions. class, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, demic Senate — after numerous campus nationality, sexual orientation and conversations — wrote and approved Habits other manifestations of difference. of Inquiry and Reflection, a document analyz- ing the purposes of a Marianist education VOCATION at UD and delineating specific outcomes. Since then the University of Dayton faculty Articulate reflectively has been working on the means of deliver- the purposes of their CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ing those outcomes. The class of students life and proposed work OUR TIMES entering in fall 2013 was the first to follow through the language Habits of inquiry and reflection, the CAP requirements. of vocation. informed by familiarity with “CAP makes more explicit what had Catholic Social Teaching. been implicit — outcomes, connections between disciplines, pedagogy, ways of knowing,” said Juan Santamarina, chair Tap of the history department and chair of the to watch a video Common Academic Program Committee. on the class Performing the PRACTICAL WISDOM During the program’s development, Human Identity.

. Addressing real human problems and administrators half-joked that they should deep human needs. change the name to “Uncommon” Aca- demic Program for the way it integrates disciplines and Marianist-inspired learning outcomes in a way that is uniquely UD. The categories of outcomes for CAP include vanced study and a capstone indicate this inade, the founder of the Society of Mary, to scholarship, faith traditions, diversity, is not a program to be seen as something to read the signs of the times. To help accom- community, practical wisdom, critical eval- take and get out of the way. CAP is the way. plish that, Kimbrough said, “CAP gets peo- uation of our times and vocation. (See side- “Advanced courses build on the previ- ple to make connections among the things bar, right, for descriptions of each.) Some ous ones,” English professor R. Alan Kim- they are studying.” of the requirements sound familiar. The brough said of CAP. “It is a developmental Making connections runs throughout first-year Humanities Commons includes model, consistent with the Marianist ideal the SEE minor, most of whose courses fulfill history, religious studies, philosophy and of educating the whole person. It pays at- CAP requirements, not only science, ethics English. And then there are requirements tention to diversity, social justice and the and diversity but also advanced philosophy, in math, social science, arts and natural Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” advanced religious studies and advanced science. Less familiar may be requirements The outcome of “critical evaluation of history. Students pursuing the SEE minor labeled “crossing boundaries” or “diversity our times” clearly has its roots in the ad- can even fulfill their CAP arts requirement and social justice.” Requirements for ad- monition of Blessed William Joseph Cham- by taking English 342, Literature and the

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By the numbers Environment. students learn is fun and interesting. I re- With CAP, students don’t wait until member one class in particular where we taking their advanced courses to make were learning about the Allegory of the connections; they start making connec- 13 Cave.” tions as soon as they begin classes in their When first-year students find it fun to first year. Helping them connect histo- Components to CAP (first-year break up into small groups to find ways to ry, religion, philosophy and writing are humanities, second-year writing, oral illustrate Plato, something interesting is learning-living communities in which communication, mathematics, social happening. students can interact in and out of the sciences, arts, natural science, crossing In their sophomore year, Core students classroom. Some current learning-living boundaries, capstone, advanced religious take three individual courses; in their ju- communities are designed for specific studies, advanced philosophy, advanced nior year, an ethics capstone course. majors such as teacher education, social history, and diversity and social justice) Core was the model not only for many science, and science and engineering of the components of CAP but also for SEE, (for women students in those two areas). Brecha said. Core may not be the path for Open to all majors are SEE, Building Com- every student. But, CAP committee chair munities for Social Justice, Business and 7 Santamarina said, “It is cool. It’s very Marianist Values, Writing and the Arts cool.” and Core: Human Values in a Pluralistic Learning outcomes for CAP (scholarship, The approach of Core and subsequent Culture. faith traditions, diversity, community, curricular developments not only changes practical wisdom, critical evaluation of students but changes faculty members. ore is the grandparent of the other our times, vocation) Trollinger has experienced that change. first-year communities; it dates “When I started teaching, I was rigor- Cback decades. For first-year stu- ous,” he said. “I still am.” dents — and throughout its two-and-one- But there is a difference. “Then I half year curriculum — Core stresses in- 4 thought in terms of a bell curve,” he said, terdisciplinary connections as it analyzes on fitting grades for each class into a stan- human values in a pluralistic culture. Subjects in the first-year humanities dard distribution. Like all the learning-living communities, component (religious studies, philosophy, Now the emphasis is on student the first year of Core is what its director, history, writing) learning. If a student masters the ma- history professor Bill Trollinger, terms “a terial, Trollinger believes that earns an CAP delivery system.” And all Core courses “A.” “Grade distribution hasn’t changed fulfill CAP requirements. 4 much,” he said, “but it’s a different way Labeled ASI 110-120, the first year of of teaching. If we would have educated Core is highly integrated and innovative. Courses in the crossing boundaries citizens at the end of their college days Students who complete ASI 110 and ASI who could and would learn on their own, component (faith traditions, practical 120 receive credit for 100-level history, I’d love that.” ethical action, inquiry and integrative) religious studies and philosophy. They While the requirements of history, also receive credit for English 200H (the religious studies, philosophy and English 100-level course is waived) and advanced as well as those in math, social science, historical study — 15 hours, all told, to- 2 arts and natural science are traditional, ward their CAP requirements. those called “crossing boundaries” may All first-year Core students gather Courses in the natural science component sound new. But crossing boundaries, in- each Tuesday and Thursday morning for a terdisciplinary studies, learning at the in- 75-minute lecture by one of the Core fac- tersections — whatever it has been called ulty members — all of whom are senior — the concept has been at UD in the past, faculty and all of whom attend each lec- 1 if not as explicit as it is now. ture. The students in the afternoon split Crossing Boundaries–Inquiry requires into seminar groups for an hour and 50 Capstone, a course or experience in students to take courses outside their minutes. the student’s major division. These are courses, Santama- Sophomore Lexi Miles, now helping in rina explained, “that have been designed the program as a Core Fellow, said of her to learn more: http://catalog. for the non-major with CAP outcomes first year in Core, that the small seminar udayton.edu/undergraduate/cap/ in mind.” So students outside of the “allowed us to become very close as fellow requirements/ academics but also as friends. The way Continued on Page 41

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 39 James McLean ’16 took the course Drawing Through Process because the problem stand by itself instead of trying to embellish it to make it he needed an art class, something required both under CAP and the look like an art student made it.” general education system preceding it. Mr. Jeff applauded the solution to the problem, a solution that lay He didn’t expect what he got. in the process not the product, and pointed out, McLean said, “I had “I thought the class would be about learning how to plot out, out- an advantage over the other students, since I was not trained to see line and shade basic sketches,” he said. But in the first class, profes- the finished product.” sor Jeffrey Jones disabused him of that idea. Jones took out a diction- McLean used his advantage as the term progressed; the art students ary and read definitions of the word “draw.” There were more than a learned from his perspective; and he, from theirs, deeply impressed dozen. “Most had nothing to do with art,” McLean said. “Draw a bath. with their skill and techniques. “This was more of a thinking class,” he Draw a conclusion. Draw somebody in.” said, “than a typical art class. Anyone from any major could do well if Jones also took a big piece of paper, McLean recalled, put it on the they were willing to use their talents to think outside the box.” floor, dragged a stool across it, leaving marks, then asked the class, “My talent is in music,” McLean said. “That’s how I can help peo- “Is this art?” ple. Mr. Jeff showed us that everybody is trying to come in the front The class was mostly art majors; McLean at first thought they had door, so we should try the back door.” Jan advantage. Assignments for the class were called problems. “For The back door for his group, Black Epoch (see blackepoch.com), the first, which was supposed McLean said, “is combin- to make us feel uncomfortable,” ing inspiring and positive McLean said, “we were told to messages over powerful trace something in the CPC [now and energetic instrumen- Fitz Hall]. I asked, ‘Should we tals. It is a different breed take a piece of paper and trace Is this art? of rap music.” The ap- over something in the building?’ IT IS proach also involves work- Mr. Jeff just shrugged.” (Jones IN ing with people who come asked the class to call him “Jeff.” JAMES with a different perspec- Since McLean was somewhat McLEAN’S tive; Black Epoch has per- uneasy with that familiarity, he HAND formed and recorded with settled on “Mr. Jeff.”) the student band The McLean walked the build- Leap Years, whose sound, ing’s hallways, looking for McLean said, is like Ma- something. After a while, he roon 5 mixed with Mum- looked up and saw pipes in the ford and Sons. ceiling. “I realized,” he said, “I Academically, McLean, could ‘trace’ the water lines back a psychology major, is to their source.” He put pen to currently team leader on paper and kept looking up as the a student research group pen made its marks. He did so conducting experiments for about a dozen trips. about change blindness. A “I wondered if I needed to classic experiment in that add anything else to my rough field has people watch a idea,” he said. video of people tossing an As time for the presenta- object back and forth. They tion approached, the art stu- are told to pay attention to dents polished their projects. the tosses. When asked af- And their presentations were, terward about what they McLean said, “of cool ideas. My saw, many do not remem- turn came. I was intimidated, ber that, running around knowing the talent of the oth- in the video, was a man in ers. I took out my 8 1/2 x 11 piece a gorilla suit. of paper and tacked it up. People McLean will be among squeezed forward to look at it. I the UD graduates who will explained I was uncomfortable not miss noticing the guys by letting my core solution of in the gorilla suits. Tap to hear music from and interviews with Black Epoch.

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Continued from Page 39 young people sparked the interest of business Pints of Pride, from Page 28 scholars.” School of Business Administration might sat- Like the new class on Dylan, a SEE course expecting to find something they like, but isfy the requirement by taking Introduction in sustainability research also fulfills the we almost always can find something they to Entrepreneurship. Crossing Boundaries–Integrative require- enjoy,” said Chabut, whose favorite Eudora Crossing boundaries is also how Bob ment. Doing the research, working with a brew, Bangarang IPA, placed in the Top 9 Dylan makes it into academia. group, preparing a presentation — “It’s like in the National Homebrew Competition. a minor thesis. It gets you ready for gradu- “One customer found a lighter beer he liked nglish professor John McCombe stud- ate school,” said Henger, who is now in Syra- and now is starting to get into new, more ied British literature in grad school. He cuse, New York, in the Forestry and Natural robust beers. I think that’s because of the Eteaches a survey course on it at UD. But Resource Management Program at the State focus on quality over quantity.” he also teaches a class on Bob Dylan. University of New York College of Environ- The growth in the craft beer industry “I was crossing boundaries before I knew mental Science. also is attributed to consumers’ pickier the term,” he said. Electronic waste was the subject of palates and driven in part by consumer The English department for half a century Henger’s UD research group. “Everybody has . demand. “Consumers today have shifted their has had a course in the catalog called English a phone,” she said. “What happens when values about food, and that includes beer,” 380: Topics in Literature. And McCombe likes you’re done with it?” Tanya Brock said. “They want food that is Bob Dylan. “I’ve read every book on him,” Mc- They found out. And it wasn’t pretty: sourced locally. They demand to know who Combe said. “Many of them are by academics Third World children sorting out electronic is making their food and what ingredients — in literature, theology, communications, waste in toxic dumps. So, Henger said, “we are in it. People want to know more, and gender studies — so I tried to change behavior.” they are knowledgeable about potentially thought a course on aca- For Sustainability Week, ‘It is a harmful things going into processed food.” demic writing on his work they educated others on the Small breweries can be responsive to would work.” developmental hazards of electronic waste meet consumer demands, she added. And Then along came and publicized the electron- they can source locally: Some of the barley CAP with its emphasis model, ic waste bins on campus. used at Carillon Brewing is grown on the on learning how to see Nearing the end of consistent with historical farm at Carriage Hill MetroPark, something from the per- her first year of graduate and Brock uses local companies whenever spectives of several disci- the Marianist school, Henger is think- possible. plines. “Born a Jew, Dylan ing of what her master’s ideal of “At a basic level, the same things that converted to Christianity thesis might be. She also drove the growth in the industry in the in the late 1970s, moving educating the is thinking of the future 1850s are the same driving it now,” Brock from being a counter- beyond that. Her program whole person. said. “Then, it was to provide a safe, clean cultural icon to funda- is normally two years, but drink. Today, it’s to provide safe, clean mentalism. And his early It pays attention she’s looking at combining food. her science degree with a songs have numerous to diversity, “And the industry is still bolstering biblical references. So re- master’s in public admin- community and providing jobs. It keeps

social justice . ligious studies scholars istration. By connecting dollars directly in this community.” were interested in him,” and the Catholic disciplines and looking at Some of the most notable figures in McCombe said. “Dylan’s the world from different Dayton’s historical brewery scene were connection to the civil Intellectual perspectives while at UD, John and Michael Schiml, who opened rights movement of the Tradition.’ she said, “I realized the role Schiml Brewery in 1852 and first brought 1960s interests social sci- politics played in dealing from Boston the yeast needed to brew a entists. Songs with mi- with the environment. It lager. How does Brock think they would sogynist lyrics interest those in gender stud- was often more than research.” react to today’s beer and spirit bustle? ies. In English, he’s not technically a poet, A Dayton education gets one ready for “They’d be excited at seeing so many but his lyrics have meaning to people in the more than grad school. UD proprietors taking advantage of the market same way that poetry does.” and making so many creative products,” The approach works for other perform- Thomas M. Columbus has been writing about UD she said. “I also think they’d be a little jeal- ers, too. “In 1964, the Ed Sullivan Show on which and curriculum since before the students now enrolled ous — they’d want to join in.” UD the Beatles appeared had 74 million viewers. in the Common Academic Program were born. In his The phenomenon interests scholars in com- youth, he was educated with a little Latin and less Kristen Wicker ’98 lives in downtown Day- munications, sociology, cultural history,” Greek and a lot of English (with substantial doses of ton, where she enjoys walking to many of the city's McCombe said. “And people realizing that history, philosophy and theology). If he were starting breweries and other attractions. She is the market- they could make big money selling music to now as a UD student, he thinks he’d choose Core. ing manager for Five Rivers MetroParks.

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doluptat. Golden Flyers Atempe nempora Good news, great strides con rae vollantor am entis vendunt. BROTHER DONALD NEFF, S.M. ’54 mmolup tatiunt enet everent es magnia et liquistion respist, eiciatet Tam, sint, odit Brother Donald Neff, S.M., is living proof of the global nature la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum optam ea con plit, offic tem qui of the Marianist charism. From Ohio to Malawi, Africa — and many fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, omniendi ommolup tatiunt places in between — Neff has dedicated his life to education enet everent through the church. s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende es magnia et “Above all, our mission is to assist Mary in bringing Christ to the vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si liquistion respist, eiciatet la dolores dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis world in a meaningful way. As an educator, school administrator and con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate velitia turiam et voleste v nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, promoter, I feel blessed and honored to have had an opportunity to olenis que vide ma simaximolo omniendi work with youth,” Neff said. temporibusam senis dolectatest m s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Neff started his teaching career in Cleveland and later became illiassim es est, vernate ctatisoluptae doluptat. GOLDEN FLYERS the principal of Hamilton (Ohio) Catholic High School. In 1956, qui dolligent, REUNION WEEKEND Atempe nempora con rae Neff’s journey took him to Colegio San José de Río Piedras in San tenderum qui June 12-14, 2015 vollantor am entis vendunt. Juan, Puerto Rico. cus auteInullam reunion.udayton.edu Tam, sint, odit optam eammolup His next move came in 1969, to Melbourne, Australia, where he ut aut accus animposa volupta conem faceper tatiunt enet everent es magnia et was tasked with the establishment of a Marianist secondary school liquistion respist, eiciatet la dolores mod expedit vollest la voluptae and oversaw two additional Marianist schools. Five times during the con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate doluptat. nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, past 30 years, those three schools have invited Neff to “brief” stu- Atempe nempora con rae vollantor omniendi dents, staff and administrators about what it means to be schools of am entis vendunt. s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Marianist tradition, and five years ago, a science center at John Paul Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si College in Frankston, Victoria, was named in his honor. offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis “We commit ourselves to do whatever He tells us, but people everent es magnia et liquistion velitia turiam et voleste v say my heart is in Australia,” Neff said when asked for his favorite respist, eiciatet la dolores con olenis que vide ma simaximolo assignment. cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem temporibusam senis dolectatest m laut quis veliqui se num sam, In 1989, Neff returned to the United States, this time taking on omniendi illiassim es est, qui dolligent, the role of development director at Chaminade-Madonna College tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Preparatory School in Hollywood, Florida. In 2005, Neff found him- aut accus animposa volupta conem vernate ctatisoluptae doluptat. faceper self returning to familiar territory as property director of Mount St. Atempe nempora con John in Dayton. Today, he enjoys retirement in Florida. mod expedit vollest la voluptae rae vollantor am entis doluptat. Taking the good news to the far corners of the world is a driving vendunt. force behind Neff’s life, he said, as well as his career. Since return- Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am Tam, sint, odit entis vendunt. ing from Australia, he’s been involved with the optam eammolup Church’s Mission Cooperative Program, tatiunt enet everent es magnia et Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet raising awareness and support for liquistion respist, eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate everent es magnia et liquistion Marianist missions in Africa and nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, respist, eiciatet la dolores con India. omniendi cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem “The spirit of community and laut quis veliqui se num sam, s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende omniendi family is very evident in our schools, vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si whether it’s in California, Florida, dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende vernate ctatisoluptae doluptat. Puerto Rico, Australia, Africa, India or velitia turiam et voleste v at UD,” Neff said. olenis que vide ma simaximolo Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am entis vendunt. —Caroline Glynn ’15 temporibusam senis dolectatest m illiassim es est, qui dolligent, Tam, sint, odit optam eammolup tenderum qui cusClass auteInullam notes ut aretatiunt in enet print everent issues es magnia et aut accus animposa volupta conem liquistion respist, eiciatet la dolores faceper only. To submitcon cusaeriati a class vendit note, eum fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, mod expedit vollestemail la voluptae [email protected]. omniendi

42 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende olenis que vide ma simaximolo vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si temporibusam senis dolectatest m dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis Ad man velitia turiam et voleste v olenis que vide ma simaximolo MIKE BROGAN ’63 1967 temporibusam senis dolectatest m st, qui dolligent, tenderum qui cus As an English major at UD, Mike Brogan loved to read great auteInullam ut aut accus animposa illiassim es est, qui dolligent, volupta conem faceper tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut aut works of fiction and viewed American literary luminary Mark Twain accus animposa volupta conem faceper as an inspiration. mod expedit vollest la voluptae doluptat. mod expedit vollest la voluptae “I was just impressed by the way he made words jump off the doluptat. page,” Brogan said. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am entis vendunt. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am Within a few years, Brogan’s words would become part of Ameri- entis vendunt. cana in a different medium. Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic Near the end of his law school studies at the University of Detroit, everent es magnia et liquistion tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent he saw an ad inviting budding scribes to take a writing test for respist, eiciatet la dolores con es magnia et liquistion respist, Campbell-Ewald, an advertising agency that handled the account for cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit General Motors. Brogan decided to try, not yet sure if he wanted to laut quis veliqui se num sam, eum fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se omniendi num sam, omniendi pursue a career in law. The response came quickly — “When can you start?” s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende s et quid vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si quis During his career, Brogan worked on the teams that developed dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis dolores the iconic “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” and “The velitia turiam et voleste v eatem Heartbeat of America” television commercials in the 1970s and ’80s. apiende olenis que vide ma simaximolo He also spent seven years overseas writing copy for GM ads that ap- vernate temporibusam senis dolectatest m peared in Europe, winning international honors for his efforts. illiassim es est, qui dolligent, It was his experience overseas — including witnessing a bomb- tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut ctatisoluptae doluptat. ing 60 feet from his home in London — that prompted his interest in aut accus animposa volupta conem Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am elements of mystery and suspense in the fiction he enjoyed writing in faceper entis vendunt. his spare time. mod expedit vollest la voluptae Tam, sint, odit optam eammolup That hobby became a second career for Brogan, whose novels doluptat. tatiunt enet everent es magnia et Business to Kill For, Dead Air and Madison’s Avenue incorporated Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am liquistion respist, eiciatet la dolores themes of terrorism and international secu- entis vendunt. con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num sam, rity and experiences from his advertising Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, omniendi career to create captivating page-turn- offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent es magnia et liquistion ers. His most recent work, G8, involves s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende respist, eiciatet la dolores con vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si an assassination plot against world cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis leaders gathered at the international laut quis veliqui se num sam, velitia turiam et voleste v economic summit. omniendi olenis que vide ma simaximolo Years after leaving UD, Brogan is s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende temporibusam senis dolectatest m still hard at work following in the footsteps vernate ctatisoluptae doluptat. illiassim es est, qui dolligent, of his idol — whether his words jump off Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut aut the pages of books or television screens, entis vendunt. REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 he turns phrases readers and Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, reunion.udayton.edu viewers find hard to offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent es magnia et liquistion res 1965 forget. ue vide ma simaximolo temporibusam —Shannon Shelton senis dolectatest m Miller 1968 illiassim es est, qui dolligent, pist, eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut aut vendit eum fugiate nem laut quis accus animposa volupta conem faceper veliqui se num sam, omniendi s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende mod expedit vollest la voluptae velitia turiam et voleste v enet everent es magnia et liquistion doluptat. respist, eiciatet la dolores con vernate ctatistem fuga. 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44 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 IN MEMORIAM

ALUMNI 1961 1972 1992 John Allison Jr. — Nov. 19, 2014 Jane O’Loughlin Dunphy — March Morris Jenkins Jr. — Feb. 10, 2014 1939 1962 13, 2014 1994 Sister Mary Kathryn Gurren, C.PP.S. Willard Frazier — Aug. 26, 2014 Carl Herman — July 22, 2014 Francie Vachon — Aug. 31, 2014 — Oct. 31, 2014 Martha Hawkins — Oct. 19, 2014 James McDonough — Dec. 2, 2014 2012 1947 Richard Larimore — Jan. 17, 2014 1973 Sarah Crawford — Nov. 2, 2014 Dan Brant — Sept. 16, 2014 Paul Witte — July 11, 2014 Anne Berry Earls — Oct. 21, 2014 Brother Jimmi Masuura, S.M. — 1963 Joseph Ghrayeb — Nov. 2, 2014 FRIENDS Nov. 14, 2014 Sister Mary Valeria Abele, C.PP.S. — Allan MacDonald — Nov. 13, 2014 Helen Lechner Thomas — Nov. 17, May 8, 2014 James Strohm — Dec. 1, 2014 Carol Bohman — Oct. 1, 2014; 2014 William Delmar Gainey — Oct. 16, 1974 survived by husband Jerome Joan Roderer Vargo — Oct. 27, 2014 2014 Barbara Bunch Connolly — May 16, “Jerry” Bohman ’53 and daughter Ann 1948 Roger Geist Jr. — Sept. 9, 2014 2014 Bohman Whitehair ’92. James Finke Sr. — Sept. 23, 2014 Leonard “Krys” Krystynak — May Vernon Hall — Dec. 2, 2014 Deborah “Debby” Colville — Dec. 2, 1949 13, 2014 John Morris — July 24, 2014 2014; former Kennedy Union dining John Anthony — Nov. 21, 2014 Karen Fleming O’Connor — Aug. Timothy Tomai — Feb. 3, 2014 services staff. Elmer Arling — Nov. 16, 2014 11, 2014 1975 Charlotte Dobkowski — Oct. 29, Eileen Kennard Collins — June 2, Peter Plocher — Aug. 2, 2014 Eugene Gerber — Sept. 25, 2014 2014; survived by daughter Susan 2014 Sister Dianne Skubby, C.PP.S. — Gregory Kitts — Nov. 16, 2014 Dobkowski Ferguson ’76, son-in- Robert Ruther — Nov. 4, 2014 Nov. 4, 2014 1976 law Dick Ferguson ’73, grandsons 1950 Bernard “Ben” Staub Sr. — Oct. 24, James Jira — Feb. 25, 2014 Mark Ferguson ’02 and A.J. Ferguson Charles Awalt — July 9, 2014 2014 Robert Repasky — Nov. 23, 2014 ’12, and granddaughter-in-law Amy John Habig — July 30, 2014 1964 Kenneth Van Sciver — Nov. 2, 2014 Queenan Ferguson ’02. Gerard “Jerry” Ryan — Sept. 25, Robert Kistner — July 31, 2014 Charles “Gene” Wollenhaupt — James Ernst — Oct. 29, 2014; survived 2014 Theodore Long — Sept. 7, 2014 July 1, 2014 by daughter Carrie Ernst Frantz ’04. 1951 1965 1977 Nelson Harper — Sept. 6, 2014; Richard Campbell — Nov. 9, 2014 Sister Virginia Hebbeler, C.PP.S. — Nancy Alt — March 19, 2014 former UD director of choral music. Robert Seiter — Oct. 31, 2014 Oct. 28, 2014 1978 James Kelly — Nov. 15, 2014; survived Henry “Jim” Snow — Oct. 2, 2014 Sister Maria Tasto, O.S.B. — July 13, Donald Hanson — Sept. 28, 2014 by daughters Sheila Kelly ’81 and Jean 1953 2014 Arthur Shumate — Nov. 19, 2014 Kelly ’82, and by former UD students Hazel Smalley — Nov. 13, 2014 Patrick Toye — Oct. 15, 2014 1979 Mary Kelly Stewart, daughter, and Leonard Sui — Oct. 14, 2014 1966 Judith Dalton — Aug. 14, 2014 Harold Stewart, son-in-law. 1954 William “Bill” Holland — Oct. 13, Mary Ann Cunningham Del Medico Cynthia King — Oct. 2, 2014; survived John Becker — Nov. 18, 2014 2014 — Oct. 30, 2014 by husband Robert King ’96, daughter James Gessells — Nov. 5, 2014 1967 Sonia Kitain — March 21, 2014 Erin King Russell ’98 and son-in-law 1955 William Aaron III — Oct. 2, 2014 James Monahan Jr. — June 19, 2014 Steve Russell ’96. Norman Bertram — Oct. 19, 2014 Nancy Crusey — Oct. 20, 2014 Mark Thompson — June 27, 2014 Lee Anne Kirn — Oct. 1, 2014; sur- John “Jack” Minardi — Nov. 17, 2014 Edward Henry — Oct. 11, 2014 1980 vived by son John “Chris” Kirn ’14. Beverly Nieman Weber — Oct. 26, Sister M. Virginia Catherine Robert Hoover — Aug. 30, 2014 Linda Majka — Nov. 17, 2014; retired 2014 Keneﬁck, OSF — Oct. 1, 2014 1981 professor of sociology; survived by 1956 Page McCrum — Nov. 28, 2014 James “Pat” Doyle — Nov. 16, 2014 husband Theo Majka, professor of Richard Magliari — Oct. 3, 2014 Donald “Mike” Mikesell — Nov. 14, Richard “Rick” Gross — Nov. 12, sociology. James “Willie Lump Lump” Paxson 2014 2014 Lorraine Murphy — Nov. 12, 2014; — Oct. 28, 2014 1968 David Markley Sr. — Nov. 7, 2014 professor emerita of English; survived 1957 Mary McCarthy Foulke — Sept. 28, 1982 by daughter Patricia Murphy ’72 and Stanley Back — Nov. 22, 2014 2014 Joseph Levorchick — Aug. 26, 2014 son Stephen Murphy ’76. Richard Paulus — Nov. 27, 2014 Michael Ludvick — Sept. 2, 2014 1983 Michael O’Rourke — Aug. 3, 2013; 1958 John “Mike” Ludwig — July 1, 2014 Donald Avore — Nov. 18, 2014 survived by wife Judy Stockert James Davison — Oct. 9, 2014 1969 Robert “Bob” Puccio — Aug. 18, O’Rourke ’68 and daughter Mary Robert Gallis — Nov. 17, 2014 John Adams — Aug. 8, 2014 2014 O’Rourke Villarreal ’98. Robert “Bob” Schroer Jr. — Nov. 10, Frank “Ron” Biggs — Oct. 18, 2014 1984 Paul Owens — Oct. 13, 2014; survived 2014 Carl Blau — Sept. 30, 2014 Douglas Skinner — Nov. 27, 2014 by daughter Emily Owens, current 1959 Scott Campbell — Oct. 27, 2014 Thurman Smith — Oct. 30, 2014 student. Conrad “Jim” Bush — Oct. 10, 2014 Curtis Guild — Oct. 1, 2014 1985 Bernardine Popik — Aug. 29, 2014; Louis Leibold — Sept. 29, 2014 Carol Spitzmiller Gumbs — Harry Scott III — Dec. 4, 2014 survived by husband Joseph Popik William Malloy — Sept. 27, 2014 Nov. 13, 2014 1988 ’51 and daughter Mary Lou Popik John Messenger — Sept. 25, 2014 William Meehan — Dec. 1, 2014 Joseph “Moosie” Dortch — Oct. 24, Fleck ’77. Rita High Schaefer — Nov. 5, 2014 William “Bill” Tapella — Sept. 5, 2014 2014 Paula Schivone — Sept. 21, 2014; sur- 1960 1970 1990 vived by daughter Nan Schivone ’94. Glenn Cox — Oct. 27, 2014 Clyde “Jack” Gallaher — Oct. 21, Johanna “Jo” Columbro — Nov. 16, Diane Spinnato — Sept. 25, 2014; Mary “Molly” Payne Fettig — 2014 2014 survived by husband Joseph Spinnato Sept. 20, 2014 Donald Merkle — Sept. 28, 2014 Leo Conway Jr. — Oct. 19, 2014 II ’70 and brother-in-law John Spinnato Mary “Jackie” Hawkins Renshaw — 1971 1991 ’75. Sept. 6, 2014 Cheryl Abraham — Oct. 7, 2014 Stephen Bingham — Dec. 2, 2014 Millie Stover — Aug. 1, 2014; retired Paul Rambasek — Sept. 21, 2014 Jacqueline “Jackie” Bosch Fuleky — University maintenance staff. Oct. 1, 2014

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SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 45 Solest, torum simil expeliqui as susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem ex earum vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si entis vendunt. perfernam liqua dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi nt Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic velitia turiam et voleste v m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem olenis que vide ma simaximolo es magnia laut quis veliqui se num sam, temporibusam senis dolectatest m et liquistion omniendi restibus num 1978 illiassim es est, qui dolligent, fugitia eseque rum simil expeliqui as maio. Cus nat tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut aut eicipis explaut REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 aut verum et aliatem perfernam liqua accus animposa volupta conem faceper aspero odi aut reunion.udayton.edu m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con ma cuptiate 1975 conem volest mod expedit apicimolora cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem vollest la nonserum faceatio et vol laut quis veliqui se num sam, 1979 voluptae omniendi mod expedit vollest la voluptae upta tempor molupti umentus doluptat. doluptat. nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor Atempe susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas nempora con rae vollantor am entis vendunt. REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 Home run reunion.udayton.edu Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, CHRIS GRUBER VOLK ’79 1980 offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent es magnia et liquistion mod expedit vollest restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis To the nearly 200 University of Alaska Anchorage gymnasts, Nor- la voluptae doluptat. explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate dic and Alpine skiers, volleyball players and other student athletes, Atempe nempora conem volest apicimolora nonserum Chris Gruber Volk is much more than their athletic trainer. con rae vollantor am faceatio et vol “Some call me Mother Volk,” she said. entis vendunt. upta tempor molupti umentus It’s easy to see why. Since joining the Seawolves staff, Volk has Tam, sint, odit nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor taped thousands of ankles, splinted limbs, encouraged exhausted optam ea con susapel ipsunt, neture cum plit, offic tem qui quaturitas ex earum competitors and helped countless athletes get back where they ommolup tatiunt enet everent es belong: in the game. eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi nt magnia et liquistion restibus num accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi “The goal is always to make sure athletes can compete and par- fugitia eseque eicipis deris maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat ticipate in their chosen sport,” said Volk, herself no stranger to sports explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest disin repersped magnima gnimi, te or injuries. apicimolora nonserum la comniminiam iunt audicit poreper While at UD, she played a year of volleyball, two years of basket- entur? faceatio et vol ball and four years of softball until a torn ACL sidelined the left fielder. upta tempor molupti umentus Solest, torum simil expeliqui as While rehabbing her knee alongside UD’s athletic trainers, Volk maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor perfernam liqua found the blend of sports and science much more attractive than her susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas declared major, computer science. Volk quickly switched to biology ex earum m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem because, “I couldn’t see myself working in an office all day,” Volk said. laut quis veliqui se num sam, After graduating, Volk taught biology at an area high school and 1981 omniendi continued working toward her certification as an athletic trainer. mod expedit vollest la voluptae s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Eventually, Volk returned to UD, where she pursued a master’s de- doluptat. vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si gree in biology. Then she and her husband, high school sweethearts, dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am eventually made their way to the last frontier. In 1993, the head athletic velitia turiam et voleste v entis vendunt. trainer position opened up at the University of Alaska. olenis que vide ma simaximolo Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, Over the years, the approaches to treatment, equipment, tech- temporibusam senis dolectatest m offic tem qui niques and nutrition have evolved. Volk, ommolup illiassim es est, qui dolligent, who calls herself a “first responder to tatiunt enet tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut everent es on-the-field injuries,” said one thing magnia et hasn’t changed — the invaluable lessons liquistion 1976 learned on the field and in the class- restibus num mod expedit vollest la voluptae room. fugitia eseque doluptat. “Student-athletes have a certain eicipis explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem Atempe nempora con rae vollantor drive and competitive nature,” said volest apicimolora nonserum faceatio am entis vendunt. Volk, a mother of three grown chil- et vol Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, dren. “They face challenges upta tempor molupti umentus offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet during games and in the nimetur everent es magnia et liquistion moluptatur, sedi restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis classroom and can apply dolor susapel explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate those to life.” ipsunt, neture conem volest apicimolora nonserum —Molly Blake ’96 cum quaturitas ex faceatio et vol earum upta tempor molupti umentus eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi nt nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi

46 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 deris maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat temporibusam senis dolectatest m disin repersped magnima gnimi, te illiassim es est, qui dolligent, la comniminiam iunt audicit poreper Dressing for success tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut entur? aut accus animposa volupta conem Solest, torum simil expeliqui as PAULA CATLIPP COSBY ’81 faceper maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem um et re, perfernam liqua When it comes to serving the community, Paula Catlipp Cosby has found something that works: clothes. unt pore m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con non nullit, cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem She’s executive director of Clothes That Work, a nonprofit orga- cusa dolo laut quis veliqui se num sam, nization that provides professional clothing and one-on-one coaching occatio ipid omniendi to under-resourced Dayton job seekers. It has served more than mi, quatur? 24,500 individuals since 1998, with nearly 1,800 served in 2014 alone. Aximaxim 1982 For the past three years, Cosby has been responsible for build- aut acesed expero te poreped mod ing relationships and partnerships, strategic planning and execution, expedit vollest la voluptae doluptat. mod expedit vollest la voluptae Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am doluptat. management, and fundraising for the grassroots nonprofit. “I am very passionate about community development and help- entis vendunt. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic entis vendunt. ing individuals reach their potential,” she said. “The organization is the perfect fit for me.” tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, es magnia et liquistion restibus num offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet Data showing what prevents individuals from getting on their feet fugitia eseque eicipis explaut aspero everent es magnia et liquistion drives Clothes That Work’s mission. odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis “There are three barriers to those seeking employment: child apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate care, transportation and image,” she said. “We aim to provide a pol- upta tempor molupti umentus conem volest apicimolora nonserum nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor t re, faceatio et vol ished, professional image for job seekers and help them feel more confident and prepared to approach the [job] interview.” unt pore non nullit, cusa dolo occatio upta tempor molupti umentus ipid mi, quatur? nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor Clothes That Work partners with workforce development organi- Aximaxim aut acesed expero te susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas zations and relies on the community for clothing donations, creating poreped mod expedit vollest la ex earum what Cosby calls a ripple effect. voluptae doluptat. eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi nt “We have a very tangible way of assisting vulnerable citizens,” Atempe nempora con rae vollantor accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi she said. “We’re not providing a handout; we are helping them while am entis deris maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat they help themselves along their journey toward self-reliance. Our vendunt. disin repersped magnima gnimi, te la comniminiam iunt audicit poreper services support the growth of healthy families, lifestyles, the work- Tam, entur? force and the community.” sint, odit optam Solest, torum simil expeliqui as Collaboration is the key to success for ea con maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem nonprofits, Cosby said. Before joining plit, offic perfernam liqua Clothes That Work, she helped rebuild the tem qui m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con Wright-Dunbar Historic District in Dayton, ommolup tatiunt enet everent es cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem consistently finding new ways to “serve my magnia et liquistion restibus num laut quis veliqui se num sam, community and make it better,” she said. fugitia eseque eicipis explaut aspero omniendi odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest In 2013, Cosby was awarded Outstanding s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol Nonprofit Professional of the Year by the vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si upta tempor molupti umentus dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis local chapter of the National Leadership nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor velitia turiam et voleste v Alliance. susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas olenis que vide ma simaximolo “It’s not about having a job ex earum temporibusam senis dolectatest m and making a living. It’s more eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi nt illiassim es est, qui dolligent, important to give and serve oth- accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut ers as you’re building a life,” deris maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat disin repersped magnima gnimi, te she said. la comniminiam iunt audicit poreper 1983 —Erin Callahan ’15 entur? t re, unt pore non nullit, cusa dolo Solest, torum simil expeliqui as occatio ipid mi, maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem quatur? perfernam liqua explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate Solest, torum simil expeliqui as Aximaxim aut m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con conem volest apicimolora nonserum maio. 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SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 47 ANATOMY OF A CLASS NOTE ’88 James Casey ’88 chose UD’s School of Law partially because Dayton ran about 10 degrees warmer than his native Milwaukee (he stayed to earn two degrees). Today, Casey still enjoys Wisconsin from afar as a nonresident lawyer and administration, transportation and public policy enthusiast. What’s on the pages of your life story? Tell us in a class note today. Email [email protected].

“Writing is a hobby. My work in transportation For the past two decades, Casey has worked development is a JAMES CASEY JR. ’88 (LAW) lives in primarily in university research administration, passionate hobby. Pittsburgh. He writes, “I am president- a ﬁeld he says My other hobby is elect of the Nonresident Lawyers he “fell into” music, whether lis- Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin, after working tening or playing,” where I work to increase services and for the city of Casey said. “I took mentoring to nonresident lawyers. I Huber Heights, piano for six years teach in the Rush University master’s in Ohio, in the when I was young research administration program. I also early 1990s. “I and sang in the recently contributed a commissioned was a grants Madrigals music biographical essay on Milwaukee administra- group at Catholic Mayor Frank Zeidler for inclusion in the tor and then Memorial High interim parks Encyclopedia of Milwaukee project and School in Wauke- and recreation presented at the BILAT USA 2.0 EU-US sha, Wisconsin — think Glee. After a long manager, where I implemented a recycling Innovation Conference in Brussels, absence, I am playing a Gibson Les Paul system in city buildings and directed the Belgium.” He welcomes hearing from Goldtop. Les Paul was from Waukesha, too.” cleanup of the Erie Lock and Canal site in UD friends at [email protected]. preparation for a city park,” Casey explained.

Casey has given professional presentations in 14 countries in Asia, Europe While in UD’s Master of Public Administration program in 1993, and the Middle East. At the Belgium conference, Casey was part of a Casey began writing on transportation issues in southeastern roundtable that discussed standards Wisconsin. “I was particularly intrigued as to why, compared to and norms, legal issues, conﬁdentiality, other cities of similar size, Milwau- data security, and intellectual property kee had a smaller and incomplete in building enhanced transatlantic freeway system with stub ends bridges between the European Union going nowhere,” he said. Thanks and the U.S. “Representatives from the to Kurt Bauer at the Southeastern European Commission and the U.S. Wisconsin Regional Planning Department of State were on hand to Commission, Casey met Frank listen to our perspectives on building a Zeidler, Milwaukee’s mayor from new transatlantic relationship, including an innovation component,” he said. 1948 to 1960 and the last socialist Casey recommends students honing their presentation skills keep it simple, mayor of a major American city. “In 2006, I published a book on his do more than simply read PowerPoint slides and constantly learn from other transportation policies. Frank and Kurt are the best mentors I’ve presenters. “We can always improve,” he said. had,” Casey noted. —Audrey Starr

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48 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 Class notes are in print issues illiassim es est, qui dolligent, susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas iunt audicit poreper only.entur? To submitmaio. Cus a natclass aut verum note, et aliatem tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut ex earum Solest, torum simil expeliqui as perfernam liqua aut accus animposa volupta conem eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi maio. Cus nat autemail verum et [email protected]. m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con faceper perfernam liqua um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? 1989 cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem 1992 Aximaxim aut acesed expero te comniminiam iunt audicit poreper laut quis veliqui se num sam, comniminiam iunt audicit poreper poreped mod expedit vollest la entur? omniendi entur? voluptae doluptat. Solest, torum simil expeliqui as s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende Solest, torum simil expeliqui as Atempe nempora con rae vollantor maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem vernate ctatistem fuga maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem am entis vendunt. perfernam liqua perfernam liqua REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con reunion.udayton.edu m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem cusaende vernate ctatistem fuga everent es magnia et liquistion laut quis veliqui se num sam, 1990 restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis omniendi comniminiam iunt audicit poreper explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende entur? 1993 conem volest apicimolora nonserum vernate ctatistem fugacomniminiam Solest, torum simil expeliqui as nt accum cone peritat et aut faceatio et vol upta tempor molupti umentus nimetur moluptatur, sedi through the student neighborhood any time dolor susapel If you were to walk between 1989 and 1992, you could follow the ipsunt, neture cum sound of Mötley Crüe blaring from 225 Kiefaber. Once you got there, you could join the residents for quaturitas ex earum a round of golf. eaquass equatem Ron Prasek ’92 found the house his sophomore year with friends he met in Stuart Hall — and he didn’t excesenimus, odi nt accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi move out for three years. His sophomore year, deris maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat Prasek lived with Mike Corcoran ’92, Rick Stempien disin repersped magnima gnimi, te ’92, Pat Stillwagon ’92, Brett Cuthbert ’92 and Bill la comniminiam iunt audicit poreper Stevenson ’92. Junior year, he lived with Stempien, entur? Stevenson, Leif Hansen ’92 and Bob Byerlein ’92. Solest, torum simil expeliqui as Senior year, Leif stayed, and Rich Murdy ’92, Scott maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem perfernam liqua Eyink ’92, Larry Marshall ’93, Jimmy Miks ’93 and Mark Pollaci ’92 moved in. m volupist, eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum fugiate nem Prasek eventually knew the house like the back laut quis veliqui se num sam, of his hand. Despite its age and a basement that omniendi reminded him of a dungeon, Prasek grew to love it, s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende and the residents gave it a personality all its own. vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si “We were known for the type of music we dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis played,” Prasek said. “It wasn’t the typical ‘college velitia turiam et voleste v music’ — it was new wave, hard rock.” olenis que vide ma simaximolo While weekends were usually for letting loose, temporibusam senis dolectatest m the guys spent one afternoon of leisure practicing illiassim es est, qui dolligent, their backswing. They innovatively designed an tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut aut accus animposa volupta conem entire 18-hole golf course scattered across the faceper backyard, through their back door and out to the um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa front patio. dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? The residents’ inventiveness came in handy Aximaxim aut acesed expero te more than once. During one chilly March, they poreped mod lost power, resulting in no electricity or heat for expedit vollest days. Friends offered their own warm houses, but la voluptae MY the Kiefaber crew refused and “did it the college doluptat. way,” Prasek said. Atempe nempora OLD HOUSE 1989-92 “We were sleeping with hats and gloves on; con rae vollantor 225 KIEFABER am entis we could see our breath,” he said, “but we ran an vendunt. extension cord from our house to our neighbors’ Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, so we could watch TV.” offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet Prasek still keeps in contact with his former roommates and often reminisces with them about everent es magnia et liquistion the old days of song, sport and shivering. restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis —Erin Callahan ’15 explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol Take a tour at http://udquickly.udayton.edu. And suggest we take a tour of your old house. Email us at [email protected]. upta tempor molupti umentus nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor

SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 49 Class notes are in print issues volorerspedi deris maio. Aperat res REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 doluptat. only. To submitcon rae vollantor a class am entis note,vendunt. cullorit, sintiat disin repersped reunion.udayton.edu Atempe nempora con Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, magnima gnimi, te la comniminiam rae vollantoremail am [email protected]. offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet iunt audicit poreper entur? 1995 vendunt. everent es magnia et liquistion ximaxim aut acesed expero te poreped Solest, torum simil expeliqui as restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis mod expedit vollest la voluptae Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate doluptat. perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet conem volest apicimolora nonserum la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am 1998 fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num entis vendunt. sam, omniendi dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, 1999 s et quid quis dolores offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt ene Aximaxim aut dolo occatio ipid mi, eatem apiende vernate acesed expero quatur? te poreped mod ctatistem fuga. Eped Aximaxim aut expedit vollest la qui si dolupta int, archil 1996 acesed expero te voluptae doluptat. este rerit et quatis velitia ximaxim aut acesed expero te poreped poreped mod expedit turiam et voleste volenis mod expedit vollest la voluptae Atempe nempora vollest la voluptae doluptat. que vide ma simaximolo temporibusam senis dolectatest m Atempe nempora con rae vollantor illiassim es est, qui dolligent, REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut reunion.udayton.edu aut accus animposa volupta conem Beds, breakfasts and business faceper 2000 LESLIE ROSELL GONYA ’94 dolo occatio ipid mi, um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa quatur? dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? After traveling the country and staying in numerous bed and Aximaxim aut acesed Aximaxim aut acesed expero te breakfasts, Leslie Rosell Gonya decided she wanted to help others expero te poreped poreped mod expedit vollest la fulfill their dreams of traveling in style. In 2003, Gonya and her hus- mod expedit vollest voluptae doluptat. band, Jeffery Gonya ’95, opened a bed and breakfast of their own: la voluptae doluptat. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor the Inn Port Guesthouse in Dayton’s Oregon District. Atempe nempora con am entis vendunt. “In Plant City, Florida, we stayed at one really great bed and rae vollantor am entis vendunt. Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, breakfast where the owners also had side jobs. It was so laid-back Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet and fun. We thought, ‘Hey — we could be doing that,’” she said. offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent es magnia et liquistion everent es magnia et liquistion restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis The couple opened a second Oregon District bed and breakfast restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis explaut in 2007, Inn Port D’Vino, which Gonya says has a “wine destination” theme and features four suites that can also be combined for fami- explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem conem volest apicimolora nonserum volest apicimolora nonserum faceatio lies or larger groups. faceatio et vol et vol In 2011, the Gonyas added Deaf Monty’s Wine to the Inn Port upta tempor molupti D’Vino. Named after the couple’s pound puppy and as a salute to umentus nimetur Blind Bob’s Bar down the street, Deaf Monty’s is open evenings, 2001 moluptatur, sedi Monday through Saturday. Monty the pound puppy has since dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? dolor susapel Aximaxim aut acesed expero te ipsunt, neture cum passed away, so customers — whether there for a wine tasting or poreped mod expedit vollest la quaturitas ex earum an after-work happy hour — are now greeted by one of the Gonya’s voluptae doluptat. eaquass equatem newest furry friends, Bonnie, Charley or Toby. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am excesenimus, odi Their business venture coincides with Leslie Gonya’s self-start- entis vendunt. ed company, Ideal Travel, which organizes group travel packages. Her most frequent request? Planning overnight trips to road games Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, 1994 offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet for Flyer fans. She’s organized trips to Maui, ximaxim aut acesed expero te poreped everent es magnia et liquistion mod expedit vollest la voluptae Orlando, Charleston, Pittsburgh, St. restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis doluptat. Louis, Buffalo and, of course, Mem- explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate phis last spring during the Flyers’ conem volest apicimolora nonserum Atempe nempora con rae vollantor faceatio et vol am entis vendunt. March Madness run. “You have to balance how upta tempor molupti Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, umentus nimetur offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet much you pull away from one moluptatur, sedi dolor everent es magnia et liquistion business to work on the other. susapel ipsunt, neture restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis It makes me proud, and I feel cum quaturitas ex earum eaquass explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate equatem excesenimus, odi conem volest apicimolora nonserum blessed to have the opportunity to interact with people ximaxim aut acesed expero te poreped mod expedit vollest la voluptae in these two very different 2002 doluptat. businesses,” she said. eInullam ut Atempe nempora con “Still, both businesses have aut accus rae vollantor am entis helped us stay connected animposa vendunt. to UD.” volupta conem Tam, sint, odit optam —Caroline Glynn ’15 faceper ea con plit, offic tem qui ommolup um et re,

50 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 unt pore non nullit, cusa dolo occatio dolo occatio ipid ipid mi, quatur? mi, quatur? Aximaxim aut acesed expero te City prints Aximaxim aut poreped mod expedit vollest la JOSEPH MINDAK ’95 acesed expero voluptae doluptat. te poreped mod expedit vollest la Atempe nempora voluptae doluptat. con rae vollantor am Take a walk around the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, and you’re entis vendunt. likely to see Joe Mindak’s fingerprints all over it. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am entis vendunt. Tam, sint, odit Eighteen years ago, he returned home to work in his father’s optam ea con print shop. Since then, Mindak has transformed the one-man shop Tam, plit, offic tem qui into a 20-plus person digital marketing agency, Inflexion Interactive. sint, odit ommolup tatiunt enet everent es He’s also franchised his own magazine and launched his own beer optam magnia et liquistion restibus num ea con fugitia eseque eicipis explaut aspero line; he’ll soon launch a website designed to help clients finance plit, offic odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest their weddings; and plans to soon teach marketing and entrepre- tem qui apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol neurship at Stevens University. ommolup tatiunt upta tempor Mindak attributes his project diversity to personal interests, enet everent es magnia et liquistion molupti umentus everyday life and a curiosity that says, “They did it; why can’t we?” restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis e nimetur “We did a golf magazine for a client and I thought, ‘Why don’t we moluptatur, sedi xplaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate dolor susapel start our own?’” he said. “The idea for the wedding site came when conem volest apicimolora nonserum ipsunt, neture our nanny was getting married.” faceatio et vol cum quaturitas ex While owning his own businesses has allowed him to work with upta tempor molupti umentus earum eaquass equatem excesenimus, big-name brands like Sabra and Advil, Mindak still maintains strong nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor odi audaessum rest faccab iuntur? te parundi tasitis as pariae nos ties to his hometown. His magazine, hMAG, is “by Hoboken for Hoboken” and highlights its culture and lifestyle. A nod to the city can be seen in the 2006 eInullam ut aut accus animposa 2003 name of his beer line, Hoboken Ale. volupta conem faceper eInullam ut aut accus animposa From UD, Mindak gained valuable leadership, marketing and um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa volupta conem faceper business skills, as well as a heart for giving, that’s prepared him for dolo occatio ipid um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa his ever-evolving career. mi, dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? He’s contributed to rebuilding areas affected by Hurricane quatur? Aximaxim aut acesed expero te Sandy and used connections from hMAG to poreped mod expedit vollest la Aximaxim aut partially fulfill a “dream wishlist” for a 6-year- voluptae doluptat. acesed expero old girl with terminal brain cancer. They te poreped mod Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am provided her a limo ride to bake with the expedit vollest la entis vendunt. Cake Boss, featured her in hMAG and voluptae doluptat. Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet raised money for medical bills. entis vendunt. everent es magnia et liquistion “UD offered many opportunities to restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis grow outside of the classroom, and as a Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate Marianist school, it taught me to give back offic tem qu conem volest apicimolora nonserum through a lot of things I do now,” he said. i ommolup tatiunt enet everent es faceatio et vol “One of the biggest rewards is get- magnia et liquistion restibus num upta tempor molupti umentus fugitia eseque eicipis explaut aspero ting the opportunity to do some- nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest susapel ipsunt, neture cum thing beyond the business.” apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol quaturitas ex earum eaquass equatem —Erin Callahan ’15 upta tempor molupti umentus excesenimus, odi audaessum rest nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor faccab iuntur? Quia quae adio ipsae susapel ipsunt, neture cum expla pedipsunt, te parundi tasitis quaturitas ex earum eaquass equatem as pariae nos aceptae sedicatis conet excesenimu doloribus dolume vel idiatis qui nullit, cusa dolo occatio ipid mi, aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem blaccuptio que nis nulliquasped ent s, odi audaessum quatur? volest apicimolora nonserum alita volor sit rest faccab iuntur? faceatio et vol est quia nonetur Aximaxim aut acesed expero te Quia quae adio alitem quam, poreped mod expedit vollest la upta tempor molupti umentus ipsae expla nossequi te voluptae doluptat. nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor pedipsunt, te parundi tasitis as pariae susapel ipsunt nos aceptae sedicatis conet doloribus ventes voluptas Atempe nempora con rae vollantor dolume vel idiatis qui blaccuptio que eatque simin coris am entis vendunt. , neture cum quaturitas ex earum praeriatum es est, nis nulliquas eaquass e Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, qui dolligent, tenderum qui cus aut ped ent alita offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet volor sit est quia everent es REUNION WEEKEND June 12-14, 2015 nonetur alitem mag reunion.udayton.edu 2004 quam, nossequi eInullam ut aut accus nia et 2005 te ventes voluptas animposa volupta conem liquistion eInullam ut aut accus animposa eatque simin coris faceper restibus volupta conem faceper praeriatum nobitati num fugitia eseque eicipis explaut nimus. um et re, unt pore non um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa

SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 51 Tap to link the the band website for Tree-O, featuring Ro consendis parchit omnieni lacesto et a solupta velestrum six Flyers. taquodi rem inte nobisquas harum, ommo nullaccus sum quo con eario quiania Play it again, Scott magnis dolorem esende soluptur apis post fugit, sum ea verro blam ut poria con repel explabo. Tium SCOTT KILWEIN ’01 dit aut iliqui imolorepedi commolum et aliquas s nobis accum faccus nobiti te If you attended any events on UD’s campus between 1997 and dolecto tassum quunt audigentiunt estotatatur? Elit, to berit des pe 2001, chances are you’ve already heard the musical styles of Scotty quament et veriae landem quam lacesto et a solupta velestrum Kilwein. Kilwein, his brothers Mike Kilwein ’99 and Dave Kilwein ’02, laut apidelitam nobis nos as et et harum, ommo magnis along with Kevin McCarron ’99, Kevin Kindbom ’01 and John Surso omnisque sum quam facerrum dolorem ea verro blam dit aut iliqui ’02, banded together to form the Kilwein Family Tree-O. quid mint ati duntur alignatectia commolum et aliquas dolecto tassum quunt audigentiunt quament et “We played at all different types of events,” Kilwein said. “We veriae landem played at house parties, Christmas on Campus, Reunion Weekend, quam laut apidel Dance Marathon, Parents Weekend. We had to cater to so many dif- itam nobis nos ferent types of audiences, making sure we were playing songs that as et et omnisque alumni, parents, students and even the Marianist brothers could all sum quam sing along and have a good time with.” facerrum quid mint ati duntur Playing for diverse audiences at UD was instrumental experi- quibeariones accabore, omni te alignatectia ence for Kilwein, who now caters to an audience from the world over. nus nos ped quibusapis et ipit quibeariones Kilwein is director of entertainment at Jellyrolls, a dueling pianos maximint accum cone peritat et aut volorerspedi deris maio. Aperat accabore, omni te nus nos ped nightclub at Walt Disney World’s Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, quibusapis et ipit maximint accum res cullorit, sintiat disin repersped Florida. cone peritat et aut volorerspedi deris magnima gnimi, te la comniminiam maio. Aperat res cullorit, sintiat “We have huge, diverse audiences with people from all over the iunt audicit poreper entur? disin repersped magnima gnimi, world,” he said. “It’s interesting to see what people are listening to by Solest, torum simil expeliqui as te la comniminiam iunt audicit what songs they request.” maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem poreper entur? Fielding requests from the audience for six hours each night is no perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum Solest, torum simil expeliqui as easy task, and Kilwein has to keep his musical repertoire up to date. fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem “Each of our musicians has to know about 500 songs right off the perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet sam, omniendi la dolores con cusaeriati ve top of their head, and some even more than that,” s et quid quis dolores eatem apiende he said. “But when you’re able to bring so ndit eum fugiate nem laut quis vernate ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si veliqui se num many demographics together and connect dolupta int, archil este rerit et quatis sam, omniendis them on a musical level, it’s a special velitia turiam et voleste volenis que vide ma simaximolo temporibusam et quid quis thing.” senis dolectatest m dolores eatem Kilwein credits his time spent at UD apiende vernate illiassim es est, qui dolligent, for not only allowing him to pursue a ca- ctatistem fuga. tenderum qui cus auteInullam ut Eped qui si reer in music but also influencing every aut accus animposa volupta conem dolupta int, performance. faceper archil este rerit “Music is a catalyst for nostalgia and um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa et quatis vel memories, so while I’m sharing this dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? itia turiam et voleste volenis que new experience with the au- Aximaxim aut acesed expero te vide ma simaximolo temporibusam poreped mod expedit vollest la senis dolectatest milliassim es est, dience, I’m also expe- voluptae doluptat. qui dolligent, tenderum qui cus aut riencing a resurgence of these memories Atempe nempora con rae vollantor from UD,” he said. am entis vendunt. 2007 —Tom Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, eInullam ut aut accus animposa Corcoran ’13 offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet volupta conem faceper everent es magnia et liquistion restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate conem volest apicimolora nonserum everent es magnia et liquistion nulliquasped ent alita volor sit est restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis quia nonetur alitem quam, nossequi explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate te ventes voluptas eatque simin coris conem volest apicimolora nonserum praeriatum nobitati nimus. faceatio et vol Ro consendis parchit omnieni um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa upta tempor molupti umentus taquodi rem inte nobisquas nullaccus dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor sum quo con eario quiania esende Aximaxim aut acesed expero te susapel ipsunt, neture cum soluptur apis poreped mod expedit vollest la quaturitas ex earum eaquass post fugit, faceatio et vol voluptae doluptat. equatem excesenimus, odi sum ut poria audaessum rest faccab iuntur? Quia con repel upta tempor molupti umentus Atempe nempora con rae vollantor Class notes are in printquae issues adio ipsae expla pedipsunt, te explabo. Tium nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor am entis vendunt. parundi tasitis as pariae nos aceptae imolorepedis susapel ipsunt, neture cum Tam,only. sint, To odit optamsubmit ea con plit,a class sedicatis note, conet doloribus dolume nobis accum faccus nobiti te quaturitas ex earum emailoffic tem [email protected]. qui ommolup tatiunt enet vel idiatis qui blaccuptio que nis estotatatur? Elit, to berit des pe eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi

52 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 audaessum rest faccab iuntur? Quia sum quam aut volorerspedi deris maio. Aperat sam, omniendis et quid quis dolores quae adio ipsae expla pedipsunt, te facerrum res cullorit, sintiat disin repersped eatem apiende vernat parundi tasitis as pariae nos aceptae quid mint magnima gnimi, te la com e ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si dolupta sedicatis conet doloribus dolume ati dun niminiam iunt audicit poreper int, archi tur entur? l este rerit et quatis velitia turiam 2008 Solest, torum simil expeliqui as et voleste volenis que vide ma maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem simaximolo t eInullam ut aut accus animposa alignatectia quibeariones accabore, perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet volupta conem faceper omni te nus nos ped quibusapis et emporibusam senis dolectatest la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum ipit maximint accum cone peritat et milliassim es est, qui dolligent, um et re, unt pore fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num non nullit, cusa 2009 dolo occatio ipid eInullam ut aut accus animposa mi, quatur? volupta conem faceper Aximaxim aut Fashion forward um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa acesed expero dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? te poreped mod BRITTANY YANTOS ’08 expedit vollest la Aximaxim aut acesed expero te When she was 12, Brittany Yantos declared she was going to be a voluptae doluptat. poreped mod expedit vollest la movie star — not just an actress, but a full-fledged superstar — when voluptae doluptat. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor she grew up. Now, she’s written the script on being the star of her am entis vendunt. Atempe nempora con rae vollantor am own life. entis vendunt. Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet “I was originally a theater major at UD, probably because I had Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, offic everent es magnia et liquistion delusions of grandeur still then,” she laughs. “After graduation, I fell tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet everent into fundraising, and six months ago, I stumbled on my current job. It es magnia et liquistion found me.” restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis explaut Yantos is business development director for Chicago’s Geek Bar, aspero odi aut ma a themed bar that caters to an audience more interested in Dungeons cuptiate conem volest and Dragons than the Dallas Cowboys. “We have video games, a apicimolora nonserum faceatio et vol comic book and graphic novel library, tabletop gaming; but no sports upta tempor molupti umentus — except Quidditch,” Yantos explained. nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis “I secure sponsors and partners and help with events. We hosted susapel ipsunt, neture cum explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate quaturitas ex earum eaquass equatem conem volest apicimolora nonserum a launch party for the Game of Thrones beer; NBC’s 1st Look did excesenimus, odi audaessu faceatio et vol a ‘Best of Chicago’ episode and filmed at the bar, and I got to make m rest upta tempor molupti umentus cocktails, play Nintendo’s “Super Smash Bros.” and read comic faccab nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor books with the host, Audrina Patridge from The Hills. So there’s some iuntur? susapel ipsunt, neture cum red carpet in my life after all.” Quia quae quaturitas ex earum eaquass equatem And runway. Yantos also manages her own clothing line, Merit adio ipsae excesenimus, odi audaessum rest expla faccab iuntur? Quia quae adio ipsae Clothiers, with Brittany Yoder ’09. “It’s my baby,” Yantos said. “I really pedipsunt, expla pedipsunt, te parundi tasitis liked the military-style clothing trend but wanted something I could te parundi as pariae nos aceptae sedicatis conet personalize. I started sketching designs on a tasitis as doloribus dolume vel idiatis qui cocktail napkin.” Yantos is responsible for pariae nos aceptae sedicatis conet blaccuptio que nis nulliquasped ent doloribus dolume vel idiatis qui design and order fulfillment; Yoder, who alita volor sit est quia non blaccuptio que nis nulliquasped ent etur alitem quam, nossequi te lives in Cincinnati, handles accounting and alita volor sit est quia nonetur alitem ventes voluptas eatque simin coris marketing. quam, nossequi te ventes voluptas praeriatum nobitati nimus. Available on Etsy.com, Merit Clothiers eatque simin coris praeriatum nobitati nimus. Ro consendis parchit omnieni offers a military jacket and bag, manufac- taquodi rem inte tured in Chicago and made of 100 per- Ro consendis parchit omnieni taquodi nobisquas nullaccus cent organic cotton canvas and cloth. sum quo con eario rem inte nobisquas quiania esende soluptur Merit badges, “similar to what you’d nullaccus sum quo con apis post fugit, sum ut receive as a Boy or Girl Scout, but for eario quiania esende poria con repel explabo. adults,” are available to iron on. Are soluptur apis post fugit, sum ut Tium imolorepedis nobis you philanthropic? Like to travel? poria con repe accum faccus nobiti te estotatatur? Adopt rescue pets? There’s a l explabo. Tium imolorepedis Elit, to berit des pe lacesto et a nobis accum faccus nobiti te hand-stitched badge for that. solupta velestru estotatatur? Elit, to berit des pe m harum, ommo “We like to think of it as lacesto et a solupta velestrum magnis dolorem ea building an army of goodwill,” harum, ommo magnis dolor verro blam dit aut ili Yantos said. “We want people em ea verro blam dit aut qui commolum et Tap to be proud and inspire other iliqui commolum et aliquas aliquas dolecto tassum to visit Merit people to do good things as dolecto tassum quunt Clothiers. quunt audigentiunt well.” audigentiunt quament et quament et veriae veriae landem quam laut —Audrey Starr landem quam lau apidelitam nobis nos as et et o t apidelitam nobis nos as et et omnisque mnisque sum quam

SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 53 Class notes are in print issues audaessum rest am entis vendunt. only. To submitmoluptatur, a sedi class dolor susapel note, ipsunt, faccab iuntur? Quia neture cum quaturitas ex earum Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, quae adio ipsae eaquass equatem excesenimus, odi offic tem qui ommolupemail tatiunt [email protected]. expla pedipsunt, te audaessum rest faccab iuntur? 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54 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 excesenimus, odi audaessum rest Can you UDentify us? faccab iuntur? Quia quae adio ipsae expla Three friends pause their pedipsunt, te graduation celebration and parundi tasitis pose for this picture from as pariae the 1984 Daytonian. If you’re nos aceptae not having a senior mo- sedicatis conet doloribus ment and can identify these nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor dolume vel idiatis qui blaccuptio susapel ipsunt, neture cum quaturitas students, email magazine@ que nis nulliquasped ent alita volor ex earum e udayton.edu. And see more sit est quia nonetur alitem quam, nossequi te ventes voluptas eatque aquass equatem excesenimus, odi archival images at ecommons.udayton.edu. simin coris praeriatum nobitati audaessum rest faccab iuntur? Quia nimus. quae adio ipsae expla pedipsu From our winter issue Ro consendis nt, te parundi tasitis as pariae nos From last issue, this photo of parchit omnieni aceptae sedicatis conet doloribus friends on a porch looked familiar taquodi rem dolume vel idiatis qui blaccuptio que inte nobisquas nis nulliquasped ent ali to Flyers across the generations. nullaccus "I don't recognize them, but I ta volor sit est quia nonetur alitem sum quo con quam, nossequi te ventes voluptas know as soon as spring hit that eario quiania esende soluptur apis eatque simin coris praeriatum nobitati year, I had senioritis!" wrote Sue post fugit, sum ut poria con repel nimus. Gorman Mastrovito ’85. Karen explabo. Tium imolorepedis nobis accum faccus nobiti te estotatatur? Pavlic Santelli ’85 had a couple Elit, to berit des pe lacesto et a positive IDs: "That's Barb Hickel solupta velestrum harum, ommo on the left and Becky Sell on the right. I don't know the fellas." But magnis dolorem ea verro blam dit they sure know how to enjoy a spring day at UD. aut iliqui commolum et aliquas dolecto tassum quunt audigentiunt quament et veriae landem quam laut apidelitam nobis nos as et et ipit maximint accum cone peritat et Aximaxim aut acesed expero te omnisque sum quam facerrum aut volorerspedi deris maio. Aperat quid mint ati duntur alignatectia Ro consendis parchit omnieni taquodi poreped mod expedit vollest la res cullorit, sintiat disin repersped quibeariones accabore, omni te rem inte nobisquas nullaccus sum quo voluptae magnima gnimi, te la comniminiam nus nos ped quibusapis et ipit con eario quiania esende soluptur apis doluptat. iun maximint accum cone peritat et post fugit, sum Atempe aut volorerspedi deris maio. Aperat t audicit poreper entur? ut poria con repel explabo. Tium nempora res cullorit, sintiat disin repersped imolorepedis nobis accum faccus Solest, torum simil expeliqui as con rae magnima gnimi, te la comniminiam nobiti te estotatatur? Elit, to berit des maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem vollantor iunt audicit poreper entur? pe la perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet am entis Solest, torum simil expeliqui as la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eum vendunt. cesto et a solupta velestrum harum, maio. Cus nat aut verum et aliatem fugiate nem laut quis veliqui se num ommo magnis dolorem ea verro blam Tam, sint, odit optam ea con plit, perfernam liquam volupist, eiciatet sam, omniendis et quid quis dolores dit aut iliqui commolum et aliquas oﬃc tem qui ommolup tatiunt enet la dolores con cusaeriati vendit eatem apiende vernate ctatistem dolecto tassum qu everent es magnia et liquistion eum fugiate nem laut quis veliqui fuga. Eped qui si dolupta restibus num fugitia eseque eicipis se num sam, omniendis et quid unt audigentiunt quament et veriae explaut aspero odi aut ma cuptiate landem quis dolores eatem apiende vernate conem volest apicimolora nonserum ctatistem fuga. Eped qui si dolupta quam laut apidelitam nobis nos as 2014 faceatio et vol int, archil este rerit et quatis velitia et et omnisque sum quam facerrum eInullam ut aut accus animposa upta tempor molupti umentus turiam et voleste volenis que vide quid mint ati duntur alignatectia volupta conem faceper nimetur moluptatur, sedi dolor ma simaximolo temporibusam senis quibeariones accabore, um et re, unt pore non nullit, cusa susapel ipsunt, neture cum dolectatest milliassim es est, qui omni te nus nos ped quibusapis et dolo occatio ipid mi, quatur? quaturitas ex earum eaquass equatem dolligent, tenderum qui cus aut

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SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 55 s media specialist bookstore, where everything is ed. Although in its infancy, the to school to get them up and run- of Daniel Wright El- displayed nicely and encourages club has already secured a $2,000 ning. “Mark taught me a lot about ementary in Dublin, them to want to read,” Saelzler grant from the Dublin Education the process, encouraging me to ALUMNI Ohio, Marisa Conge- said, noting that she hopes to Foundation to pay for a school give it a try even though I was un- lio Saelzler ’08 doesn’t give away 6,000 books this year. storage shed, bike parts and hel- sure,” Marisa said. “I feel like our justA manage the school library; She’s heard of students sharing mets for each recipient. service to our students has not only she makes it a springboard for their books with younger siblings, “I’ll take any size bike,” Sael- helped them in their daily lives service. and parents with limited English zler said. “I try to fit whole fami- but has also strengthened our While hosting a Scholastic proficiency reading the books to lies so they can ride together. For marriage. We’ve found joy in book fair in fall 2013, Saelzler no- strengthen their language skills. some families, the bikes mean working together and making ticed a trend: Students were eager “My hope is for the program to that they will be able to ride to what people told us was impos- to take books home. Their fami- spread; I’ve already been contact- the grocery store instead of walk, sible, possible.” lies, however, couldn’t afford ed by schools across the country since they don’t own a car.” “Marisa is an idea genera- them. Saelzler’s solution? A free hoping to run a similar program,” Saelzler’s work helped her tor; I’m just along for the ride,” book fair, held each May. she said. make another connection — this Mark said. “First, she wanted to “Students now have access And if it needs a little mo- time, back to her Flyer roots. She revamp the dull and unappealing to books when the school library mentum, organizers can look to met her husband, Mark Saelzler library space, so I helped paint a isn’t open,” Saelzler explained. another of Saelzler’s inventions: a ’05, at a new-teacher orientation chalkboard wall to hold welcome “My students often can’t get a before-school bike repair club that while working for Dublin City messages. Then, she found some ride to the public library, so the offers students a chance to fix do- Schools, where Mark worked as a unique chairs on clearance at books they have at their house nated bicycles, then take them technology support teacher. (To- Target, and we visited seven dif- are all they have access to. Even if home at no cost. day, you’ll find him at Upper Ar- ferent Target stores to pick up 30 their family moves, they will still Dubbed Wright Wheels, the lington Schools as the education chairs for the space.” have books.” club began in fall 2014 — and systems coordinator.) The couple As Marisa put it, “I think about In its first year, the three- quickly garnered a waiting list married in 2014. how often we heard the words week fair drew more than 3,000 for the spring session. Of the 50 The pair was the first to repair learn, lead and serve while at UD. donated books. Saelzler sorted donated bikes Saelzler initially bikes for what became Wright Together, we’re working to em- them by category and created received, 35 have been distribut- Wheels, making weekend trips body that spirit. We both have a eye-catching displays and raffle love of helping others and leaving packages. Every student left with things a little bit better than the five free books. way they were before.” “I wanted it to feel like a —Audrey Starr

Books, bikes and a lasting bond IAN MORAN ’15

56 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 ALUMNI BOOKSHELF

Continuous service Federales /CHRIS IRVIN ’06/ In December 2014, two cadets from the Fighting Flyers Battalion Chris Irvin ’06 has kept his eye on Mexico in the of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps — Joseph Kearney ’14, an elec- news. When he heard about Mayor Maria Santos tronic and computer engineering tech- Gorrostieta’s death in 2012, the idea for his novel, nology major, and Jackson Pennie ’14, Federales, began to grow. The fictional story describes an exercise science and fitness manage- a federal agent who is appointed to look after a ment major — were commissioned as politician, a character based on Gorrostieta, and her second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. campaign efforts against the Mexican drug cartel. Lt. Col. Dan Redden said the cere- ““MyMy aim was to teltell a character-driven story that gets at the heart of mony symbolizes the culmination of the the struggle in Mexico,” he said. “People can get an understanding of military and technical education each Gorrostieta’s story while also enjoying it as a short novella.” Kearney ’14 (left) and cadet has garnered. “A cadet is mentored Pennie ’14 from not knowing anything about the Army into an officer who is able to lead troops,” Redden said. How Boats Work Kearney will complete his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, /MARY MCCULLEY UMSTOT ’79/ Missouri, and will serve as an active duty engineer officer. Pennie Despite its classification as a children’s will complete his basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia, and will begin book, Mary McCulley Umstot ’79 describes civilian employment as a law enforcement officer. it as “a nautical book for all ages.” Water- color illustrations and rhyming lines take The San Francisco story readers on a tour aboard Teka III, with Arnold the Anchor as their guide. Umstot Dayton Daily News sports editor Si Burick called it the “high point found inspiration in her 33 years of of high points” in the 1939 Dayton sports season: “The football game boating experience and wanted to teach readers not only what boats in far-away Frisco between Dayton and the Galloping Gaels of St. are, but what they do. “Children could be around boats all the time, Mary’s.” The Flyers made the but hopefully this will create a greater appreciation for those 3,000-mile journey to a game experiences.” where, according to prognosti- cators, they stood little chance of scoring, let alone winning. American Originals: Northwest The squad held its own, leav- Ohio’s Polish Community at Home, ing the field with a 6-6 tie. Work, Worship, and Play Shirley Wurstner Padley /MARGARET ZOTKIEWICZ-DRAMCZYK ’83/ ’40, wife of the late Jack Pad- American Originals explores the Polish-American ley ’40, the team’s quarter- lifestyle with each chapter, including one writ- back, remembers the trip. ten by Margaret Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk ’83 outlin- “When the train would stop, the fellows would get off and exer- ing the history and culture of Polish polka music cise. When they got back on and the train started moving, some- through personal interviews and musician testi- one would tell coach Baujan that they couldn’t find Jack; he must monies. Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk grew up in north still be back on the platform. Poor Harry — I’m sure that’s all he Dayton’s Polish community and later discovered the rich Polish culture needed,” Padley said. in Toledo, Ohio; now, she’s determined to preserve it. “Polish culture On the way home, the team enjoyed a 12-hour stopover in Los and music is much like a folk oral tradition: If someone doesn’t write Angeles, where film star Tyrone Power — a Cincinnati native who it down, and the folks who lived it die off, it’s gone.” attended St. Mary’s Institute for Boys, UD’s preparatory school — welcomed them to a private party on the 20th Century Fox lot. City Management Snapshots: Helping hands On the Run /DAN HOBBS ’68/ For nearly 30 years, students have been singing — and signing A behind-the-scenes look at city management, — a different tune. Hands in Harmony music ensemble offers the taken from the 44 years Dan Hobbs ’68 spent chance to learn sign language and perform choreographed piec- as a public administrator in 11 jurisdictions, es to music. No experience is necessary, and students can earn a highlight this memoir, written under the pen half-credit. name Ben Leiter. Vignettes recall memories of Heidi Reynolds ’86, the group’s professor, took the class as a murder, drug running, betrayal and scandal. senior. She leads the class in lessons while a certified interpreter Hobbs described the book as a way to finally “let observes and ensures proper form. Even the slightest changes in it all out” after his retirement. “This is the way it really is,” he said. hand positioning can mean different interpretations, Reynolds said. “I hope readers have a greater appreciation for city managers, for the “It takes a lot of confidence and hand-eye coordination, and you work they do and the pressures they work under. I credit UD with have to consider your body language and facial expressions when strengthening my sense of social justice.” you’re on stage,” she explained. “You can hide in a choir, but signing —Erin Callahan ’15 is a whole different level of performance.”

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SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 57 POSTCARDS

Common Bond members in front of UD’s Albert Emanuel Hall at their 2012 reunion Band of brothers

ore than 600 members, nearly 30 years, While small pockets of former Marianists have remained one common bond. While this group of close and formed associations, Common Bond is the only orga- Flyers comprises many diverse histories and nization of its kind. It officially formed in Rockaway, New York, journeys, at one point, each member found and in 1988 approved the Rockaway Statement. This allowed the himself contemplating a life in the Society association to strengthen its network of support by acquiring of Mary. 501(c)3 nonprofit status and appointing a board of directors. MNow approaching its 27th year, the group — dubbed Com- “Even during the time of Father Joseph Chaminade, who mon Bond — unites former members of the Society of Mary founded the Society of Mary in 1817, he recognized a need and and fosters mutual support for each individual’s chosen path. desire to keep former professed members close to the Family of When Bob Toia ’69 embarked on his journey through the Mary,” said Don Wigal ’55. “So, given that, a case could be made Marianist tradition at age 16, he had envisioned himself teaching that there has been something akin to a Common Bond since biology after graduating college as a brother. Growing up, he at- the early 1800s.” tended a Catholic Marianist high school in Pittsburgh and went Over the years, Common Bond has taken advantage of Inter- on to spend his novitiate period in upstate New York at a prepara- net resources to further connect and support its members. Its tory school for future members of the Society of Mary. website now features a forum for members to host discussions, After professing his temporary vows, he arrived in Dayton as whether the topic is political or personal. The organization a first-year student. At that time, future and current Marianist also provides financial and emotional support for members brothers lived on the campus of Mount St. John, 5 miles east of struggling with health or other issues. UD while attending or teaching at UD, allowing the pro- Since its first spective members to learn from and connect with current official reunion brothers and priests. in 2000, Common “As members of the order, we were able to spend a lot Bond has held a of time with our spiritual advisers at Mount St. John,” celebration every Toia said. “After many interactions and discussions with three years in Day- my adviser, we both knew that taking perpetual vows to ton. While many the Society of Mary was not my calling.” members of Com- At the time, Toia’s experience as a young, prospective mon Bond are Flyer member was fairly common, alumni, many also with many men leaving home travel from various at an early age to attend pre- locations around paratory school. However, the the country to attend the week- steps in formation have since ends. This year, the group will changed, with the stability of meet July 24-26. the Society of Mary growing Past reunions have featured after a restructuring of the golf outings at Yankee Trace in Tap process. Centerville, memorial services to learn more “You could have come from for deceased members of both about Common anywhere. At some point, each Common Bond and the Society Bond (link). of us in Common Bond decided of Mary, and ecological tours of that vocation was not our call- Mount St. John. ing,” Toia said. —Caroline Glynn ’15

58 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING SPRING 2015 2015 PITTSBURGH Alumni give community a sporting chance

Nestled between the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers is a town that some call WHEN YOU’RE NOT ROOTING FOR “America’s most livable city” or “the Steel City.” For 1,880 University of Dayton alumni, THE FLYERS AT UD ARENA, WHICH this hidden gem and gateway to the Midwest is simply called “home.” PITTSBURGH SPORTS STADIUM IS The alumni presence in Pittsburgh has boomed in the last decade due to a resur- YOUR FAVORITE?

gence in industry and a rise in job creation. Chris Webb ’95, leader of the city’s alumni . community, moved his family there four years ago for a position with U.S. Steel. “PNC PARK, because you have a “The people in Pittsburgh are great,” he said. “When we moved here, the ﬁrst thing beautiful view of the Pittsburgh skyline, I did was reach out to the UD alumni community to connect with people, and we were and every seat has a fantastic view of the welcomed with open arms.” game.” —Jennifer Huber Kirschler ’89 One of the unique aspects of the Pittsburgh area is an “For me, there is nothing better than immeasurable and undeﬁned taking my 6-year-old granddaughter quality that combines big-city to PNC PARK by the river on a sunny resources with a small-town Sunday afternoon.” —Thomas Fox ’70 feel. Similar to the spirit on UD’s campus, community is “PNC PARK is one of the most beautiful a big part of the Pittsburgh ballparks in the U.S., and I’m a season way of life. ticket holder at HEINZ FIELD. The “There’s just something CONSOL ENERGY CENTER is also a special about UD and the con- great venue (and I’m not a huge hockey nection you feel with people from fan).” —James Bernauer ’70 UD no matter what year they gradu- ated,” Webb said. “Pittsburgh has a very similar community feel to it, and I think that is attractive to a lot of UD alumni.” The other common thread that makes UD graduates feel right at home is Pittsburghers’ obsession with their sports teams. Each summer, Webb and the rest of the alumni community organize a trip to take in a Pirates baseball game at PNC Park, one of the nation’s premier ballparks. While cheering for the Black and Gold is fun, the alumni community makes

sure to stay true to its Red and Blue roots. . During the basketball team’s Elite Eight run in 2014, Webb said, the alumni community had several watch parties to collectively cheer on the Flyers. It is Pitts- burgh’s proximity to one of UD’s biggest rivals, however, that allowed Webb and the rest of the community to start a new annual tradition when the Flyers come to town. “It started last year, when UD came to town to play Duquesne,” Webb said. “We rented out the Blue Line Grille across the street from the Consol Energy Center, where the game was played, to have a big party for all the alumni in the area and anyone else in town for the game. We had a huge turnout because we put our ‘UD Alumni Community’ sign in the front window of the restaurant — Flyer fans just started swarming in.” As they say, birds of a feather ﬂock together — and so do the Flyer Faithful. —Tom Corcoran ’13 FRANK PAUER

SPRINGSPRING 2015 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 59 GOOD WORKS Repeating history Social studies teacher Justin Parker arship has since been ’14 arrives in his classroom each morn- awarded 14 times to ser- ing. By the end of the day, he will have vice-minded students seen 107 students sitting in front of training for teaching him; but he also has the spirit of former careers — students like social studies teachers behind him. Corinne Smyth Gries For Parker, a first-year teacher at ’04, the scholarship’s Dayton Early College Academy, such first recipient. Today, a career was a goal set during his own she teaches education high school years after a charity ball- at St. Mary’s College in game gave him a new perspective — Notre Dame, Indiana. and a Flyer connection. “UD challenged me “I had a particular teacher in high to look beyond the class- school that I wanted to model myself room and use my educa- after,” said Parker, who attended So- tion to give back to oth- lon High School near Cleveland. That ers,” Gries said. “It was teacher oversaw an annual dodgeball helpful and comforting tournament in memory of Solon so- to know that through cial studies teacher David Yates, a 1981 Justin Parker ’14 in his Dayton Early College Academy classroom: ‘My hope the Yates scholarship, UD graduate who died in 2000 from is to make an impact on the students I teach in the same way past teachers someone else was giv- impacted me.’ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ing back and support- “Every year, my teacher shared memo- ton Civic Scholars participant, Parker was also ing my education. Earning the scholarship ries of Yates and how those experiences im- a recipient of the University’s David Thomas showed me that UD is a community that cares pacted his life,” Parker said. “Without ever Yates Scholarship. A history major, Yates was about the future generations of Flyers.” meeting Mr. Yates, I learned how selfless he president of the honorary history society and Parker agreed. “The Yates scholarship held was as an educator and as a person. I did my received the Dean Leonard A. Mann, S.M., a very special meaning in my life,” he said. “My best during my own time at UD to emulate Award of Excellence, given to the outstanding hope is to make an impact on the students I those character traits.” senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Es- teach in the same way past teachers impacted A magna cum laude graduate and Day- tablished in 2000 by Yates’ family, the schol- me.”

...... Celebrating life When Philadelphians Mark Con- Instead, the couple asked attend- New York — how to study and, by the newly built Garden Apartments. nor ’81 and his wife, Miriam Crivaro, ees to give to the David Thomas example, showed me there was noth- Yates helped Connor learn to study, prepared to celebrate their 30th Yates Scholarship at the University of ing wrong with having a work ethic and Connor, a security guard for wedding anniversary in 2014, they Dayton. and striving for perfection. Dave in- Marycrest Hall and Campus South, knew it should be special. “David Yates ’81 was my room- spired me to become an A student. introduced Yates to new faces. Senior So, they held a joint celebration mate for three years at UD, my best I owe Dave for not only my academic year, they shared the Dean Leonard with Crivaro’s parents, who were cel- friend for nearly 23 years, the brother achievements but also for my subse- A. Mann, S.M., Award of Excellence, ebrating 60 years of marriage. They I never had, and one of my grooms- quent professional success.” the ﬁrst time the honor was ever split. hired the West Chester Swing Kings, men,” Connor wrote in his anniver- The duo met in Founders Hall “For two years before his death, a 19-piece big band, and enjoyed sary invitation. “At UD, Dave taught and roomed together as the ﬁrst Dave attended an annual Yates 5K a hot-and-cold buffet from Carlino’s me — a clueless hick from upstate residents of 361 E. Stewart St. in Run/Walk in Solon, Ohio, that raised Specialty Foods. And they encour- funds for ALS patients and their fami- aged guests to send gifts — but not lies,” Connor said. “The theme was the kind wrapped in pretty paper. ‘Celebrate Life,’ and that’s what we wanted to do with our anniversary. I Mark Connor ’81 (holding UD miss Dave, but I’m grateful our paths Magazine) with his wife, Miriam, crossed when we were young men at and guests at their 30th wedding our beloved UD.” anniversary celebration. —Audrey Starr

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n a small walk-in closet tucked be- 1947 to 1964. He is credited with growing the onship title as a head coach; the previous one hind office space, University Archi- football program from relative obscurity to occurred in 1933 when the Flyers captured the vist Jennifer Brancato stores some of national prominence, and Baujan Field was Ohio Athletic Conference title. UD’s oldest — and quirkiest — trea- named in his honor in 1961. Now home to Was this model used by Coach Baujan as sures. Without setting foot in the the men’s and women’s soccer teams, the a more colorful, creative way to manage his space, she can tell you which shelf, space hosted the Flyer football squad until the team roster? Did a Flyers superfan craft it to cabinet or box each artifact calls construction of Welcome Stadium in 1974. celebrate the championship season of ’38? home. She just wishes she could tell Individual honors aside, the 1938 UD foot- Maybe it was the work of a few football prank- you what they all are. ball team collectively has a special place in sters aiming for a laugh. While its origin may Take, for example, a 12-by-13-by-17-inch University sports history, as it captured the remain buried, the history of UD football — Iset of wooden risers bearing 39 smiling (albeit Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association and its legends — hasn’t. photographed) student-athlete faces. Com- championship title with a 7-2 record. This Well played. memorative gift? Planning tool? Child’s toy? would be Baujan’s second, and final, champi- —Tom Corcoran ’13 Like many other archive items, this one didn’t come with instructions. “We identify what we can — old photos, concert tickets and other UD material that was either found or donated,” Brancato said. “We keep very detailed records now, but going back several decades, that practice wasn’t as common, and we don’t have any records.” This set of bleachers included. Embla- zoned with the UD seal on either side, each level holds individual wooden figurines with painted-on football uniforms (red jerseys, yellow pants and blue knee-socks) and glued-on headshots. Each player’s name was carefully printed and adhered in front of every figure. According to the Division of Athletics, the model could be an early predecessor to today’s media guide, which includes a roster, photos and brief player biographies. While its creator is unknown, the players represented on these wooden steps aren’t, rep- resenting some of the University’s brightest sports stars: Tony Furst ’40, Larry Knorr ’40, Ralph Niehaus ’39, Jack Padley ’40. Once giants of the Flyer gridiron, all four have since been inducted into the UD Athletic Hall of Fame. The figurines perched next to the team boasted equally giant reputations (indeed, in this model, they stand nearly three times the size of the players). One is assistant coach Joe Holsinger, and another is Louis Tschudi ’34, also a member of the UD Athletic Hall of Fame. The most recognizable face belongs to Harry Baujan, a.k.a. the “Blonde Beast,” UD football’s legendary coach and College Football Hall of Fame member. Baujan served as head football coach from 1923 to 1946 and as director of athletics from

SPRING 2015 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 61 The detour ‘Ionic Bond’ PERCEPTIONS By Jayne Robinson fly home we visit Reims. The ca- thedral is lovely, but my religious “The really happy person is one who experience comes in the cellars can enjoy the scenery when on a detour.” of Maison de Champagne Tait- — Unknown tinger. Bottles destined to travel make my way down the the world, to toast babies not yet crowded aisle. I am headed conceived, life partners not yet to Paris — my luggage lighter drawn together, anniversaries of Ithan the limit, but I carry the people now struggling, who hope diagnosis of cancer. their union will be celebrated, the The plan was to spend four burning of mortgages and degrees weeks teaching. And then 10 days bestowed, cancers in remission, in Provence with my two daugh- ships launched in calm seas. … ters, Lizzie and Kat, traveling by Surgery morning is dark with train and a mini-Cooper convert- a fine rain. It has rained on all the ible. I am forced to detour by a significant days of my life. The cluster of unruly cells. rain on our wedding day stopped just as we crossed over the Ambas- QQQ sador Bridge, and a double rainbow “Excuse me, would you like graced our Canadian honeymoon. a stick of gum?” my seatmate, a It rained on the day I defended my woman in her 60s, says. I take Ph.D., the birth days of both Lizzie it and mumble thanks. I am in a and Kat, the day Lizzie was diag- metal cocoon with a woman bat- nosed with MS — and four solid tling fourth-stage liver cancer. days after; the universe wanted Her husband died when she was to be sure I understood that this in her 40s leaving her to raise her meant the disease would not con- children alone; her daughter died quer this girl. And today. of diabetes. I tell her about my I take this as a good omen. convertible and how my trip was I ask my husband, Wayne, if supposed to end not in cancer sur- he will drive me to the hospital in gery but a roofless ride through the convertible. I want to feel the Provence with my two daughters. rain on my face. I wish I was head- She tells me her sister has a ing to the hospital with my uterus convertible. She says, “You know full of child, not cancer. It feels like that face? The face you have when yesterday Kat was born. Einstein —Beatrice M. Mady ’76 beatricemady.com you are in a convertible and wind insists time is not linear. Today it and time are rushing past.” I do. is evident. I have often been accused of look- The surgeon emerges and tells ing sad or tired when I am neither. Wayne and my daughters that it People taking my photo say, “Look went well. Earliest stages. happy, for God’s sake. … Well, Lizzie uses her vacation to take we tumble our way down one of the speed of life. Time slows, and OK, just say cheese.” After my first care of me. Both daughters join the world’s oldest rivers. Between flows, like caramel in the sun. It child was born I sent a photo of me in bed for pillow talk. Wayne whitewater we jump into the river is like the river, this road. It flows me holding her to my father. He dotes. … and float — our family a flotilla. and I flow with it; I am 17 driving tells me it is the first photo of my I see love, the love of the Kat often says we are like one soul down a road in Southern Ontario. life where I looked happy. But in humans we travel with — who in four bodies. The river drowns And I feel it ... convertible face. a convertible the wind transforms chauffeur us when we are broken my worries. Back home I am ready my face. Joy wipes away the years. and ride shotgun in convertibles to drive solo. Wayne helps me put Jayne Robinson is a professor of “You know,” she says, “can- when we joyride. down the top and lower myself, biology and author of The Cake Chron- cer, like convertibles, is good at Summer is running out. Do gingerly, into the seat of our al- icles: Finding Sweet Hope In This blowing unnecessary things out of I feel well enough to go river most classic convertible. I head out Crazy World. This above is an excerpt your hair and mind.” rafting? on the highway and then cut away from her upcoming book, The Convert- On the day before I am set to So, under a perfect blue sky, into the woods. I drive until I am at ible Chronicles: Going Topless.

62 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 A telegram in 1945

By Maureen Schlangen and Jim, 1 — my father — alone. once stood. And from there, we Moved by our story, she sighed n the bitterly cold eve- Twenty years later, after my walked the same six blocks he took as she looked up from the binder. ning of Jan. 25, 1945, dad’s graduation from UD, she re- to and from work every day. Then she pointed upward. a Western Union mes- married, and in deference to her When we reached the front “Look,” she said. “A bald eagle.” Osenger approached my new spouse, she never spoke of my door of the narrow frame house, no grandmother’s front door in Tif- grandfather in his presence. Af- one was home, so we sat down on Postscript: Had my grandfather sur- fin, Ohio, with a telegram from ter her husband died in 1990, she the steps and leafed through items vived, my dad’s childhood would likely Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio, adjutant began sharing her feelings about that came to that front door in the have been decidedly better. But unlike oth- general of the U.S. Army in Wash- our grandfather; even 50 years af- weeks and months that followed er parents, my grandmother didn’t wonder ington, D.C.: “The Secretary of ter his death, her eyes filled when the telegram: the Vmails he’d sent how she would provide for their college War desires me to express his deep she talked about him — his gentle that hadn’t yet arrived; the formal educations. “For us, because of the GI Bill, regret that your husband Private manner, his irresistible charm, his though sometimes sensitive com- it wasn’t a question of whether we would Clarence W. Chester was killed in wide smile, his sense of duty. munications from the War Depart- be able to go to college, but where,” said my action on five January in France.” In October 2014, with the 70th ment; a carton of his effects; the dad, who on a whim made a trip down to In those cold first months of anniversary of our grandfather’s Purple Heart; the newspapers that UD in his senior year with his high school 1945, my grandfather’s 70th Infan- death on the horizon, my cousin proclaimed the war’s end. math teacher. Without the GI Bill, he said, try Division — the Trailblazers — Monica and I met in Tiffin, seeking The house’s next-door neigh- he probably wouldn’t have come to UD — fought back Operation Nordwind, a wider window on his short life. bor, Lavon Droll, noticed us there or maybe gone to college at all. Four years Adolf Hitler’s last major European We looked at ads for the butcher and introduced herself. We ex- later, he met my mom at a UD bar called advance. Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- shop in old yearbooks and student changed pleasantries and shared the Bookstore, asked her out for a tennis hower, in his 1948 book, Crusade in newspapers in the Heidelberg Uni- with her the letters our grandfa- date (though she didn’t play tennis) and Europe, wrote that the fighting on versity archives. Across the street, ther wrote to his “Dearest Marg” in married her two years later. I may owe my that front descended “to the dirti- we stood on the lot where the shop the last days of his life. life to my grandfather’s death. est kind of infantry slugging. … Operations became mainly a mat- Toledo in China ter of artillery and ammunition and, on the part of the infantry, By Keith May bricks. Her front yard held chick- to visit the amusement park on endurance, stamina and courage.” n China with the Peace Corps, ens looking for food and two brown Lake Erie’s shore. The line to the For my grandfather’s compa- I received a package from my floppy puppies. Clara’s dad greeted parking lot stretched long and hot. ny, the fighting began in earnest mom that included snacks, us with a smile. My dad turned the van toward the Jan. 2, and by the evening of Itaco shells, treasures from my Dinner brought us five dishes entrance for people who had boats Jan. 5, the village of Phillipsbourg, Toledo home and a sealed plastic including green beans with bacon docked at the marina. We did not France, was out of enemy hands. Kroger bag. as well as a very fresh chicken. own a boat. A college student at a “It had been a costly victory, The bag contained a number The next morning, I filled my checkpoint asked his name. “Bill but it had prevented the Germans of pill bottles. The bottles held my backpack with my wallet, camera, Jenston,” he replied and drove on. from gaining access to Nieder- dad’s ashes. I was excited about the sunglasses, snacks — and a bottle Today, the story lives on in our bronn, which opened into the Al- places I would scatter them. Then I of my father’s ashes. As we walked family. satian Plain,” wrote Don Docken, saw she had also included the base- through the gate of Getu River Na- Near the end of our visit to the a member of my grandfather’s ball hat he was wearing the day he tional Park, we were stopped by park in China we began to walk regiment, in a company history. died. My eyes began to sting. a policeman. We had missed the back to the entrance. We detoured “Many friends were missing, and Sometime later, Clara, a stu- point back down the road where we to a beautiful lake and soaked our (Staff Sgt. Tom) Higley turned to dent I see as my Chinese daughter, were supposed to buy tickets. tired feet. As we continued our Lt. (Russell ‘Bussy’) Holmes and asked me to come with her to her Clara looked down at her cell walk, I saw a beautiful view. I took asked, ‘Where are the men?’ … hometown, Ziyun. I knew this was phone. A smile on her face looked a bottle from my jeans pocket. I Bussy simply said, ‘Gone, Hig.’” a place my father would need to go. mischievous. Then one by one the twisted off the cap. At the base of So my grandmother, Margue- As we rode buses through the kids with us walked slowly into the a tree, I poured out my dad’s ashes. rite Chester, 29, undertook her countryside, my mind saw not park. The policeman seemed not to Welcome to China, Dad. own demonstration of endurance, tiered, mountainous fields, but notice. I walked toward the fence. stamina and courage. She sold rather the back roads of Ohio from Then I pretended to take a picture. The above is an abridgement from her stake in the College Hill Meat Toledo to Sandusky. We arrived Then I walked in, too. a blog by Heather May ’12 and he hus- Market, my grandfather’s butcher at Clara’s home, a two-story ce- It was my childhood visit to band, Keith, who teach English in China shop, and with survivor’s benefits ment building, shrouded from the Cedar Point with my dad all over with the Peace Corps. Their blog, http:// and her pay as a beautician, she road by trees across which was a again. SpongeandSlate.com, won the 2014 raised their children, Marcia, 4, large, busy facility manufacturing One summer’s day we had gone Peace Corps Blog It Home competition.

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Depending on your profession, a blank page could be a wonderful thing — Blank page full of possibilities, ready for you to make your mark. For an editor, it’s the stuff of night- mares — ones with hairy spiders, chain- saw-wielding madmen and red pens that have all run out of ink. So, I almost hate to ask, but did you see the blank pages in this issue, Pages 30-35? No? Thank goodness. And thank a student. I did. We employ 13 students — writers, photographers and a social media intern — for contributions that go beyond simply completing assignments and filling holes. In this issue, senior Ian Moran drove under threat of snowmageddon to Columbus, Ohio, to photograph a couple who will make bicycle dreams come true (Page 56). Our graduate assistant Tom Corcoran ’13 channeled his experience on UD’s football team to uncover mysterious figures from the Flyers’ 1938 squad (Page 61). To find their work, just look for by- lines followed by the student’s graduation year. They leave their marks everywhere, including proofreading these pages. Last summer, my assignment to senior Erin Callahan was to poke her head into every academic office and ferret out people and programs for potential stories. She returned from civil engineering with a name: Pete Ogonek. What started as a 500-word student profile blossomed into her feature “Rowing Machine,” starting on Page 30. Not only does she tell a good tale, but she also filled a very large hole left when the editors decided a previously scheduled feature just wasn’t ripe enough to run. I barely had time to panic about a blank page when Erin filled it with a story of determination and excellence. I’d like to think this entire magazine shows just that. The traits are often found in those we interview and photograph, in the stories we tell and the University we love. But our staff — both professional and student — demonstrate determination and excellence every day. A favorite part of my job is working with these students, feeding off their energy and teaching them what I love most about this craft. Our working relationship is not perfect; there are frustrations over missed deadlines, killed stories, or the obstinate use of the serial comma. But when I page through the final product, and know all that has gone into it, I am very, very proud. I hope you are, too.

—Michelle Tedford ’94 Editor, University of Dayton Magazine

64 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015 OUR METHOD TO THE MADNESS? COMMITMENT.

Come March, we know where we want to be: at the big dance. To get there, our student-athletes are completely committed. Every game they come to play. There’s no holding back.

Our student-athletes are just as committed in the classroom because, come May, we know where the seniors will be: at graduation.

In 2014, we became the only Division I school whose men’s and women’s basketball teams made the NCAA tournament and achieved a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate.

NOW THAT’S ELITE.

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In 1927, snow covered campus and the shrine to Our Lady of College Park, located in the gazebo on what is now the library lawn. We could have used her intercessions Despite the turtlenecks and quilted pants, we promise it’s spring, circa 1905, whenNov. 18 asthe we St.dodged Mary’s unseasonably baseball early team was ready to shake off the winter gloom and hit the mound. snowﬂakes from a storm that blanketed campus but left it similarly lovely. 66 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE SPRING 2015