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Special thanks to Image Studios for Conservatory of Music recordings Concert recordings providingphotographyforthisissue. of La wren ce University Conservatory of Music ensembles and choirs are Lawrence Today (USPS 012·683), including the available for purchase by calling the conservatory office, 920-832-6614. Class Notes, is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by Lawrence Listed below is a selection of co mpact discs produced by Lawrence University, Office of Public Affairs, Appleton, University during the past several years. ALL were recorded and Wisconsin 54911. Periodical postage paid at App leton, Wisconsin, and additional mailing engineered on the Lawrence campus. offices.

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Not just old books Rare books are a valued asset and a reaching tool 12 Nathan Pusey's enduring legacy by ltichard Warch Farewell to the man who created Freshman Studies 16 They go to Bjiirklunden and are changed Weekend serninars offer much to students and f.1culry 20 Freshman Studies goes to Kurgan by Charles Lauter FS is a wclconlc guest at our Russian sister institution 23 The sesquicentennial that was Milwaukee-Downer celebrates a birthday 26 The professors' picks 2002 Once again, Llculty members recommend books 32 'Undo the heavy burdens' by Charles Ahlgren Visiting professor takes an unblinking look at global poverty 36 The unfathomable events of an unthinkable day by William E. Lee, '96 September 11, 2001, on l"teccor Street, Manhattan 38 A long way from home Momodu Maligi, '04, tells a story of tragedy and hope

Correspondence 3 Inside Lawrence 38 Sports 43 Alumni Today 56 Lawrence Yesterday

The Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493, is the oldest book in the Seeley G. Mudd Library and one of 3,500 interesting items in Lawrence's rare book collection. See "Not just old books," page 8. Photo by Image Studios. Correspondence

The Rock redux Upon returning home for the I haw just read Llwrwce Today for I enjoyed the evening, I find a l..-au,reHce Today in Winter 2001. I always enjoy this photo of the the mailbox and look forward to a publication; it gives a flscinating and eight gloating lads diversion from the day's events. impressive picture of a scholarly, and The Rock in Jim Cornelius' len er (Correspondence, sciemific, and creative cornmuniry the Summer 2001 Fall2001) is of interest, as I remem­ and makes me proud to belong to it issue. They arc, ber him from my days at Lawrence by reason of my honorary doctorate. left to right, J im and respect his opinion. How ironic I was much moved by President Thompson, Dob as I proceed to read Ms. Nist's article, Warch 's wonderful Message. It was GlascofT, R oy titled, as has been the phrase of profound, balanced, and beautifully 13rouwer, Jim the day, "Under Attack." Maybe expressed; I do not see how a word McNamee, unknown, Gene Paulus. he's right. of it could have been bettered. I can unknown, and Bruce Kessler, all ) e1111!(er Abraham '80 only say thank you. members of the Class of '67. I believe 'Jllieusville, l¥ism11si11 He11ry .Vl.R.E. Mayr·Hm1i11g, L.H. D. '98 all lived at Plantz. Regius Puifcssor '![Ecclesiastical History Winter issue I w as a freshman living at Cltrist Church College There was a lot of " attention to Urokaw, struggling academically, and Oxford, Eugland detail" in the Winter 2001 issue. I didn't participate in this saga beyond Congratulations to President Warch kicking in a few bucks for the row We very much enjoyed reading in and his staff for a job well done. M y truck. In truth, I found it both some­ the latest issue of LJ,,,rc11cc Today the daughter, Virginia T eas Gill, '83, and what amusing and somewhat irritating remarks that President Warch gave at I talked lo ng-distance about the (I took a dim view of being awakened the first convocation on September 27. messages this issue was sending alums in the middle of the night), but the We particularly appreciated how he like ourselves. I liked the photography photo brought back what arc now tied the liberal arts inco the world and classy paper stock. T hose smiling pleasant mcrnorics of that silliness. comext and how it is precisely this faculty persons - like Bozeman, Thanks for running it. kind of education that helps people Fares, McNeill, and RanL~e y­ Kit Vemo11, '67 to better understand what is happening telegraphed excitement! I liked !Hilwa11kee, l¥iscousi11 and how to find effective measures William H odgkiss' smile, suit, and co address the anger and injustice financials. T he president's 9/11 Etlitor's liNe: A1arkjolmscm, '64, a11d behind it. thoughts were important. Virginia Kim Carnes, '67, alstl aided i11 rlu: !Har)' Kaye a11d Brian Smith Ann spotted several of her mentors. process of idcllr[f)'ill,l! rile RociHwppers. (Parcms (?f Sea11 Smith, 'OJ) She and I appreciated the whole Ripo11, W isco1Hi11 Written on September 11, 2001 prOJL'Ct. Da11iel Teas 11, '5"1 Today has been a memorable one. I Colorado Spril~!f-', Colorado spent the day watching and hearing abour the attack on the U nited States. In f:1ct, one television station boldly proclaims "Under Attack." R epeat­ edly, the activity today has been compared by reporters to Pearl Harbo r. I find that each personal encounter reveals a concern regarding a relative, business acquaintance. or friend involved in some way to the crisis. Even I try in vain to reach a cousin in Washington, D .C., only to find that the land lines, cell phones. and Internet cannot provide the access I need to assure me th:lt she is safe . Although living in a small town in the Midwest seems to provide a sense of security, the flags at half-staff and "God .Bless America" hastily placed o n the sign at the local bank bring a frightened tear to my eye.

2 SprinR 2002 Inside Lawrence

From left, Jeff Clark, Emily Schultz, '02, and Marcia Bj0merud in a Youngchild geology laboratory

Don't blame Marcia Bjorncrud for Lawrence geologists relocated to the f:1cilities. In addition to geology and hoping IH:r newly relocated geology second floor of newly renovated environmental science on the second department finally has some of the Youngchild Hall. It is a campus address floor, Youngchild also houses the same kind of permanence as the l3jornerud hopes is carved in stone. physics department on the first floor subj ect matter she studies. "I want to believe I've moved and the zoology, bot~my, and aquatic For the second time in three all those rocks for the last time," says ecology aspects of biology on the years, lljorncrud, with the strong­ l3jornerud, associate professor of third floor. back help of Assistant Professor of geology. "I'm nor quite sure how they did Geolob'Y Jeff Cbrk and several The reopening this ftll of the it, but we really do have everything srudents, spent a good portion of her 74,000-square-foot Youngchild Hall we had before, o nlv more of it, all summer packing the contents of of Science following a $10 million, within the same sq~1are footage,., says Lawrence's geology department, year-long renovation represents the Professor of Biology llrad Renee, including thousands of rock, mineral, completion of a three-phase building who served as the f.1culty construction :md fo~sil specimens, and moving it all project designed to provide Lawrence coordinator on the renovation. to a new home - nor as cataclysmic with state-of-the-art f.1cil ities for its "We have places to put equip­ an event as a volcanic eruption, bm programs in the physical and natural ment and specimens so that they are sufficiently disruptive just the same. sciences (Science Hall) and the social always available and accessible," adds After spending nearly 50 years in sciences, tnathemarics, and computer l3jornerud. "We have some f.1ntasric Stephenson Hall, the geology depart­ science (Luc ia ~~ - l3riggs Hall) . rock, mineral, and fossil collections ment moved in 1999 to the basement Youngchild and Science Halls are that previously had to be stashed in of Driggs Hall, where it took up connected by a three-story glass our-of-the way cabinets and closets. temporary residency while Science atrium, allowing a nearly seamless Now they can be easily and regularly Hall was under construction. This past connection between departments incorporated into our teaching." summer was moving time agam as and laboratories housed in the two One of the most impressive

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features of the new YoungchiJd is a Board of Trustees gains new six-room integrated ~m ite of labs - leadership, new members affectionately known as "the Laser Palace" and emblazoned with a neon Jeffrey D. Riester, '70, was elected as sign designating it as such - that will chair of the Lawrence University support a wide variety of experimen­ Board of Trustees, effective j anuary 1, tation for the physics department. succeeding H arold E. jordan, '72, John Brandenberger, the Alice G . who had served as chair since 1999. C hapman Professor of Physics, whose R iester is an attorney and manager primary teaching <1nd research inter­ of the Appleton office of Godfrey & ests center around L:nvrence's laser Kahn, SC, and has been a member of laboratory and its array of more than the Lawrence board since 1985, serving I 00 different lasers, says the renovated most recently as vice chair of the science facility "really goes beyond board and of the executive committee. rny wildest expectations. It is a He also has been a rncrnbcr of the substancial increase in space both in audit and budget, buildings and wounds, quality and quantity. Our laser suite development, and student afbirs offers students space and layout dut committees and was vice chair of the make it truly remarkable for an committee on trustees. From 1998 to undergraduate institution." R P 2000, he \vas tmsrce liaison to the

Fred Sturm, '73, has been named director contemporary jazz nonet known as of Lawrence's jazz "Matrix" with pianist/composer John Har­ studies program and mon, '57, performing and recording witt return in Septem­ throughout the United States. Hiller, Scott. Christensen ber to his alma mater He succeeded Harmon, Lawrence's Task Force on Residential Li fe . and the department first jazz studies director, in 1977. Three William 0 . 1-lochk:nnmcT, Jr., he helped found and years Later he introduced Jazz Celebration '66, a trustee si nce 1993, succeeds Led for 14 years. Since Weekend, a two-day festival still held Riester as vice chair of the 13oard of 1991, he has directed each fall. In all, he directed Lawrence's Trustees. He is a p:mner in the the jazz ensemble jazz studies program for 14 years before Detroit law finn of Honigman. and studio orchestra at the Eastman Leaving for the Eastman SchooL where he Miller, Schwartz, :l!ld Cohn and Ius School of Music. had completed a master's degree in jazz served on the board's executive com­ He succeeds Kenneth Schaphorst, studies in 1984. mittee, as chair of the academic aff.1irs who left Lawrence last August to become Nominated for a Grammy award in committee, and as a member of the chair of the jazz department at the New 1998, Sturm has composed and arranged audit and budget committee. New term trustees include J. England Conservatory. Schaphorst joined works that have been performed by jazz Terrence Franke, '68, principal of the Lawrence conservatory in 1991 as legends Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, H ewitt A

4 Spriug 2002 Class of '68 fund supports student peace, activism projects In most people's memories, the year 196H c::J rries some very heavy bagg:tgc: the ass~lSSin:~rions of Marrin Luther King, Jr., and R obert Kennedy, civic disorder and civil disobedience, racial unrest. war, and resistance to war. The people who graduated fi·om Lawrence University in 1968 remember all these things, bur they also JYmember their co!lege years as a time of idealism, altruism. and concern for social and political issues. They remember being part of a ~ wde nt generation motivated by the conviction that people of good will, armed with knowledge, understand­ ing, and rokrancc, could bring abom positive change. Du1ing their 25th-:mniwrs;uy Oshkosh and author of A Teacher's by the student and f:tculty recipients reunion in 1993, in remembrance of Guide to the hif(nmatio11 H(!(ll11'ay, for a so far. " the lifelong impact of their experiences lecture 0 11 the gap between the tech­ Proposals, due early in the Winter at Lawrence, members of the class nological haves and have nots and the T erm each year, 3rc reviewed by a established the Class of 1968 Peace fatlure of new technologies to benefit committee comprised of six members and SociJI Activism Fund, which the poor. of the Class of 1968. Typically, grants supports individual or collaborative Sarah Garding, '03, organized a awarded in one ye:1r total ;1round projects by students and f.1culry that lecture by human rights activist S 1,500. The total endowment of the address topics such as the prevention Anuradha Minai, co-director of Food fund now stands at around $30,000; of confl ict, non-aggression, race, First, The Institute for Food and only the interest fi·om that amount is gender, ethnic identity, religious Development Policy. speaking on the expended each year. tolerance, and the environment. One issue of food as a basic human right The program is an on-going of the requirclllcnts for projects receiv­ and how globalization perpetuates source of pride to the donors who ing assistance is that they include a poverty and hunger by exploiting the support it, says J:lcob Stockinger. '68, presentJcion to the cJmpus community. cheap labor of women and girls. class secretary, noting that "the fund is " Although it is not a require­ Yasmine R ai nford, '04, designed open to anyone, not just members of rnent," says J. Terrence Franke, '68, a curriculunl and taught a course for the Class of t 968, who takes these "we hope that the project will al'\o at-risk youth in her hometown of causes to heart and wishes to donate." include some presentation to the local Kinf,TSton , Jamaica. Called "The Peace Stockinger, culture editor of community, as a way of lowering Project," her program included Till' Capital Times in Madison, was a barriers between town and gown." conflict-resolution workshops and founder of the program, along with Franke, Cllrrendy a Lawrence trustee, diswssion groups conducted by a Appleton physician Charles M cKee, wa~ one of 13 class members who cadre of Lawrence students "vho '68, who serves as university physician offered classmates a dollar-for-dollar accompanied her to Jamaica in the Jt Lawrence. matching cha1\enge to encourage gifts summer of 2001. T he need for the In addition to perpetuating some to the 25th-Reunion class gift. program is demonstrated by the f;1ct of the best parts of the spirit of the In the academic year 2000-01, that Rainford recalls hearing gunfire 1960s, Stockinger says, the progranl the Fund awarded three grants: nearby while reaching the class. "builds bridges across the so-called Cameron Kramlich, '02, arranged "It is very satisf),ing," Franke Generation Gap: bridges between to bring to campus William Wresch. says, "to be able to assist people student'\ and alumni, bridges between associate vice chancellor for academic who can make a difference. We are college and community, and even afhirs at the University of Wisconsin- pleased with the contributions nude bridges to Jamaica." GEB Inside La1Frenre

New appointments in East Asian languages and cultures. Recent adm..inisrrative appoint~ in faculty, staff ments have included 13any Hoopes, director of human resources; Roger Sheffield, director of development; Ten professors have joined the Fred Snyder, director of the Lawrence faculrv in tenure-track Lawrence Arts Academy; and jeffrey positions for thd 2001-02 academic M . Stannard, associate dean of the year (see pharos). conservatory. Bonnie Koestner, Sibel Kusimba In addition, visiting professor­ '72 Assistant professor ships and appointments as instntctors Assistant professor of anthropology of music Bryn Mawr College, and lecturers were announced for Lawrence University, B.A. C harles Ahlgren, Stephen Edward B. Mus. University of Scarff Mernorial Visiting Professor; University of Illinois, M.A., Ph.D. Margaret Engman, instructor in Wisconsin- Madison, Afn'ca education; Angela Iannone, lecturer M.Mus. in theatre and drama; Moses Klein, Voice coach/ instructor in mathematics; Dubear accompanist Kroening, visiting assistant professor Patrick Boleyn­ Mark Frazier of chemist1y; Patricia Marinac, '73, Fitzgerald Assistant professor instructor in \:ducation: Anne Assistant professor of government Peterson. instructor in government; of philosophy Princeton University, Kathryn Rcmcl, lecturer in educa­ Miami University, B.A. tion; Monica Rico, kcturcr in B.A. University of history and Freshman Studies; University of Ari­ Washington, M.A. Hila!)' Sanders, instmctor in geology; zona, M.A., Ph.D. University of Donnie Sendelbach, director of the Oxford University, California, Berkeley, humanities computing laboratory M.Phil. Ph.D. Asian political Yoko Nagase Stephane Tran and lecturer in Russian; Jeffrey Biomedical ethics economy Assistant professor Ngoc Stannard, associate professor of of economics Assistant professor music; and j ennifer Yo, insrmctor Aoyama Gakuin of music University, B.A. Conservatoire University of National Superieur Oregon, Ph.D. de Musique de Environmental and Paris, violin studies resource economics Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, M.Mus. The Juilliard School, D.M.A. Catherine Hollis Jerzy Jura Violin Assistant professor Assistant professor of English of Spanish Peter Blitstein Gina Bloom New York University, Jagiellonian Once Again: Lawrence in the Assistant professor Assistant professor B.F.A. University Top 50 of history of English University of University of Johns Hopkins University of California, Berkeley, Wisconsin-Madison, For the third consecutive year and University, B.A. Pennsylvania, B.A. Ph.D. M.A.. Ph.D. the fourth time in the past 6ve years, University of University of Contemporary Modem Bn"tish Lawrence University has earned a spot California, Berkeley, Michigan, M.A., literature, post­ Spanish literature in the top tier of the U.S. 1\lcws & M.A., Ph.D. Ph.D. coloniolliterature, and culture History of the English Renaissance film studies World Report annual college poll, Russian Empire, literature, gender ranking -1-8th in rhe "Best Liberal Arts the Soviet Union, studies Colleges- Uachelor's" catcgmy from and Eastern Europe among the nation's 218 leading national liberal arts colleges. '·Lawrence is obviously pleased to

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be counted once again among the top tier of the U.S. j\iews rankings," says President Richard Warch. "At the same time, we believe that these ran kings do not - and do not pretend to - tell the whole story, or even the most relevant and compelling story, about individual colleges and universi­ ties. The attributes of Lawrence today in terms of student engagement \vich their studies, their professors, and their peers are the ones we celebrate and promote and in which we take greatest pride." For the eighth year in a row, Lawrence also was cited arnong the nation's "best values" by U.S. News, earning a 31st-place ranking. The best-value ranking is based on an institution's academic qualicy and the fan Lei, associate professor of music, for the 2002 Xian International Clarinet net cost for students receiving the has been named a permanent visiting and Saxophone Music Festival in August. average level of financial aid. During professor by the prestigious Xian fan joined t he conservatory the 2000-01 academic year, Lawrence Conservatory of Music, one of China's faculty in 1993 and was promoted to distributed more than $11.3 1nillion in leading institutions for the advanced associate professor in 1999. He is financial aid to more chan 85 percent study of music. principal clarinetist with the Green Bay of its student~, with an average need­ A past grand prize winner of the Symphony and has been a frequent based financial aid package of$18,698. Chinese national clarinet competition, summer visiting artist at the Banff T he US. 1'\1ews r:mkings are based fan was cited by the Xian Conservatory Center for the Arts in Canada. on a variecy of weighted criteria, for his "outstanding musical artistry and He holds music degrees from the including student selectivity, financial contributions to teaching" and for his Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, resources, graduation rates, faculty international efforts in bringing guest Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Yale resources, and alumni satisfaction, musicians, including members of the University School of Music. among others. Lawrence Conservatory of Music faculty, to Xian for performances and master + www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/ + www.lawrence.edu/media/ classes. fan will serve as artistic director bios/fan.shtml rankings.shtml

Former Wisconsin DNR chief from that post, he has remained with Meyer will be joining Lawrence next will be next Scarff Professor the department, serving as a special year," says President Richard Warch. assistant to his successor. "H is experience with environmental George Meyer, who will retire this As DNR secretary, Meyer helped law and public policy and his familiar­ summer after a 30-year career with form the Environ­ ity with issues of importance to the Wisconsin Department of Natural mental Council Wisconsin will allow him to enrich R esources, has been named Stephen of States, an our programs in government and Ed\vard Scarff Memorial Visiting association of the economics and especially our growing Professor of Environmental Studies 50 state environ­ program in environmental studies." for the 2002-03 academic year. He mental agencies; The Scarff Memorial Visiting will teach cour<;es on the law and the acquired more Professorship was established m 1989 environment as well as a course on than 150,000 acres by Edward and Nancy Scarff in Wiscon<;in environmental issues. in the state for memory of their son, Stephen, '75. Meyer served as secretary of the conservatiOn It is designed to bring public servants, Wi<;consin DNR - widely regarded purposes; and developed cooperative professional leaders, and scholars to as the nation's most comprehensive working agreements with the Nether­ Lawrence to provide broad perspec­ state conservation and environmental lands, Germany's state of l3avaria, and tives on the central issues of the day. protection agency - from 1993 until the Russian state of Buryatia. February 2001. Since stepping down "We are delighted that George + ww\v.la\vrcnce.edu/about/scarff/

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MAR 4 ?!~/, '> ;/'~' not ju~t old boo~~ ------Used in teaching and research, Lawrence's rare book collection doesn't just sit on the shelves

By Gordon Brown

First editions of three works by Ernest Hemingway. The American first edition of Moby Dick. A New Testament from 1522 and a Bible from 1665. The complete serial edition of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit. The 1680 London edition of The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel[li]. Books signed by Amelia Earhart, William Faulkner, Richard Wright, John Updike, Robert Frost, and others. These :md some 3,500 other rare books, whose rides span the history of printing and bookbinding, make tlp th1..' collection housed in the new Milwaukee- Downer l<..oom in Lawrence's Sccky G. Mudd Library (sec pagl' 23). Most came from the early library collections of Lnvrenc(' and M ilwaukee-Downer Colleges; over the years. alumni and other friends of tht: college haw enhanced those holding; with special books from their personal collections. T he shelves of the Milwaukee-Downer Roon1 hold a host of treasures, old and rare, signifi cam and special. There are books w delight the bibliophile :md books to enhance the study of many languages, subjects, and hisroric1l periods: Latin histories; contempo­ rary accounts of the French R evolution; European explorers' first impressions of North Amc1ica, Africa, and China; zoological catalog;; first editions, some of them signed, by 19dl and 20th century major writers; and many other classics and rarities.

Lawre11ce 70day 9 "Therefore, 0 reader, turn the leaves gently and keep your fingers away from the letters, for as the hailstorm ruins the harvest of the land, so does the careless reader destroy the book and the writing." - From a 12th-century manuscript

"BecJuse the collection f.1csimi les of manuscripts fi·om the Vatican Library, each is so broad and eclectic." student. was ro describe, categorize, and analyze two manu­ says University LibrariJn scripts, treating them as if they were newly discovered and Susan Richards, "it provides producing a term paper in four extremely detailed parts. ftculty and students with an Orr describes the value of the rare book collection to opportunity to read books his teaching as i11calw/ab/e. " I can't imagine," he says, "trying Illustration from George Catlin's they probably have never to give undergraduates an understanding of the history and North American Indians seen or touched before. development of the decorated, handmade book without the Faculty members take par­ resource of a rare book collection. I was delighted when I ticular tides to their classes for group study, and students usc camt~ to Lawrence to sec what was here." them to enhance research projects they are pursuing- an Orr also uses items from the collection in his courses on experience they would rarely get at a brgcr university." medieval and Northern Renaissance art. which also touch Speaking of the rare book collection as a research tool, on the subjei.:t of illuminated manuscripts. L3crtrand Goldgar, professor of English and the John N. For chose who teach and those \vho learn, the appeal of Bergstrom Professor of Hununitics, says, "Over a long the old and rare is irresistible, and even librarians are not period of going away to use the British Library and other immune to the allure. Says Richards, "Today I opened a first m:Yor collections of 18th-century books and pamphlets, I edition of Willa Cather's 0 Pio11eers, 1913. Ten days ago I have learned always to check our holdinb'S before leaving ­ found a two-volume set of George Catlin's i\lorlh Amerira11 and I've sometimes been pleasantly surprised to find thinb>s I I11dimJS, 1926. As a scholar of western United States history, need already on hand." there is a particular thrill in holding a Cather first edition or His students also have benefited from the collection, examining Catlin's meticulous and colorful drawings." Goldg:ar say~. Edmund l<.ern, associate professor of history, is a ft·eq ucnt "For example, we have one of the first editions of a user of the collection (sec p. 11 ). "Although La,vrence's vitally i111portant work about Restoration drama, Jeremy collection doesn't rival those of research libraries such as the Collier's Short View '?f the Projanmess a/1(1 Immorality qf the Newberry in Chicago or the Folger in Washington," he says E11glislt Stage (1698). Collier was a sort of Restoration version of ·'it's reall y quite good for a liberal arts college, and it offers Pat R obertson or some other figure from the Moral M:Yority, ample opportunities to make use of works in courses. whose \vork helped produce a change (for the in the "For example," he says, "to someone teaching the level and type of wit possible in plays of the period. cultural history of early modern Europe, the first editions of R..ex Myers, lecturer in histo1y, taught a course in Spring Desiderius Erasmus' A111wtatio11es 011 the New Testament and T erm 2001 titled History 1?( the American West, in which, he the Cmtones et Decreta of the Council of Trent are truly says, "students read journals of explorers and compared their significant. In addition, Ltwrence holds a nice selection of observations witl1 the writinb"S of settlers. Louis Hennepin's Renaissance editions of works by classical authors, published A J\:ew Discovery t:?.f a f/(lst Co1111try, the first English edition by the f:1mous Venetian house of Aldo and Paulo Manuzio. published in 1698, and john C. Fremont's 1854 .Exploring rhe and a couple of well- illustrated 17th-century books on Rocky Mowlfains were both on the reading list. plants and their properties, such as John Gerard's Herbal/, or "Holding an original edition ptm a person 'in touch' Celleml Hislorie t!f Pla11tcs and Adam Lonitzer's Kreuterlmclt. with history in a way that is beyond words," Myers says. "R.ounding out the collection," Kern says, "are numer­ "The student who used Hennepin's work came up after class ous works of science, politics and law, European and world one day to tell me, almost reverently, that he had held the history. and rhetoric and philology. One of my f.worites is a book in his hands - something over 300 years old. What a relatively minor political treatise published in 1652, Thomas memorable experience for an undergraduate." Fuller's Holy Stale and the Prl!.f(IIIC State, which includes a In a different way, the tenn-paper assignment in Associate short sketch of "The Witch" along with commemary Professor of Art Histo1y Michael Orr's course Tlte Jllumillared outlining how the practice of sorcery is a threat to both Book was a mcrnorablc experience for some ocher under­ religious and secular morality." graduates, one they may not soon forget. Working with The Lawrence collection stands up well to expert

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One of the gems in Lawrence Unive~ity's rare book collection is its lone inw11abufum (book published before 1501), Hartmann Schedel's Libcr Croniramm from 1493. Best known under the title 'J'IIe J\l11rembetg Clmmicle, after its place of publication, it is a history of the world told from a C hristian perspective. It begins, understandably enough, with the creation of the world and tht:n traces human hiswry through seven ages. Accounts of the first five consist mostlv of biblical history, while the sixth age co,rre­ sponds to the emergence and development of Christendom. The history of the sixth age is the longest section ofrhc work by f.1 r, and the publishers kindly induckd six or seven blank pages so the owner could com- Rachel Hoerman, '04, Professor Kern, Alison Williams, '04, and The Nuremberg Chronicle plete tht' work before the corning of the seventh age - apocalypse and the end of time! FolJO\ving the blank pages, the narrative concludes with the story of the ami-christ and the second coming. scnniny, Professor Goldgar notes. "When Anthony Crafton, T he work therefore confidently asserts how the world the famous historian of early modern Europe, visited began and hO\v it would come to an end. Including so Lawrence last year, he held a session with our students in the few pages to conclude the sixth age betrays some of Milwaukee-Downer Room , comrnenting on the collection, the millennia] thinking quitt' common in the years going over sonw parts of it book by book, and communi­ preceding 1500. cating some of the exciternent that comes from this particubr The book is lavishly illustrJted with portraits of way of recapturing the past." important people and depictions of signific

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Lawrence Today I 'I By Richard Warch President

When I arrived at Lawrence for an interview in the spring of 13rokaw, w hich roday serves as the carpenter shop. He also 1977, I knew two things about the college: that one of my "built" the f.tculty :tnd, indeed, was something of a one-man best fi·iends from high school in New Jersey, Qucn Sharpe, search- and- selecti on committee, seeking our potemial '61. had graduated from here and th:J.t Nathan Pusey had £tculty members from around the country and visiting them been president. The halo effect of his transition to H :~rvard personJ. II y to attract them to Lawrence. in 1953 \vas still in pbcc 25 yt·ars brer. I was not to meet The most enduring Pusey legacy, of course, is Freshman President Pusey until 1979, but in my first year as vice pres­ Studies, which was his inspiration and creation and which ident for academic aftt irs, I mc-c hin1 after a f.tshion when I became :tnd has remained the "signature'' course in a had the opportunity to work with the f.tculty in restori ng Lawrence cduGition. In the introductory lecture for Freshman Freshman Studies - after a brief hiatus - to its fo rmer and Studies in 1945, Pust!y enunciated the principles, priorities, prcsenr status as a required course and several years later to and practices that the cot1 rse was designed ro dTccr and pro­ work with Dean of the Faculty Michael Hittle and the f.t culty more. They includt.'CI, first and foremost, the intention to in extending the course to two terms, a feature that has imroduce freshmen "to the kind of mental activity which is remained in place ever since. pursued by each of five great fi elds of man's thought, so that, Over the past 23 years, I have had fi-equent occasions to at the outset of their career at Lawrence, students can know visit Mr. Pusey, during his few visits to Lawrence - once to something about the nature of colk·ge studies." speak about Frcshrnan Studies - and in New Yark, where The course was also designed to educate the Ctculty or, he and Anne f.tithfu!ly anended our alumni gatherings. He rather, to enable the Ctculty to dispby their fealty to liberal was a good, gentle, and gracious man whose career in and education. beyond higher educnion was exemplary . Though his "The teachers in this course are making an hont•st proof national prolllincnce was a consequence of his position at of their principles," Pusey sa id. '"13cl ieving that specialized Harvard, his influence and legacy at La wn: n c~..· were them­ competence in one line need not prevent a man from study selves remarkable and lasti ng. During his brief stint on the in other fields, they :1.re practicing their belief" £t culty fi·om 1935 to 1938 as sophomore tutor, he ~..·a rn cd his Finally, Pusey emphasized the nature of the materials to rcput:nion as a st1perb tc:tcher, and :ts presidem he made the be considered in the course. ';Most of the books for this academic entcrplisc - particularly the excellence of instmction course are chosen because they have in themselves real - his top priority. greatnC'ss, " he stated. "They are not textbooks which talk President Pusey did oversee construction of two m:Uor about other books but are great original works w hich have new buildings during his tenure- the Memorial Union and affected civilization and still affccr ir. Uooks arc read in Worcester Art Cemcr - though he once confich.-d to me entirety. The object o f th i~ is to counteract the increasing with a twinkle in his eye that the first piece of construction helplessness of men and women befon: :1 book and the during his tenure was a cinder-block ~ to ra ge building behind consequent fl ight to summaries, reviews, and anthologies.''

12 Spring 2002 NEH Challenge Grant supports Freshman Studies Lawrence University's most distinctive curricular program, Fresh nu n Studies, will be the beneficiary of a $500,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endow­ Freshman Studies students look at Jupiter's moons to help them ment for the Hum:1nities. The aw:ud is contingent upon understand whot Golileo descn"bes in Siderius Nuncius, one of this the college raising a matching $2 million by July 31, year's Freshman Studies texts. 2005. The $2.5 million total will establish a permanent endowment ro support rhe Freshman Studies program. The NEH grant and subsequent matching funds will make possible a broad spectrum of programs, including initiatives to prepare f:.-.culty members to teach the course, It will be a sign of the lasting gratitude that all providing released time from teaching for the ftculry of us have for Nathan Pusey's service that we director of Freshman Studies, and adding a full-time aca­ will secure in perpetuity the intellectual stamp demic support person to supplement Freshman Studies instruction and also supervise tutors in Lawrence's writ­ he firmly placed on a Lawrence education. ing lab. The gram also will provide additional library hold­ inb>S and technological resources and create increased opportunities for campus visits by distinguished lecturers, While Freshnun Studies has evolved over the decades noted artists, and performers such as the theatre troupe since its inception, Pusey's founding principles have Actors from the London Stage. remained at the center of the enterprise. Importantly, those Plans also call for an expansion of the Lawrence principles and that enterprise will persist for generations to Institute for Student Assessment program, as well as come. Two weeks after learning of President Pusey's death efforts to extend the influence of Freshman Studies in November, Lawrence received the news that the National beyond the Lawrence campus. Endowment for the Humanities has awarded us a challenge "This is a wonderful testimony to the significance of grant to enabk us to r:-~isc funds for a Freshman Studies Frcshm:\11 Studies as an exemplar of liberal learning," said endowment. It will be, in :1 sense, a sign of the lasting grati­ Pn:sident Richard Warch in announcing the award, "and tude that all of us have for Nadm1 Pusey's service that we we are excited by and grateful for the NEH endorsement. w ill secure in perpetuity the intellectual stamp he fi rmly "Freshman Studies is the one course that our alumni placed on a Lawrence education. most frequently cite as the most telling and lasting intel­ I feel honored and privileged not only to serve :1s one of lcctuJl experience of their college years," Warch added. N:1te Pusey's successors but also to have known him and Lawrence was one of only three private institutions counted him a friend. We mourn his passing, but we cele­ awarded :1 ch:-~llengc grant by the NEH, among 33 recip­ brate and give dunks for his life and his place among us. I ients, 13 of which were colleges and universities. RP and everyone at Lawrence will miss him. LT

Lawre11Ct TOday 13 Nathan Marsh Pusey 1907-2001 Nathan M. Pusey, L.H.D. '54, who served as president of Lawrence University from 194+ to 1953, leaving to become president of H arvard University, died on November 14 in New York City. He was 94. Pusey was named Lawrence's tenth presi~ dent in the spring of 19+4, returning to the campus where he had served as sophomore tutor from 1935 to \938. Prior to becoming president of Lawrence, he taught history and literJture at Scripps College and spent four years as an associate professor of classics at Wesleyan University. Known for his strong teaching skills, Pusey wok a keen interest in the college's curriculum and, at the beginning of the second year of his presidency, introduced a new course, Freshman Studies, that became the cornerstone of a Lawrence education and Pusey's best-known legacy. "Nathan Pusey's impact on American education, including his presidency of Harvard, was immense. But I His concern for the individual student, believe his deepest academic love was always Lawrence University," says William Chaney, professor emerit11s of history, who was hired by Pusey in 1932. " H is concern for for the life of the mind, and for high the individual student, for the life of the mind, and for high standards helped make Lawrence what it is today. And he standards helped make Lawrence what was integrity personified.,. Professor Emcrit11s of History Charles 13reunig, who it is today. chronicled the history of Lawrence in his 1994 book, A Great a11d Good Work, titled his chapter on Pusey's presidency "The - Professor Emeritus William Chaney Faculty's President." " H e was certainly one of Lawrence's outstanding presi­ dents in the 20th century," Breunig says. ''He was considered a president who was particularly close to the f..1culty. Having been a teacher himself, he was aware of the problems f:1cing higher education and understood the f.1culty point of view better than some of the others."

"14 Spri11g 2002 During his presidency, Pusey took a strong stand df,r.linst U.S. Senator and Appleton native Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade, defending academic freedom. When Pusey's appointment as president of Harvard was announced, McCarthy remarked, "Harvard's loss is Wisconsin's gain." The attack on Pusey is said to have undermined McCarthy's credibility among many of his corporate supporters in the Fox Valley. The June 1, 1953, announcement that Pusey was Harvard's next president brought reporters from Life and Time magazines to Appleton. Upon hearing the news, a crowd of students and f.tculty members gathered in front of the president's home with lighted torches and sere­ naded the Puseys. Pusey served as president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971. During the turbulent 1960s, he called for an end to campus turmoil and violence, complaining that on many campuses "learning has almost ceased," because of the violent, revolutionary activities of a "small group of overea­ ger young .. . who feel they have a special calling to redeem society Upon his retirement from Harvard, Pusey served four years as president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and was president of the United l3oard for Christian Higher Education in Asia from 1979 to 1980. He was the author of two books, "n,e Age cf the Scltolar ( 1963) and Americmt H(eher Dlucatio11 1945-1970: A Perso11al Report (1978). The Pusey family on the steps of Sampson House (above); In 1987, the Nathan M. Pusey Professorship in East opening day for the Memorial Union Grill, 1951 Asian Studies was estabbshed at lawrence to honor the legacy he left behind in Freshman Studies and to reflect his keen interest and involvement with the countries and peoples of that part of the world. He is survived by his wife, Anne Woodward Pusey; two sons, Nathan Pusey,Jr., '59, and James Pusey; and a daughter, Rosemary Hopkins.

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horeau had Walden, presidents of the United States literature about graduate schools and summer research have Camp David, and Lawrence students and possibilities, but the main objective is to provide an oppor­ T faculty members have BjOrklunden vid SjOn- and tunity for students and hculty to interact with one another a program of weekend seminars that is more innov­ in a non-classroom context." ative and more successful with each passing year. The schedule deliberately makes time for interpersonal When the original lodge at Lawrence's northern campus interaction: games of Trivial Pursuit or chess, discussion of was destroyed by fire in 1993, the Board of Trustees f.o1eed a special interests or of short articles on timely physics topics, to-build or not-to-build decision. A key factor in the board's group reading of plays, and - thanks to the BjOrklunden eventual decision to construct a new lodge was President locale - snowshoeing or cross country skiing. A.Jso, Cook Richard Warch's conviction char BjOrklundcn could become says, "time is allowed for some studying, so that students a useful and effective adjunct to a student's Lawrence educa­ who won't or don't want to take an entire weekend otT can tion. The new building was completed in 1996, and the first still feel comfortable participating. weekend seminars for undergraduates were held in the fall of "We are convinced," he says, "that after a .BjOrklunden that year. The program began under the tutelage of Dean weekend, prospective majors among the freshmen have a Charles Lauter and continues under his successor, Andrew fuller sense of association. with the department and interact Law, direcror of international and off-campus programs. more freely and frequently with one another and with the During the 2001 -02 academic year, more than 1,000 faculty. students and nearly 100 faculty members are taking part in "We cannot imagine a more appropriate environment weekend seminars that range from language-immersion co for the nurturing of this sort of departmental attachment," field work in natural-science and social-science disciplines Cook adds. (Lawrmce Toda}', Fall '01) to intensive practice and perfor­ Interaction between students and alumni forms the basis mance opportunities for musical studios and ensembles to an for some other departmental seminars. Brigetta Miller, C '89, impressive variety of others. assistant professor of music and chair of the music education Here are a few examples. department of the ConservatOI}' of Music, organizes an The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures annual retreat that brings music education students together holds an annual weekend for its Chinese-language students, with Lawrence alumni who are active m usic educators. who are joined at BjOrklunden by three or four Chinese "As one who cares passionately about improving American families from the Fox Valley area. Activities teacher education," Miller says, " I believe that bringing include games in Chinese, Chinese films, calligraphy prac­ together Lawrence undergraduates, f.1culty members, tice, and lessons in Chinese knotmaking taught by a local alumni, and other veteran teachers from around the state is Chinese \Voman who is an expert in the craft. a great place to start. " "The Lawrence students," says Associate Professor Jane This year's weekend schedule included student research Parish Yang, "are able to tl}' out their Chinese in small mini-sessions with topic~ such as "Advocacy and Funding discussion groups with the f.1milies; they especiaiJy enjoy for the Arts" and "Understanding the ADH D Student in speaking Chinese with the children. Your Classroom"; a student panel, "The Benefits of Study­ "The highlight of these weekends," she continues, "has ing Abroad While at Lawrence"; and a N ew Teacher/ been a competition between the children, who were born in Student Teacher Panel, "What I Wish They Would Have America but learned Chinese in the Chinese Saturday school Told Me in College." A popular mmnent in the weekend is in Appleton, and our language students in which the object Professor Miller's Saturday-evening Fireside Chat: "Can is to write sentences with character; rhyming with certain One Person Change the World?" sounds." Music education student~ are nor the only ones learning Departmental esprit de rorps is another beneficiary of from interaction with professionals in their chosen field. BjOrk.Junden . The Department of Physics holds an annual Professor of Biology Nicholas Maravolo's "Medical Muses" retreat early in the Winter Term. David Cook, professor of weekend is in its third year of bringing lawrence students physics and the Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science, who are interested in pursuing medical education and reports that the event involves some 3.3 to 45 people: upper­ careers together with alumni who are practicing physicians. class physics majors and minors; freshman prospective Some BjOrklunden seminars provide an opportunity to majors, who at the time of the weekend are only one or do things that simply would not be possible on campus. two weeks into their first Lawrence physics course; and the Michael Orr, associate professor of art history, presents a members of the physics faculty. hands-on introduction to medieval book illumination that "We include some academic activities," Cook says, includes practical instruction in gilding and painting. "such as seniors telling about their capstone projects and "I can't imagine tl}'ing to do that in a regular class," Orr faculty member~ describing their research, and we disseminate says. "A great advantage of BjOrklunden is that it allows

At left, Professor John Brandenberger and students at the Physics Retreat

Lawrmce Today 17 says Paul Shrode, associate dean of students for activities. " It provides a nice blend of meeting ti me and space without distractions or the draw of events on campus, as well as space and solitude for personal reflection and recreation." In a tightly structured weekend, the retiring LUCC cabinet has time for reflection on their year of service, while the new officers begin the process of team-building, estab­ lishing ground rules for their 'vorking relationships and articulating expectations of each other. The two cabinets also have tin1e together, and each individual spends time with his or her counterpart in the other cabinet. "There is no question in my mind," Shrode says, "that our retreat<> arc rnore productive because of the BjOrklundcn f:ocility." Whatever the purpose of the specific weekend they actend, the seminar program at 13jilrklunden provides for both At the Physics Retreat students and £1culty some valuable and valued experiences. Yet, no student ever has to pay extra to learn, relax, and rejuvenate at BjOrklunden. f:1c ulry to supplement their reaching with thing; they might "They arc expected, however, to put in a little work," not otherwise do." says BjOrklunden's resident director, M :~ rk Un:s{;man, '78. Not all BjOrklunckn weekends arc conventionally acade­ "The students take tmns serving meals, and, prior to departure, nlic. The Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC), undertake a major, building-wide cleaning of the lodge." for example, organizes its year around an annual retreat for And that's part of the experience, too. LT incoming and outgoing officers. " The lljOrklundcn setting has been invaluable for this," + http:/ /www.la-wrence.edu/ about/ bjork/students.shtml

18 Spring 2002 "It's wanting to know ..."

The quotation above is from Hannah in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, a play that depicts a contemporary generation searching for information about ances­ tors from a previous century ('..vho also appear in the play). Arcadia was the basis for a student seminar at BjOrklun­ den that brought together students from the mathematics, theatre and drama, and classics departments, as well as math professor Eugenic Hunsicker; classics professor Randall McNeill; Keith Howard, a guest mathematician from Kenyon College; and myself. Arcadia contains references to chaos theory, entropy, and fractals and mirrors these math theories in its struc­ ture. Math-poor as I am, I knew of the Assistant Professor of Mathematics Eugenie Hunsicker explains the wave equation in her connections because I played H annah lecture on how advances in math and physics through history have changed people's ideas while obtaining my doctorate at the about determinism and free will. University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Understanding the math is crucial to understanding that conclusions for themselves. role. All this was possible because BjOrklunden exists. We T he weekend at BjOrklundcn, titled "Et in Arcadia used its quiet and solitude to allow us to foc us together. ego: The Intersection of Math and Drama," was the fruit­ BjOrklunden became our Arcadia- a place set apart from ful and collegial mixing of the two disciplines, with vital the usual demands. Where else would I have the privilege support from classics. Nineteen students voluntarily of sharing a math student's breakthrough on a homework attended, and, as one would hope at a liberal arts institu­ challenge? Where else would theatre students see math tion, the groups never segregated themselves but truly students choose to fill their free time with collaborative embraced the opportunity to make new connections. efforts at descriptive equations? Where else would math We began with presentations on math history to students share the stage with theatre students for an explain allusions in the script, followed by an examination impromptu scene? of classical influences on estate gardening through the In Arcadia, Hannah contends: "It's wanting to know 19th century (an integral conflict in the story). We staged that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way a scene in which the two generations appear together we came in." At BjOrklunden, I discovered that, at the in a very "emropic" conclusion to the play. Keith intersection of math and drama, our fields definitely have H oward's presentation on fractals encapsulated the week­ something in common: we're both trying to describe end, as he combined math formulas with aesthetic choices phenomena so we can better understand our world and to create a landscape that changed according to the ourselves. Dramatists use plays; mathematicians usc seasons. We hiked around BjOrklunden, noting examples equations~ but we both focus on the process, not just on of fractals in nature and evidence of formal gardening an answer. BjOrklunden gave us the time, place, and mental techniques. By the time I offered my analysis of the space to ask the questions and indulge in that oh-so­ script's structure, noting the parallels with math theory, liberal-arts desire: wanting to know. several students had already begun to discern those same - Katherine Privarr, assistanr prqfessor tif tf1eane and drama

Lawreuce Today 19 frtshman Studits fOft to Kuryan

And Russian university students respond with hard work and enthusiasm

By Charles F. Lauter

In the spnng of 2001, I traveled to £Kulty exchange, I consulted Natalya, and she requested that Kurgan, a ctty 2,250 kilometers east of I teach Freshman Studies . Since it is one of my favorite ~ Moscow, to teach Freshman Stud1es courses, too, I quickly agreed. 1 " " ~ to 33 fourth-year English nu.Jors at Russian students begin studying English at the age of Kurgan State Umvers1ty, an opportu- eight or nine. By the time they enter the university, they •. mry that fulfilled both a dream and a have had about seven years of the language. This meant personal comm1tment I could be confident that the level of English-language ~ Kurgan IS Appleton's counterpart competence of my students would be high, and it was. m a "s1ster cay" program m wh1ch I In the university, as in most E uropean systems, student.<; have been mvolved smce 1ts mcept10n focus intensively on one subject. Because of this singular ?.l m 1984, servmg as president fo r 12 emphasis, they have very litde opportunity for interdiscipli­ years. Lawrence, too, Ius been a m:Uor nary study. Freshman Studies would be new and challenging ~ participanc, having established exchanges for them. of students, graduates, and teachers in \990- 91. Since then, over 60 individuals from the two Determining which works would work institutions have been involved in the exchange program. I began the task of choosing the works. I wanted a variety of Natalya N icholaevna Bochegova, chair of the English themes, periods, an d genres. I was to teach for eight to nine department at Kurgan State University, was a guest lecturer weeks and thought fou r works would be about right. Usin g at Lawrence in the sprin g of 1999. She gave several lectures the Freshman Studies master list of texts, I began sorting. in a literary criticism class taught by Tim Spurgin, associate Aldo Leopold's Sa11d CoiiiiTY Alma11ac proposes a power­ professor of English . Tim was at that time director of Fresh­ ful environmental ethic, and although it's not currently man Studies, so it is not surprising that his enthusiasm for the taught in Freshman Studies, it seemed appropriate for Russia course was transmitted to Natalya . today. With Tim's help, she returned to Kurgan with copies of Thi11gs Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, presents a place all the Freshman Studies texts for that year, as well as copies and a culture that would be new to those students. of the faculty lectures on each one. She shared these with her Wanting a work by a woman author, I chose Woolf (A colleagues, who developed an equal excitement for Fresh­ R oom of 011c's Ow11) over Austen. man Studies. In the fall of 1999, when it was determined I Fi;1ally, I needed a work of educational philosophy, would be the first person from Lawrence to participate in the since the exchange is meant to examine similarities and

20 Spri11g 2002 Chuck Lauter with students from one of his four Freshman Studies sections at Kurgan State University

One of the reasons differences between our Rearra nging the desk chairs universities and educa­ I arrived in Kurgan on March 30, when Siberia was still in the students wo rked so tional systems. Wanting the grasp of winter. I began teaching rhe following Monday, a work that was short with four sections of eight to nine students each. hard was that they felt and easily accessible Before each section mer, I arrived at the classroom early, with which to begin the moving the desks out of their traditional lecture-style rows privileged that each course, I chose Presi­ and putting them in a circle for discussion . This produced dent Richard Warch's raised eyebrows when the students entered; they knew had a personal copy matriculation convoca­ something different was about to happen. tion address fro m 1979, I had been worried that the Russian students might be of each text. his first as president, unwilling to discuss, because they are more used to the lecture titled "Unamuno Bef,>s format, but I needn't have been concerned. R ight from the to Differ." start they were active participants. Initially they seemed to be Although l had reciting for me as the teacher, but they quickly learned to never taught three of engage one another in discussion. these works, I had The class was different for the srudems in yet another the opportunity during Winter T erm 2001 to hear the way, albeit a happy one. Given the current state of the Russ­ Freshman Studies lectures of Lifongo Vitende, assistant ian economy, funding for educational materials is limited; in professor of French, on Achebe and Wendy Nicholson, most courses students must share just a few texts or photo~ assistant professor ofhistoty, on Woolf.* copied pages. For this course, President Warch, as a gesture of good will and in recognition of the importance of the exchange, had purchased, from his discretionary fund, a set of the books for each student (and thus had a certain amount *Audio recordings of these two lectures, along with more than 20 of financial equity invested in the success of the course). othns from Freshman Studies, be hc;~rd www.bwrcnce.cdu/dept/freshman_srudics/fslccturcs.shtml on thc Concerned about the risks of shipping the books, l took Lawrence Web site. them with me, transporting 72 kilograms of luggage (and

Lmurmce Today 21 thus had plenty of sweat equity invested in the course, as Virginia Woolfs A Roo111 (if We always well as a f:tir amounc in overweight charges). 011e's Ow11 was the most difficult I'm sure one of the reasons the students worked so hard for them, perhaps because of the ran out of was that they felt privileged that each had a personal copy of genre. Viewing the video p resenta~ each text. Of course, on the first day I had to present both tion, in which the text is delivered time at the the good news and the bad news; wh ile t'ach received a set as a lecture by actress Eileen Adkins, of the books, they had to return them at the end of the improved their understanding. course so they could be used in other classes and in future Then, in each section we doggedly end of the offerings of Freshman Studies. worked through the structure of the argument until ::~.11 achieved a better hour! How the works worked understanding. For some, it consti~ "Unamuno Uegs to Differ" immediately eng:~.gcd their tuted an introduction to feminist interest. A large reproduction of the Lawrence University COI1SCIOUSlleSS. seal hanb'S in the English department semin::tr room at KSU. When President Warch quotes from Trasir SCIIsc of L{fe, by How the students worked the Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, the words Many of the themes in th is course were new to these echo the Lawrence motto: students, but the most exciting development for tne was the degree to which they learned to generate ideas from their Light, light, more light! they tell us the dying own analyses of the text. In discussions and written evalua­ Goethe cried. No, w::trmth, warmth, more tions at the end of the course, students commented that they warmth! for we die of cold and not of darkm·ss. It were pleased at the opportunity to learn this skill and proud is not the night that kills, but the frost . of their progress. They also made great strides in the expression of their In this work, the evocation ::tnd exposition of the need thoughts, both written and or:~.!. They wrote short papers on to use education (light) in the service of society or other "Unamuno 1:3egs to Differ" and 'r71iiiJ!S Fall Apart, showing people (warmth) was especially meaningful to students who marked improvement from the first to the second ess::ty. usually view education as a way to obtain a better job. In Their first efforts were written in correct English, but the f:tc t, they began to consider the possibility that education style was :~.\most stream-of-consciousness. We devoted parts obliged them to serve other people, a r::tdic:l.l notion in the of several classes to the process of idea development using ::t present R ussian context. strong p::tragraph structure, and the results were gratifying. H aving explored that idea, we then confronted the Overall, I have never taught groups of students who environmental ethic of Sn11d Coumy Alma11ar. Here we worked harder th::tn these did. My Russian students worked learned that education and good citizenship obligate one to with a diligence and ze::tl that was truly impressive. Whether the environment, to the land, to the earth itself- a truly it was preparing and delivering debates on environmental remarkable concept, given Russi::t's grave environmental ethics, or arguing about close reading assignments (such as problems. One student became so excited that she insisted Okonkwo's (tmily tree or the Ibo annual calendar), or the book should be required reading for all Russian sc h ool ~ discussing their points in paper conferences, they were children. Alas, it does not seem to be available in Russi::tn, consistently prepared and unflaggingly energetic. We always ::tnd even these ourst::mding students of the English language ran out of time at the end of the hour! had some difficulty with it because of its length ::tnd speci::tl The students responded very positively to their new vocabulary. T h::tt student did bring me a Russian author's experience in every w::ty. Would [ return to Kurgan to teach version of the almanac, a set of monthly observ::ttions of the Freshman Studies to such students again? You bet! I was natural world, without the environmental ethic. captivated by the experience of working with these en gag~ Tlti11gs 1-llll Apart was their favorite text. They were ing young people, who so quickly developed a fondness for enthralled by the description of tribal life in Nigeria at the and a commitment to Freshman Studies. LT turn of the 20th century, but saddened and even outraged at the treatment of the native people by the missionaries and Cfmck Lawcr retired i11 2000 after ser1Ji11g La!11re11re .fi1r 31 years the government forces. They felt deeply the tragic story i11 a variety i?[ wpacities, indudillj! deal/ (?f students a11d, most Achebe rells, and they developed insightful analyses of the recently, dcm1 of (?[Fmmpus prt~'(rams a11d illterllatiollaf stude11t motivations of the characters and argued eloquently for their advisor. points of view.

22 Spri11g 2002 Milwaukee-Downer alumnae mark an historic occasion

In 185 1, there was Cuharine Uccchcr, the Ueecher Plan for Downer alumnae, describing and explaining the pieces in the education of women, and The Milwaukee Normal In sti­ the exhibition :md displaying his f.1miliarity with and affec­ tute, which soon became Milwaukee Female College and tion for the works of Emily Groom. eventually became Milwaukee-Downer College. In 2001 there was a birthday party. Reading Professor serafon's Mail During the weekend, If there ever was any doubt that the essential spirit of alumnae had an opportunity to obtain copies of A Co11m11lll Milwaukee-Downer College has been kept alive, by its BoiJ(/: Letters from Mile SCrqfi)Jl, a book published by the alumnae and by Lawrence University, chat doubt was dis­ Lawrence University Press to coincide with the sesquicentennial. pelled in October, when Downer women of all eras gath­ A translation of letters, postcards, and notes written by ered in Appleton and in Milwaukee to celebrate the col­ Amelie Serafon, professor of French at Milwaukee-Downer, lege's 150th anniversary. to her fo rmer student, Bessie Wolfner, between 1918 and The best part of a college reunion, of course, is the 1957, the book was the result of an independent project by chance to reunite and reconnect with classmates and friends five women French students, under the guidance of Associ­ -and that was most definitely a part of the 2001 Reunion ate Professor of French Judith Holland Sarnecki [Lawrence W cekend. T o make this occasion especially celebratory, Today, Sununer 2001]. ho·wever, there also were a number of special events. Copies of A Com111011 Bowl are available on request from the Office of Alumni R elations (920-832-6549 or The Art of Emily Groom The Wriston Art Center Gal­ alunm i@la wrcncc. cdu). leries mounted an exhibition of paintings, watercolors, and drawings by Emily Groom, founder and first chairperson of Gift Exchange Saturday morning, October 13, a simple the Milwaukee-Downer College art department. One of the ceremony in the Seeley G. Mudd Library marked rhe dedi­ most widely exhibited Wisconsin artists in the first half of cation of a new Milwaukee-Downer Room. The ground­ the 20th centUJy, Professor Groom's career spanned over 80 floor space previously known as the Heritage n.. oom has years, and her subject matter ranged from landscapes to bril­ been transformed, thanks to gifts from Milwaukee-Downer liantly colored still life arrangements. alumnac and other friends, into a reading room, student Frank C. Lewis, director of exhibitions and curator of lounge, and exhibition space. In addition to displaying collections at the Wriston Art Center, conducted a lively Milwaukee-Downer memorabilia and other objects from and knowledgeable viewing of the exhibition for the the college's archives, the room (pictured above) now

Lawre11cc Ti.,day 23 Scenes from a Downer weekend (clockwise from upper left): President Warch presents o gift to the alumnae; Wriston Art Center director Frank Lewis discusses "The Art of Emily Groom"; friendly smiles greet the /11-D alumnae at a book signing for A Common Bond: Letters from Mille Seraron; and, as part of a recognition of all Hat Girls, pictured are the four HGs of the Class of 1955: Marlene Crupi Widen, Suzanne Friedley Duffy, Dorothy Zygmunt Drowns, and Peggy Muhs Crawford. houses the rare book collection described in detail elsewhere Down Home Those who wished to do so enjoyed a in this issue (see page 8). Sunday afternoon visit to the forme r Downer campus in The dedicatory ceremony featured remarks by Marl ene Milwaukee, ft•;lturing a salad luncheon in Greene Hall, Crupi Widen, M - D '55, who headed the fund-raising effort followed by self-guided tours of the campus and a dessert to create the Milwaukee-Downer R oom, as well as Univer­ reception in the Holton Hall parlor. sity Librarian Susan Richards and President Richard W;~rch. After fonmlly dedicating the Milwaukee-Downer And Everything Else In addition to the sesq uicentennial Room and expressing the college's gratitude for chis generous special events, all the perennially popular features of a gift fi·om Downer alumnae, President W;1rch unveiled a gift R eunion Weekend wt·re in place as usual. Alumnae were from Lawrence University to the alunmJe, a large bronze once again welcomed to the Lawrence boathouse, where the reproduction of the Milwaukee-Downer seal. Pbns call for shells Spirit t!f Oo11l11Cr, Efle11 SiJbin, and Althea !-Ieimbach are placing the Downer seal in the walkway north of Main Hall, launched, to meet and, if interested, row with members of flanking the Lawrence University se;1] that was a gift from the Lawrence crew. the Class of 2000, along with a similarly sized replica of the Campus tours, by foot or golf cart, spotlighted the original Lawrence College seal. Milwaukee-Downer "treasures" preserved on the Appleton campus, including the Teakwood Room and Ethel 13arber Bouts of Folly Alumnae Follies, a tradition of alumnae Room in Jason Downer Commons, the Merrill Hall sundial, reunions p;1st, was revisited for the sesquicencennial reunion ;1nd the Lu cia R. Briggs Hall of Mathematics and the Social with a new script by Joan Tomarkin Lu cht, '61, and Carolyn Sciences. GEU Kin g Stephens. '62. T he new production, titled " lnste;1d of Folly: The Final Verdict," was performed by alumnae from + www.lawrence.edulalumni/m-d_reunionsl2001 I all generations following Saturd;1y evening's dinner, along phoros.shtml with echoes of other M- D traditions. www .Ia wrc n ce. ed u IIi bra ry I archives /m-dl treas uresl

24 Spri11,~ 2002 Milwaukee-Downer sesquicentennial

Golden Alumnae Lee Bronenkant Meinersmann, '40, Julia Denniston Brace, '40, Alice Porter Steiner, '36, Eliz­ abeth A. Olson, '36

Class of 1951 (50th reunion) Row 1: Joy Britton Egan, Bev Bartel Silldorff, Colleen Schmechel Chambers, Gertrude Knauss Paradis, Virginia Palmer, Jessie Farquhar Davies; Row 2: Nancy Twelmeyer Kempf, Carol Franzel Ebert, Angie Korkos Karioris, Mary Fortney, Sue Pepper Joys, Doris Messer­ schmidt Carmichael; Row 3: Beryl Manly Doyle, Beverly Olsen Schumacher, Barbara Winnemore Huffman, Mari­ lyn Sievers Bailey, Pat Lynn Hoggatt, Sue Carroll Heinritz

Hat Girls Row 1: Helen Schroeder Grant, '52, Ollie Johnson Miller, '54, B.J. Kounovsky Corbett, '65, Bonnie Maas McClel­ lan, '62, Peggy Muhs Crawford, '55; Row 2: Mary Fortney, '51, Helen Wing Dicke-Kri­ vacek,'42, Barbara Simonds Valentine, '45, Ann Polek Neumann, '63, Priscilla Parsche Matheson, '61; Row 3; Beryl Manly Doyle, '51, Mary Lou Baldwin Gabriel, '49, Marjory Irvin (honorary hat girl)

Class of 1961 (40th reunion) Row 1: Carol Neibet Wise, Janet Sayre Hoeft, Nancy Van Schetven Solon, Joan Tomarkin Lucht, Pat Anderson Faulkner; Row 2: Kathleen Parmen­ tier Greene, Ma rcia Duin Mentkowski, Winifred Baxter Mading, Priscilla Parsche Matheson Suggestions for spring and summer reading

We frequently hear fron1 alumni that our annual listing of single-mindedness, social tu'ivetl', and physical stamina, all books recommended by members of the Lawrence f:1culty ultimately undermined by the corrosive etTects of decades of ranks high among their f.worire features of Lau,rcl/ce Today. malign treatment by scientific counterparts outside Norway. Here is this year's installment, with thanks to the professors The story includes blizzards, epiphanies, romance, tri­ who participated. GEU umph, and tragedy as it follows .Birkeland's peregrinations all over the world, from the Scandinavian arctic to Russia, Charles S. Ahlgren Egypt, and Japan. Sadly, many of Birkeland's theories were Stepf1c11 Edward Smrff A:Jemorial Visirillj! Pn?fi.'ssor of Govcmmcllf not appreciated by the scientific community until decades after his death. Even if you have never heard of the ionos­ R yszard Kapuscinski, The Shadow'?( rile Sun. This is a col­ phere or magnetotail, this book will engage you. It illumines lection of brilliant essays depicting the author's grassroots an ephemeral human life spent in conversation with Nature. experiences in post-coloniJI Afi·ica over a 40-year period. Great writing. Drt•nched with similitude for the old African hand, a highly informative eye-opener for the newcomer to Peter A. Blitstein the region. Assistam prqfessor t!( history Peter Hessler, RiiJCf Tow11: T1110 Years 011 the Ya11gtz c. The Andrcy Kurkov, Dearlr and rlre Pcll"i!llill. memoir of a young Peace Corps volunteer's two-year stint Humorous, thought-provoking, and teaching English in Fuling, a small industrial town in Sichuan absurd novel of how people survive in a province, in the heart of China. A beautifully written, society collapsed. The action takes place poignant, and insightful portrait of life in China today. in post-communist Ki ev, but it could just as easily be Moscow or St. Peters­ Marcia Bjorncrud burg. An out-of-work writer finds Associate prtifC'ssor (?f.f!eolo;?y employment writing obituaries about Kiev's still-living elite while caring for Lucy Jago, The iVorthem q(!llfs: The True Story qf rhe .\/au :1 penguin the financially str:tpped zoo Wlw U11locked tire Secrets of the A r1rora Borealis. As charismati c cannot afford. What then ensues as they may be, geoscien~ists are not often selened to appear involves murder, organized crime, and on coins and currency. An exception is the Norwegian 200 political corruption. kroner note, which honors Kristian Birkeland, the person credited with understanding the physics behind the northern Stephen F. Cohen, Failed Cmsade: America a11d the Tra_gedy C!.f lights in the early part of the 20th century. J ago's book is an Posr-Com1111111ist Russia. In a series of columns originally pub~ expertl y woven story of Birkeland's life: his brilliance, lished in the 1990s and updated to the present day, Cohen

26 Spri11g 2002 demolishes the assumptions b~hind America's policies toward history, ecology, and economics of the entire cod industry, post-Soviet Russia. Policies designed to remake Russia in with a few recipes thrown in for good measure. The inter­ our own image will never work, he argues, and will only weaving of history of the countries surrounding the Atlantic cause a backlash against us. Whether or not one agrees with humans' ability to extract cod from the sea makes C1sci- w ith all of his conclusions, Cohen i-. one of our most incisive 11:1ting reading. Kurlansky argues that, without cod, the Russia-watcht.!rs; his views are worth considering. Americas would have remained undiscovered by Europeans for much longer and certainly cities such as 13oston would Mark Mazower, The IJalkmu: A Short History. In about 150 not have grown and prospered as quickly. No wonder a pages. Mazower overviews the grand sweep of Balkan history. replica of a cod hanb>s in the Massachusetts Statehouse to He is especially critical of what has becom~.:: the standard this day. interpretation of the post- Yugoslav wars - that they were caused by ancient hatreds. History is more complicated dun Dava Sobel, Lmgitr1de: 'J'Ire True Story t!f a that, and Mazower surveys that complexity with style. L.me Ge11i11s ftVIw Solved tl1e Greatest Scic11 tijif Problem of His '1/me. I knew Jan T. Gross, Neighbors: The Destrrwio11 of nothing about the rather fascinating the jewish Commrmity injedwalmc, Poland. problem of knowing one's longitude, A short and gripping account of the especially when at sea. Sobel's book is a events in one Polish town under German very accessible and interesting account of occupation during the Second World the debate between those f.woring an War. Gross challenges the view that the astronomical vs. a time-keeping solution Jews of the town were murdered by the to the problem. Sobel documents the Gennans; he finds that their Polish eventual success of John Harrison, w ho neighbors were responsible. The book was never fully acknowledged for his caused an outcry in Poland because of contribution. Alumni who read Kuhn's Srruar~re Sricur{fic this conclusion. Whether Cross proves (if Rcvol11rior1s in Freshman Studies will understand why Harrison's his case is less important, perhaps, than the questions he raises approach was not favored. R emember the term parad~f!./11? about responsibility and guilt. Matt 1-:tidley, Gwome. Ridley is a first-rate science journalist. Dominique-Rem! de Lerma In this text he describes our knowledge of the content of the Visitirrg prl!fessor (ifmusif human genome, one chromosome at a time. For each of the 23 human chromosomes, Ridley chooses to focus on one Andrew Ward, Dark Midll(f!.lll Wlm1 I Rise: Tl1e Storv t?f TI1e aspen of human genetics related to that chromosome. For Fisk jubilee Singers. In an effort to raise money for young Fisk example. chromosome 7 includes a gene whose product is University in Nashville, not properly endowed when it was involved in bnguage development, giving Ridley an excuse founded just after the C ivil War, a group of students were to talk about the interplay of language acquisition and taken on tours, first in th~ U.S. and then in Europe, singing instinct. Since chromosome 10 includes the C YP 17 gene America's most precious musical legacy- the spiritual. This (which encodes an enzyme that converts cholesterol to cor­ was a milestone in American music history and one that had tisol and sex hormones), R idley can discuss both sex deter­ a strong influenct· on aspects of European music. Ward, mination and human response to stress, including the two­ although not a musician, has provided a most dramatic way interplay of environment and genes. Intertwined with account. discussions of the content of our genome are examples of the Rainer E. Lotz, Blafk People: Emerrai11ers tif Ajricar1 Desce11t in methods of genome research as well as the implications of Europe and Gernrany. I have been a guest in the Lotz home our findings. sevt·ral times and, to me, they are exemplars of the German If you are interested in learning more about discoveries in the genius for scholarship. tly profession, he is a banker, but this field of cancer research, hear about it fi·om one of the main accounting of l31ack American musicians in Europe before players in Rarin,!! ro 1hc 13t)!itmillg l!{the Road by ltobert Wein­ the First World War is a virtuosic display of rnusicological berg, or turn to Natalie Angier's Nat11ral Obsession : Strioing ro research. Included in the volume (published by Frau Lmz) Unlock I he Dee pes/ Seae/s qf the Callfer Cdl. Angier, a science is a CD of performances one would never have exp~c t cd journalist, spent a year in Weinberg's lab; thus hers is an out­ to hear. sider's view of the inner workings of a high-powered lab at the Weismann Center in Cambridge. Weinberg takes a Elizabeth DeStasio , '83 larger-scale view of the "War on Cancer," describing the A ssociate pn?fessor 4 bioloxy a11d Raymo11d H. Herzog Prl!fessor t?f competing camps of researchers: one group convinced due Scic11ce cancer was induced by viruses, another that set out to prove Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A 13/t~f!.raph y qfti/C Fish rlwr Cl/(mged the that cancer was environmentally induced, and a third group l¥orld. This is an entertaining and informative mixture of the who saw that some cancers were the product of in-born

Lau;reJ/ce Today 27 generic defects. Weinberg does a great job describing the Carol Mason basic science involved and how the competing hypotheses Adjww pnifcssor iif a11thmpolo,Ry were eventually sorted out. Of course, the contributions of E.O. Wilson, Consilie11cc. This is an almost lyrical defense of the Weinberg lab are not left our! the scientific approach to understanding nature by one of the most eminent natural historians of this and the last century. Peter J. Gilbert Wilson is, of course, well-known fo r his contributions in Associate professor, library defining sociobiology as a field of inquiry and for his monu­ Louis Mcnand, The A'/etnp!tysiral Clr1b: A Story of Ideas i11 mental studies of the nawral history of ants. Amelim. Menand, professor of literature, journalist, and critic, examines the development and influence of pragma­ Rebecca Epstein Matveyev tism in American culture by examining the lives, writings, Assistmtt professor (if RIJSSitiJI and influence of four men: Supreme Courc Justice Oliver Mary M. Leder, My LijC i11 Stali11ist Russia: A11 Amcrica11 Wendell Holmes, Jr., psychologist William James, philoso­ I'Voma11 U:.Joks Back. This is a recently published set of m em­ pher Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey, "America's oirs about the experiences of an American who spent anum­ first public intellectual." An erudite and engrossing explo­ ber of years living in R ussia in the 1930s and 1940s. ration of American intellecwal history. Margaret Winchell, Armed with Parie11ce: Daily L!'fe in Post­ Bertrand A. Goldgar SoFiet Russia. This book makes an interesting counterpart to Prqfessor qf Et~<:lish mul Joltu i\ '. BefXSTr0/11 Pn!fessor i!f Humn11i1ies the previous title. By comparison to many books written by Westerners living in Soviet or post-Soviet Russia, this one Philip Roth, T7u.> Hummt S1r1i11. He didn't takes a balanced view- one that is neither overly negative win the Pulitzer for this one, bur it's nor overly idealistic. much beuer than his American Pastoral, which did win it. I think this is one of W. Urucc Lincoln, Dct!Well 1-lem,en and /-le/1: The Story cif a the best novds I've read in many years. Tiw11sa11d Years i?f Artistic L[{e i11 Russin. This work does a remarkably good job of fulfilling the extremely ambitious Dwight Allen, '74, The Creel/ Suit. Allen task that its title poses. A historical overview is interwoven is a Lawrence graduate, and this novel, with discussions of literature, music, the decorative arts, or group of imerconnected stories­ architecture, and painting. which-develop, is very fine, very subtle, very amusing. It's be:.·en well received and W. Bruce Lincoln, S11nl~<:llf at Mid11igfu: St. Pelersbw;g a11d rile highly praised. l<.ise (?l lvlodcrn R..ussia. In this final work, published shortly after his death, Lincoln again demonstrates his ability to Eilene Haft-March make Russian cultural history acccssibk to a wide audience. Associate pn~('ssor (if Frellch Rex C . Myers Louise Erdrich, The Lw Report 011 rile Miracles at Little l\"o Leaurcr i11 History a11d Frcsfttt/a/1 Studies Horse. In this novel, a nun turned f.1rmer's wife turned crime victim turned Catholic priest - don't ask; just read - Food, f.1ct, and fiction combine in two works focusing on becomes an integral part of the tight weave of lives on an Southwest cuisine. Sam'l P. Arnold (owner of Denver's Ojibwe reservation. While the swry of the priest's struggle f.1mous "Fort" restaurant) has reissued his 1990 publication w hold her community together is most touching, I think I Et11ii1,R Up the Santa Fe T rail. Historically accurate and fun to preferred che colorful stories of the priest's parishioners, a read, Arnold provides narrative and actual recipes from the cast of several dozen characters - helpfully catalogued in the 1821-1846 Santa Fe Trail era: buff:1lo tongue and carnpfire genealogy on the insid~ cover. Among the many rich and coffee, for example. daring stories that embdlish the novel, my all-time f..worite Swm or TH[ TSil (H{ A modern culinary delight is Thomas is Nan:1push's wild moose ride to his eternal rest. Fox Averill's novel Secrets c?ftltc Tsil Cqji·. AmCiie Nothomb, Stupcm ct trcmblcmellts (for readers of This fine coming-of age story takes place French). This was last summer's hottest-selJing novel in between the f.1ther's Tsil Cafe (where Paris. A young 13dgian woman encounters racisn1 and patri­ he uses only ingredients found in the archal corporate culture in the Japanese firm where she is pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere) employed. The book is full of dark and scathing humor, nor and the mother's Italian catering service. to mention blatant stereotypes, bur through all of this one Averill spices his protagonist's growing can occasionally glimpse a nutted admiration for Japanese up with actual recipes. If Arnold's buff.1lo reserve and dignity. Outragt·ous, funny, and sad all at once. tongut' and campfire coffee are coo

28 Spri11g 2002 bbnd, try Averill's buff.1lo tongue with chipotlc barbecue though most of us feel Wt' have better answers to his ques­ sauce and mescal (eat the worm). tions). Whether or not one accepts Diamond's answers. one cannot avoid the f..1ct that his writing is compelling and that Alan Parks he has the rare ability to present a wealth of information in Associate prt?fessor (?f marflelllatics a lucid and readable style. It's no surprise Crms, Germs, a11d Srecf won the Pulitzer Prize. W. W. Rouse Ual!, A Short Acwunt t?f the History 4 Matlle­ matics. A very concise but accurate history of the oldest aca­ demic subject. Under S 14 from Dover; you can't go wrong. Jerald E. Podair Assistallt prt?fessor (!f f1isrory C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of~\hm. An older work that some Jay Winik, April 1865: The Mo11rf1 T1wt Sa~Jed America . Imag­ of us re-discowred in a dis~ussion group. Th~.: beginnings of ine if the Confederate Army, instead of laying down its arms what could be a long study concerning the problems of at Appomattox, had taken to the hills and fought a guerrilla determinism as ap plied to modern education. A slow read, war that didn't end until, say. 1880. Could America have but worth it. ever recovered? Probably not, and Winik shows us how close we came to this awful outcome. Only the generosity Peter N. Peregrine and forbearance of three great American heroes- Lincoln, A ssocitlfC prt?{essor 4 anthropofo,l!y Grant, and Lee - saved the nation as we know it. Marvin T. Smith, Coosa: Til!: Rise a11d Faff (if a So11tl1eastem Richard R eeves, Preside/11 1\'i:nm: Alo11e ill the Wl1ite Ho11S e. i\fississippia11 Chi~fdom. In this brief book, Smith accom­ Just another Nixon bio, nght? Wrong. Reeves employs a plishes several remarkable feats: He brinb'"S to life a prehis­ wealth of new material, notably the contents of the legal toric Native American polity, he links the historic past with pads onto which Nixon poured his deepest emotions, to the prehistoric (a gap that is surprisingly difficult to bridge in paint a memorablt· portrait of a deeply disturbed, yet brilliant eastern North America), and he provides a case study of the president, a man whose personal flaws altered the course of effect European contact had on a Native American culture. American history. The Coosa chiefdom itself was a remarkable entity. It emerged around 1350 and by 1540 had developed into the Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor, paramount chiefdom in the southern Appalachian ridge and American Pfwmof1. Another biography of valley province. Dozens of other chiefdoms were, Jccording a tlawed political giant. Flichard Daley to Spanish accounts, ''subject" to Coosa, perhaps some created Chicago as a modern city but, in 50,000 people in all. The lands controlled by Coosa were the process, reinforced some of urban described as among the richest and most densely populated America's worst Jttributes - bossism, that the Spanish had encountered, and the chief of Coosa racism, and graft. Cohen and Taylor (no, himself was described as the powerful ruler of a vast terri­ not that Taylor) argue that Daley "may tory. By 1560 Coosa was in decline. Population had f..11l en have saved Chicago," then go on to dramatically, and the chiefdom itself was no longer a unified show us who got what, in a quintessen­ political entity. What happened between 1540 and 1560? tially American story of power, pride, The search for an answer to that question is at the he:ll't of and prejudice. the book. Phillip Lopate, ed., Wn'rir~(! Nell' York: A Literary Anrholoj!y. Jared Diamond, Cu11s, Germs, and Steel: The Fates t!f Huma11 What better time for a literary celebration of the world's Societies. Physiologist DiJmond nude scores of anthropolo­ bravest city? It's all here, an incomparable feast for the gists jt·alous with the publication of Guns, Germs, and Srecl. mind and soul- from Whitman to Runyan to Ginsberg to In it he asks the question: Why did Western culture end up Wolfe (both of them), across almost two centuries of sp reading across the globe? His answer rests only in pan on Gotham's life and times. No need to read its 1,023 pages the title's triumvirate of guns (which allowed conquest of start to finish; stroll through it as if you were in New York otherwise powerful militJ.ry states). germs (which aided con­ on a lazy summer afternoon. quest by killing off millions before the guns were ever in Robert Cowley, ed., What (f?: Tl1e World's Foremost Military range), and steel (which in part is a metaphor for industrial Historians lma,(!inc IVhat i\11((!111 Hill'(' Bccu. Wish I had thought technology). The other part of his answer is an ecological of this one. Twenty historians, including james McPherson, one- Western Europe was beneficially located. Phrased in Stephen Ambrose, and David McCullough, ponder the way this way, Diamond's argument seems pass&, almost quaint, thint.rs might have been if even one detail had changed. A but in Diamond's cJpable hands the argument gains sophis­ book that illustrates one of history's most important lessons: ticMion and power (which is what makes anthropologists No outcomt· is inevitable. jealous, as few of us can write as well as Diamond, even

Llwrcl/cc 7(Jday 2 9 Susan Richards Claudena Skran Uui!Jersity librarian tllld associtllc prcifessor Associate pr(ifi:ssor cif goFemmem Zadie Smith, White Teeth. A first novel by a very talented Robert Putnam, BouJ/ing A lo11e. Putnam writer, it is part comedy, part tragedy, with a strong dose of is a H arvard political scientist who has irony throughout. The main characters are Archie, a white, tracked the decline of civic engagement working-class Englishman, and Samad, a Muslim from since 1945. According to Putnam, Bangladesh, who had fought together in the British Anny people born since 1945 bowl alone during the Second World War. Archie's Jamaican wife and more, join the PTA less, and are less Samad's Uengal spouse also become unlikely cohorts. The socially active than people born before adventures and misadventures of these four friends (and the Second World War. He looks at sometimes foes), their multiracial children, and their friends several explanations fo r this decline, in North London provide a springboard for author Smith including the impact of education, tele­ to explore the rdigious and cultural directions taken by vision, rhe women's movement, and children of immigrants. This novel got rave reviews, and suburbanization. He also offers suggestions about how w it deserves them. Smith is an eloquent writer who captures revive civic participation in the U.S. the immigranc experience and generational conflict with convincing realism and much sympathy. T homas Friedman, The Lexm and the Olilll' Tree. This is one of the better popular books on globalization and its C:l. uses. Donnie Sendelbach It is especially good at showing how technological achieve­ Lee/mer iu Russian ments and nationalistic attachrncnts go lund in hand. Fried­ man is a Pulitzer J>rize-winning foreign atT:tirs columnist for Alexander Pasternak, A Vauislted Prese111: T'l1e i\4emoirs (if ~171e New York Ti111es. Alexa11der flastemak. This insightful account of Russian middle-class life at the turn of the last century also presents Ahmed Rashid, Taliba11. This book gives a thorough an intimate look at one of Russia's most talented f:nnilies. account of the Taliban. It does an especially good job of While L3oris Pasternak, Alexander's brother, rect·ived world­ explaining how the warrior culture of the Taliban shaped wide acclaim with a Nobel Prize, Alexander found his own their view of women. niche as :m architect, who helped design Lenin's mausoleum Their f.1ther and mother were, moreover, a well-known Jane Parish Yang painter and accomplished pianist, respectively. The f.1ct that Associarc pnifessM ~f F:asr Asim1 la11g11a.ges and wlwres political circumstances later led ro the physical separation of Lothar Ledderose, Te11 7"1wusaud 771ingc Module a11d Mass the f.1rnily make these memoirs bittersweet. Personal Prodll(tioll iu Chi11ese Art. Ledderose argues that the unique accounts of events, such as the 1905 Revolution, provide the modular system of radical and phonetic parts devised for reader with a unique view of history. written Chinese characters carried over to modular systems Victor Pclevin, T!IC L!fi.• (if h1seas. Pekvin creates a quirky, for mass production of art objects, most notably the huge Kafkaesque world in which beings are both insects and cache of underground terra cotfa soldiers near X ian. This is humans at the same time. While sharply critiquing post­ the most original book on traditional China I have read in Soviet life, the author ponders existential questions shared years. across cultural and political divides. This novel is a fun but not light read. Richard L. Yatzeck Ludmilla Pcrrushevskaya, Immortal Lwe. Petrushevskaya has Pn~(essor .if Rr~ssian often been compared with Chekhov because of her accurate J. L. Carr, A Momh in the Cor111try. Gen­ insight into the human psyche, as demonstrated in this uine love and honor, even in Yorkshire. collection of short stories. Modern life appears stark in her Mana Morazzoni, The hwemio11 lifTruth. works, each of which contains a character or characters who Some particular human uses of art. elicit some degree of sympathy. My personal f.worite is "Our Circle," whose protagonist appears ro be an oddly abrasive Tracy Chevalier, Girl With a Pearl Earrittl!· woman. Although not in this collection, I also highly For Vermeer fanciers only. recommend her "Medea." Dunnett, Dorothy, The Ki11g's Game. Sheer escape into Scottish history.

30 Spri11g 2002 Picks for kids Donald U. Johnson has tak~n the life lessons of Henry David Thoreau and produced a channing pictme book, //('llr)' Some of our f.tc ulty book-f.-mcicrs also suggested books for Hikes to Firddmr;J. Henry, here a bear, ambles to Fitchburg children: while admiring the natural world around him, whik his T he Mesozoic Era is greatly overrepresented in children's lit­ friend, caught up in the modern f.1st-moving world, arrives erature. Dinosaur books for children are as overabundant as at about the same time, exhausted. It is a beautifully illus­ Cretaceous vegetation, and their sheer weight on library trated, subtle introduction to the philosophy of Thoreau shelves riv:tls that of a large sauropod. So it is refreshing to with reference to contemporaries such as Emerson and discover books about prehistory tint do nor rely on the Hawthorne. Henry Builds a Ca/Ji11 will be available soon. charisllla of dinosaurs to engage children's imaginations. - Bi'lh DeSrasio Two such books are R..~(!lll Here 011 l11is Spor, by Sharon Hart Addy (illustrated by john Cbpp), and Stone Wo/1 Snrets, by Kristine and Robert Thorson (illustr:ued by Gustav Some books for very young children Moore). Both give children a glimpse of the rich record of (our ddest granckhild is only 5) that will Deep Time that lies in the earth beneath their feet. amuse the readers as well as the ones

R((!ht Here 011 This Spot, writt~n by a native of Wisconsin, being read to: uses a newly plowed field as its portal for time travel. A Doreen Cronin, Click, Clark, .\too: Cows f.t nner's plow uncovers a Civil War-vintage button, a stone rhat Type. This is J Caldecott Medalist arrowhead, and a gla cial boulder. The vanished landscapes and a hoot! that these objects recall arc evocatively depicted in the text and iiJustrarions. Audrey Wood, Don Wood, Kin,(! Bid­ .i!ood's ill the Bmf1t11b. The illustrations are outstanding. Sto11e W(1!1 Serre/5 delves deeper into geologic rime and is intended for older childrt•n (ages 9 and up). Set on a New Helen Lester, Lynn Munsingcr, A Pormpine ,\,'amed Fh![Ty. England f.mn, the book follows a grandf.tther and grandson Another funny book. on an autumn walk as they considt·r an offer by an urban The whole Fro,(! a11d Toad series, by Arnold Lobel. stonenuson to buy the rocks from the f.trm's old drystone walls. As they walk along the walls, the grandf.tther speaks of Margaret Wise l3rown, H(!! R.cd Bam. Everyone knows the childhood memories the stones awaken in him. Then the Goodll((!lll J\!oo11; this other Urown book is just as gentle and appealing. stones themselves set·m to awaken and tell th~ir own stories of glaciers, oceans, earthquakes, and volcanoes. The text is -Carol.\lason technically accurate and substannve enough to interest adulr.s who would like to learn to "read" rocks and landscapes. And there arc no dinosaurs in sight. A book from rny own childhood is still - .\ larria ~jomerruf ~d ·- in print and on my personal libraty shelves. Holling Clancy Holing first to-tlie-Sea wrote, illustrated. and published Paddlt­ Richard J>eck, A Lm.i! Jllayfro/11 Chicago. to-tl!c-Sca in 1941. A young Indian boy This is a superb read-out-loud f.1mily carves a small canOt' from pine, t•ngravt·s novel tlut chronicles the summer visits on the bottom "]>]case put me back in of a brother and sistl'f with their rather watt•r. I am Paddle to the Sea," and outrageous grandmother. Grandma places the toy in melting snow near Lake doesn't exactly follow the letter of the Nipigon. For four yt·ar:. the canoe floats law, but she is full of a sense of f.1ir play through the Great Lakes on a series of "adventures," even­ nonetheless. The childrt·n \c;lrn to follow tually Jrriving in the Grand Uanks. This i~ how I firs t learned along, and they find that Grandma has about the Great Lakes. Paddle-to-rile-Sea is still a rewarding "eyes in the back of her heart." The and ddightfully illustrated book for young readers. sequeL A Year Dowu Youdcr, is almost -Rex,\lycrs as good; both books deserve the Newberry awards they have won.

Esther Forbes,Jolmll)' Tre111ai11. We read this classic historical R obert McCloskey, .\lake ll'ay .fn Durklill,f.!S. A story of novel aloud on car trips. It is terrific for fomth- or fifth­ kindness, loyalty, and love, set in one of America's most graders, but our first-grader loved it as well. Young Johnny delightful cities (Uoston), and don't we net•d these qualities introduces children to the R evolutionary War and the more than ever today? My f.worite childhood book, with a historical figures thereof, the concept of apprenticeship, and permanent place on my bookshelf what can be m~ant by duty and honor. - Jerry Podair

LawrC//cc Tbday 3 I Our moment to get serious about global poverty By Charles Ahlgren

Stephen Edward Scarff Memorial Visiting Professor Charles Afdgrm retired in '1997 ajfa a 30-year career ll!ith the aware of this growing disparity. t":orei~n Semice. Specializing i11 economic qffilirs, ftis State Dcpart­ Herein lies the danger. T he U nited States is sadly me/11 posti11gs hal'c taken him to Addis Ababa, Etfn'opia; Siuxaporc; deluded if it believes it can exist as an island of peace and Ct1petoum mul So11tl1 Afrim; ltflellington, f\iew Zealand; prosperity in such a sea of poverty and despair. Our world and Caracas, From 1986-89, he was {()II Sill ,!!CIICml i11 has shrunk, and in the new, globalized, highly interdepen­ ChimJ.~ 1VIai, Tfwilal/{1, supcmisi11g tile United Stares' ami­ dent world, we in the developed countries will be increas­ narmtics qfforrs in rf1e "Golden Trian,i!lr" re~io11 of Sorahcost A sia. ingly affected by event<> in the Third World. In the new A mcm!Jer c!f rhe Peace Corps in the pro,l!ram's i1!(a11c)', he tau.gllf global economy, our interests, needs, and indeed our very ar the Unil:crsiry c~{ N((!criafrom 1962-6-1 !Jcforejoinin,e rh e Stare ckstinics arc inextricably linked. Dcpm·1ment i11 f 967. As Sca ~n· Pr

Lawrc 11ce 1bday 33 that we can no longer a!Tord to be complacent about Third I strongly believe that if the United States doesn't get World economic 6ilure; it menaces our very way of life. involved and doesn't show leadership at this juncture, this Self-intert•st, as much as humanitarian impulses, requires that will be another failed initiative. T he U.S. contribution to America makes a new and profound effort to case global the initiative would be about S15 billion a year- a lot of poverty, ignorance, and disease. money, certainly, but less than the supplemental appropria­ tions requested just for the Pentagon this year and next. Idealists can support this as the right thing to do, as it will We need not act alone reduce world poverty, disease, and hunger, but there are What policies should the United States pursue to address reasons why realists, too, should support this initiative: these concerns? Given our rather dismal track record with Doesn't it makes sense to spend a fraction of our homeland development to date, is there anything we can do that might defense budget to prevent more f.1iled states that harbor ter­ work better than in the past? rorists? To have a more developed world to trade with? To To begin with, we need not go it alone. There is a avoid costly interventions abroad? growing international consensus that the moment has arrived to once again step up the war on global powrty. T he United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Millen­ Foreign aid that works nium Declaration, which commits member governments to What is to prevent addition:1l aid fro m being wasted by work toward an ambitious set of development goals for the inefficient or corrupt Third World regimes, as has so often year 2015. By that date, the U.N. hopes to reduce inf.1nt been the case? It should be made clear that the U. N. mortality by 75 percent, achieve universal primary educa­ plan does not advocate simply giving large sums to Third tion, and reverse the spread of AIDS. World governments; rather, it is a very balanced and doable It is easy to be cynical about the United Nations and the plan. Moreover, in the past, too much of our own aid has imernat10n:1l community. In the past they have often set gone for security or other political purposes, not for human­ lofty goals and then ignored them. Unlike many previous itarian relief or poverty reduction. Where we hm'e given undertakings, however, the Millennium Declaration provides humanitarian or development aid, we've had some notable for the establishment of a mechanism w mobilize financial successes. resources to achieve its development goals, and it has estab­ There are enough "lessons learned" that we can now lished a high-kvel panel on financing development, hc:1dcd target aid in a much more effective manner. We have seen, by former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Zedillo has for example, that a little can go a long way in tipping the bal­ reconunendcd a comprehensive list of actions to be carried ance towards successful outcomes - vaccination programs, out in the areas of trade, debt relic( and investment, not just for example, or micro-credit projects. T his is particularly in the area of foreign aid. His report does, however, call for true in the field of health, where such relatively cheap doubling the amount of foreign aid to be given to poo1 measures as distributing bed nets so:1kcd with insect repcllanr countries each year for the next 13 years. This would require and providing rehydrating fluids can make a tremendous an additional SSO billion a year from the West and Japan. difference. The British have already strongly endorsed the goals of The World H ealth Org:1nization recently issued a this new U.N. initiative and have announced that they will report by a group of economists and health experts, headed increase their foreign aid by 45 percent over the next three by Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard, on the links between macro­ years. The IJush administration, however, Ins yet to show economics and health . T he report shows that just a few any enthusiaslll for this endeavor. While a Senate resolution health conditions are responsible for a high proportion of calling for tripling foreign aid over five years is gaining the avoidable deaths in the poor countries and that a hand­ bipartisan support, Secretary of the T reasury O'Neill is ful of well-targeted measures could save the lives of around known to be skeptical and Republican House leaders are 8 million people per year. Since a healthy workforce is openly hostile. They seem to be sticking to their long-stand­ required for economic growth, investment in health care ing position that market forces, and market forces alone, arc pays five- or sixfold dividends to the economy. all that is required to pull the Third World up. We can and should link our aid to specific performance My work in developing countries tells me that market indicators, such as increases in primary school enrollment. forces alone l!'tlll'l be enough - many African countries, We should also ta rget aid ro those countries that practice especially, :1re just too poor to achieve sustained economic pro-growth macroeconomic policies and initiate democratic growth by themselves, and they lack the necessal)' infra­ reforms. R eforms arc also needed in the world trade and structure to attract foreign investment. Even given debe financial systems. A reduction of developed-country agricul­ relief and duty-free access to developed markets, there still tur3l subsidies, for example, would greatly benefit Third are many developing countries that desperately need foreign World agricultural export prospects. aid to move forward, which is why we must contribute our The war on world poverty, like the war on terrorism, share of the new U.N. aid initiative. won't be easy, quick, or cost-free to win, but we cannot

34 Spriug 2002 Jared Carlson, '02, Professor Ahlgren, Michelle Ryan, '02, and Farzin Haque, '04

We cannot continue to claim global leadership on the cheap. continue to claim global leadership on the cheap. Whatever support the new international effort to help the world's poor. victory in the war on poverty tnay cost, in the long run it Not only is it in our own best interests, it is the right thing will be cheaper than the tragic consequences of continuing to do. We may be a Scrooge nation, but growing up in to neglect the Third Work\. Appleton I learned that we are not a nation of Scrooges. No. We are a people of compassion, grace, and charity. I try to impress on my students that, as sons ~md daugh~ A Defining Moment ters of L:1wrcnce, they are among the privil eged of this Properly managed, and with a little imagination, develop~ world. Consequently, they have an obligation to serve, a ment assistJncc cJn work. We should seize the moment, get responsibility toward present and future generations. This is involved in the new globJI development coalition tlut is true, of course, for all of us. forming, and help create a Marsh:1ll Plan for the new era, the just as the Second World War was the defining moment erJ of globJlization. Without economic development, none for Tom Brokaw's Greatest Generation, this is our moment. of America's goals in the world - pe:1ce, detnocracy, If we can seize it, we will be remembered not just for expanding market<>, hunun rights, the preservation of the winning a cold war or the war on terrorism, but for having global environment - can be achieved. answered the ancient call of the Prophet Isaiah to " Undo the The time h:1s come to reengage, to demonstrate global heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free." LT leadership on the issue of Third World development. We must not let the opportunity slip away and must fully + \VW\v.lawrence.edu/ about/scarff

Lawre11ce Today 35 ears fi·om now, when I visit Ne'v York City with my lives of sons, dal1ghters, wives. husbands, IJ children, J will take them to my old office in Rector bthers, and mothl'P.; who survived. The Street, a block and a half south of the World Trade sight of an engagemem ring in a Nazi Center, and I will trv to tell them what it was like on the property inventory, which served as a morning of Scptcmb~r 11, 2001. No doubt they will have blueprint fOr confiscation as well as the seen countless images of the anacks, studied them in hisrory assessment of punitive taxes, is moving class, and watched the constnJnion of the buildings and enough, but it becomes utterly heart­ monuments that will replace the towers. Hopefully, by that breaking after listening to the woman on whose hand it rime we wilJ h<~ve a wider context for Scptcrnbcr ! 1. We rightfully belongs speak fondly of a long-murdered husband. will have learned more about the underlying causes of Such close contact with those atTected by the Holo­ the ;macks, as well as their execution. The first evidence of caust, however, even when co111bined with half a century their lasting effects, fi·om global politics to local security, w ill of schobrly an:~lysi s, can only provide us with a dimly have emerged. refi·acted version of the event itself. .13cforc September 11, To these broadened perspectives, I 'viii add lilY firsthand this lessened my ~lbility to comprehend some of the actions account in an eflOrt to give my children an idea of how the of our claimants. For example, before fleeing Germany in events of the day unfolded through my eyes. I doubt that 1940, one fatnily elected to leave the property that consti­ any of this will explain to their satisf:tction why a handful of tutes their claim with a man who held a position of leader­ zealots so carefully planned and carried out the murder of ship in their synagogue. I found it difficult to imagine how, thousands of innocent people. If they arc old enough, I will in 1940, with the Nazis in undeniable asccndance, one explain to them the work I was doing on September 11 and would choose such an obvious target as a custodian. how it rook rhat unthinkable day to deepen my understand­ And yet, I found it equally difficult to explain the ing of one of the most unf.1thomable events of all time, the absolute :md transfixing power of the sight of the stricken Holocaust. rowers ro those who asked, quire righrJy, "Why didn't you R ector Street is the home of the New York State Uank­ inuucdiatcly run for your lives?" We certainly had :nnpk ing Department, \vhere I work for the Holocaust Claims warning. Perhaps three minutes after the first crash, a Processing Office (H C PO ). Founded in 1997 by Governor colleague who lives in Tri13eCa and walks to work called George Pataki, the HCPO assist~ Holocaust survivors and from just north of the T rade Center, distraught and fright­ their heirs in reclaiming bank accounts, insurance policies, ened, ro say that she had seen a plane hit one of the rowers. and art stolen or confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution. Likewise, local public radio, broadcasting from the Municipal We help claimants locate documentary evidence of their Building, a stone's throw fi·om the Trade Center, reponed original ownership of asset'>, as well as proof of wartime the crash almost immediately. theft. The 1-IC PO then prt·senrs cbims to appropriate Nom.•thdcss, I went down to sec for myself. The street bodies, which include class-action settlements, omnibus \Vas slightly more crowded chan usual, bur there was no adjudicative organizations, and individual n1useums and panic, and little noi~e. Thick. black Sllloke billowing furi­ companies. ously out of the north rower obscured the top of the south One of the tragic privileges of the HCPO's work is the rower. How awful, I thought. that's at least eight or ten opportunity to become acquainted with those who perished floors of people dead or injured before the fire is contained. in the H olocaust through the loving recollections of those Riveted, I walked a block north, scarcely aware that I was who Stll"Vived. Simply and directly, the correspondence and moving, kt alone moving closer to danger. For perhaps photographs shared by claimants transcend the anonymity three minutes I watched. unbelieving, as thickening plumes often inherent in the epic scale of Nazi genocide, reminding of paper-flecked smoke streamed across the platinum f..1yade us that the Holocaust claimed not simply millions, but mil­ of the south tower. lions of individuals. In turn, one begins to understand that Before going downstairs, I had called my parents in ewry person lost represents several unfillable holes in the Oregon co tell them that they would soon be hearing of the

36 Spri11g 2002 plane crash and to assure them that we were fine. Luckily, "Oh god, oh god god, it's falling, it's falling, it's falling!" this meant that they were watching the news when the screamed. I glanced at one of my benumbed second plane hit, about 30 seconds after I returned to the colleagues, only to sec her staring with a look of total office. I raced back to the street, now crammed with shout­ confusion at the apocalyptic cloud where the tower stood a ing, dumbstruck onlookers gaping in horror at the jagged, tnomcnt before. "No," she said, "no, it's not." The dust flaming maw left in the south tower by the second plane. cloud began to boil down the streets, swallowing people Dingy streaks of jet fuel seeped down the fac;:ade, like blood who had starred running too late. My memory flashed to from a split lip, as flaming clouds of smoke boiled from the S£anding on a hill as a child watching Mr. St. Helens erupt, chasm. Although the giddy exhilaration of shock had begun and I began to back up. I looked at my colleague, still star­ to set in, I still felt no great impulse to flee. Nor had we ing in wonderment at the cloud. The sight seemed to carry received any instructions to leave the building. Energized the power of Medusa, turning her to stone midstridc. " It's and focused, it nevertheless felt as if we were trying to swim time to run! We need to run now!" "No," she said again, through corn syrup. My parents phoned back. If we hadn't "no, wha.t do you mean, run?" Uehind her I could sec the yet made the leap to terrorism, they certainly had. onrush of hundreds of people at a dead sprint. We could be "We're being attacked!" they shouted. I said I doubted killed, I thought; this is how people die in riots. "We need it, but wasn't it odd that there were two crashes? I mean to run, or we'll be trampled!" I yelled. really, what kind of pilots fly not one, but two pla nes into We ran. Past people who had £.1llen. Around discarded the tallest buildings in Manhattan? " No! This is terrorism! ba.gs and shoes. Through people pushing others out of the You are in danger! You need to leave now!" way. And ac one point - for me at least - smack into a At first, it seemed strange that the voice of reason and bench. After passing the South Street Seaport we slowed to caution arrived from 3,000 miles away. Slowly, however, I a jog, then a f.lst walk. Every few steps we looked back came to realize that the £m1ily who left their property with anxiously to watch the ominous progress of the cloud. The a synagogue leader would probably be similarly confused at financial district disappeared, followed by the Brooklyn my suspicion of their actions. We both reacted to develop­ Bridge and then Brooklyn itself. We had a. few ragged, ing events as best we could. jewish community leaders often excited, and largely irrational conversations, but for the most occupied elevated positions in Nazi-imposed ghetto govern­ part, we just stumbled north. ment and sometimes did succeed in protecting property. Our progress slowed only when we reached another T he f.1mily could no more have predicted that the Nazis eerily perfect vantage point just in time to see the second would crush this remainingj ewish autonomy than we could tower disintegrate. We arrived at a colleague's East Village imagine that the towers were about to collapse. apartment around noon, powered by fear and adrenaline that Indeed, it took the fall of the first tower to break the would keep most of us from sleeping for the next week, in spell of shock and reveal the true gravity of our circum­ spite of utter exhaustion. I spent some of those sleepless stances. The eight of us in the office left e11 masse, planning hours marveling at how long it had taken us to act on the to head toward the East River and then make our way fact that we were in great danger. Like many of our north. As we began moving slowly east on R ector Street claimants, we had taken a sort of middle path, not leaving through the throng, our progress was slowed not by panic at the earliest and most prudent opportunity but fighting or mayhem but by the difficulty of walking and looking at through shock and disbelief to escape in time to avoid the towers at the same time. We would take a few steps, serious harm. stop, look up, take a few more steps, and stop, unable to Indeed, the £.1ct that I had been so close to the day's look away. Giant pieces of aluminum cladding turned graceful terrible events and yet emerged alive a.nd intact taught me arcs as they fell from the building, looking more like giant something about the power of survivor guilt. For several butterflies than hurtling metal. Smaller objects plummeted weeks I found it difficult to smile or laugh or relax at all straight down through the cascades of debris. Mercifully, we without lapsing into grief for those who would never again were too 6r away to realize what the £.1lling shapes were. be able to enjoy such simple pleasures. One of the most About eight minutes later, we reached Maiden Lane, important lessons I've learned from claimams \Vho lived several blocks directly east of the towers. Turning the cor­ through events entire orders of magnitude more horrifying, ner, all of us looked west and froze at the sight of the mor­ however, is that life, and joy, can and must flower again. tally wounded towers, visible in nearly full view for the first Survivors who have lived most fully after the Holocaust time. Perhaps two seconds later there was a sickening crack, have found ways to make room for hope, ambition, and and the top of the south tower shifted, dipped, and then happiness, as well as grief and remembrance. disappeared straight down into a huge plume of smoke and I feel immensely privileged to follow such an example. dust. In the moment before the street erupted in screams, And even though my heart will break anew when I walk in the only sound was a low rumble, more fe lt than heard, lower Manhattan with my kids, I am sure some of the tears puncruated by a 6int tinkling sound, which I realized later I cry that day will come from the joy of being alive to love was the shattering of thousands of windows. them and be loved by them. LT

Lawrence Today 3 7 Sports

From Sierra Leone to Lawrence, by way of Texas football

By Joe Vanden Acker

38 Spri11g 2002 Sports

One would think hope had Long since died in the heart of Momodu Maligi, after years of civil war, senseless violence, and countless atrocities. But hope is what Maligi, '04, has in abundance.

H ope for his homeland of Sierra Leone. For restoring the Star State's favorite sport, football . He began playing as a faith and spirit of the people. For reconstructing all that was freshman in Houston but admits football frightened him a bit bombed and burned. For rebuilding a shattered economy at first. He was content to be a kicker because of his soccer and government. background, but the coach told him, "You're too big to be Hope is all he has right now. Hope for the future. a kicker." Maligi is one of about 5 million people who call Sierra "Sports really didn't become a big part of my life until Leone, a small war-torn country in western Africa, home. I moved to Arlington, and then everything changed," says The Lawrence University sophomore has lived in the Maligi, an academic All-Midwest Conference selection at United States since 1995, but his heart rests with the country lawrence this past f.1ll. "That's when I became a football of his birth, and the promise of a brighter outlook for the player." world's poorest nation. Lawrence head football coach Dave Brown had con­ "I have to go back. I have to go back," Maligi says tacted Maligi in high school, but he was set on attending the softly but firmly. " It's something I want to do. It's some­ University of South Dakota, his f.1ther's alma mater. His thing I feel I have to do." status as an international student caused havoc with obtain­ Maligi had always planned on going back to his home­ ing an athletic scholarship at the NCAA Division II school, land after he finished college in the United States, but he and he was forced to make other plans. That prompted a call didn't anticipate arriving in America when he did. T he start back to Brown. of a civil war in March 1991 unexpectedly changed his "I asked Coach Brown if I could still come and he said, plans. The civil war in neighboring Liberia helped spawn 'Yes.'" the brutal Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and suddenly Just four days before he joined the football team for f.1ll Sierra Leone had a civil war of its own. A military coup camp in 2000, Maligi received all the paperwork telling him in April 1992 ousted President Joseph Saidu Momoh and he was officially a Lawrence student. put Valentine Stasser in power. In 1994, Strasser agreed to a " Like all other things in my life, I was moving too two-year transition to multi-party democracy, with elections quickly," says Maligi, who played linebacker for the Vikings set for 1996. as a freshman and sophomore but will switch to fullback in Maligi's f.1the r, Samuel, was the country's former Secre­ 2002. tary of State and a presidential candidate. He decided in At first reluctant to come to Lawrence, Maligi, a gov­ April 1995 that the situation was becoming too dangerous ernment and philosophy major, now says he "can't imagine for his son to remain in Freetown, the nation's capital. being anywhere else." He cites the rigorous academics, the " I didn't know anything about it until the night before people, and the Lawrence community as reasons for his I was supposed to leave," Maligi says. "My parents said, 'Go respect and love for the school. get your stuff ready. You're going to America."' " I really like it," he says. " If I had come up here and On April 22, 1995, Maligi left for the United States, spent some time here and talked to the people, I would have and he hasn't been back since. chosen Lawrence, even over South Dakota." "At first you're excited, but then it hits you that you Maligi then tells the tragic story of his cousin, 27-year­ might not go back for years and years," he says. " I wanted old Joe Tucker, a medical student from Kalamazoo, Michi­ to go back as soon as I got here. I hated it." gan. Tucker and Maligi had bonded like brothers when he Maligi, who hasn't seen his father since 1996 and his first came to the United States, and it was a stunning shock mother, Dentuma, since 1999, eventualJy settled in Arling­ when word of Tucker's death came in late October. Tucker ton, Texas, with ::m uncle. As a teenager in Texas, he was had been visiting Sierra Leone, and although the circum­ quickly introduced to the Friday night lights of the Lone stances surrounding his death remain murky, Maligi says his

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cousin received J medical injection civilians were killed in the fighting. and had a violent reaction. Tucker, whole ideology, change the In July 1999, Ka bbah and R UF his lungs collapsing, was robbed and leader Foday Sankoh signed a left to die. With no f.1mily to lean on way people think, change peace agreement outlining a transi­ during this tragic time, Maligi found tional government. T he United a support network on campus. Nations established a peacekeeping "With all the stuff I've been people's expectations of force in Sierra Leone later that year through this year and considering the to oversee the agreement and help kind of love and support I get at government. disarm and disband the R UF Lawrence, this is probably the best forces. The agreement collapsed in place I could be right now," he says. May 2000, when RUF forces While Maligi adjusted to life in clashed with the UN peacekeepers. America (his teenaged sisters, Kamch Sankoh was captured as he and Samantha, are now also living in attempted to fl ee Freetown and Texas), the civiJ war raged on in remains imprisoned today. Sierra Leone. The first multi-parry elections in nearly three More than 12,000 UN peacekeepers are in Sierra Leone, decades put Ahmed Tejan Kabbah in power in March 1996, and they have disarmed more than 45,000 RUF fighters but a military coup in May 1997 placed a coalition of the since May 2001. On January 12, 2002, the closure of the last Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (A FRC) and RUF in disarmament camp took place in Kailahun , in the diamond­ charge. rich eastern part of Sierra Leone. It is believed more than T he stories of atrocities by the AFRC/RUF are 30,000 people died in the conflict. horrible beyond belief The H uman Rights Watch says, " H opefully, the international community will get "many thousands of civilians have been raped; deliberately involved and the few good people who are left will try ro mutilated, often by amputation; or killed outright in a cam­ change things," Maligi said. "I can hope that our generation paign by the AFRC/RUF. Men, women, and children , will come in and solidify that change." probably numbering in the thousands, have been abducted Maligi believes that one change the country needs is by the AFRC/ RUF for use as combatants, forced laborers, financial independence. He says it must control its natural or sexual slaves." resources, especially the lucrative diamond mines. When the AFRC/ RUF took over Freetown, the atroc­ "My country could be one of the richest in Africa; ities hit the Maligi family. The second husband of Maligi's instead it's the poorest country in the world," he says. " It grandmother and his son were burned to death in their . doesn't make any sense." home by AFRC/f~UF forces. Maligi's grandmother, already A more difficult change may be altering how the Sierra ill, died a few weeks later. Leonean people perceive their government and its power. "There is no law for war in Africa; everything goes. "You have to structure the constitution in such a way They find out who they think is the enemy and they do that you can't have military coups; you can't have people whatever," Maligi says. "You're not dealing with a disci­ staying in power for 30, 40 years," he says. "You have to plined force. You're dealing with a bunch of hooligans." change the whole ideology, change the way people think, Things began to turn for Sierra Leone in February 1998, change people's expectations of government." when Nigerian troops raking parr in a peacekeeping force in He believes that any hope of effecting that change rests Liberia mounted an offensive against the AFRC/RUF and with the young men and women of his generation. took control of Freetown. Kabbah returned to office from "When the people who have been educated in the his exile in Guinea, but that didn't stop the AFRC/RUF United States and those who have been educated in Africa from conducting a campaign of atrocities in the countryside. and been through the struggles come together, I think it will Thousands of civilians were killed, raped, or mmilated to be something very special for Sierra Leone," he says. " I think send a message of intimidation to Kabbah's government. that's the hope." Nigerian forces repelled :1 large-scale assault on Free­ There's always hope. LT town by the AFRC/RUF in January 1999, but thousands of

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During the 2001 fall sports season lawrence University won two championships, and records fell in abundance. The women's cross country team won its second Midwest Conference championship in three years, and the women's soc­ cer squad won the MWC Tournament title and earned its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III Championships. Courtney Miller, '03, and Valerie Curtis, '03, led Lawrence's charge at the cross country championships. Miller took second and Curtis was third, as Lawrence won the title with 41, beat­ ing second-place Carroll College by six points. Sally Schonfeld, '02, was seventh, Lisa Tranel. '02, took 11th, and Anna Stock­ hausen, '05, was 18th to round out the scoring for Lawrence. Miller, Curtis, Schonfeld, and Tranel all earned both all-confer­ ence and academic all-conference honors. Jess Moser, '04, was also an academic all-conference selection. The men's cross country team placed ninth at the confer­ ence championships. Eric Davis, '02, and Peter Navis, '03, both earned academic all-conference honors. Women's soccer added another first to the program's history in 2001. After winning a conference championship and earning a NCAA tournament berth for the first time in 2000, the Vikings won a NCAA tournament game for the first time in 2001. Lawrence, which finished second in the conference regular-sea­ son standings, beat St. Norbert College 1-0 in overtime to win the MWC Tournament crown and earn a spot in the NCAA cham­ pionships. Lawrence had the honor of hosting a first-round game and got two goals from forward Megan Tiemann, '02, to beat Aurora University 2-1. The Vikings, who finished with a Courtney Miller, '03, runs away from the rest of the field at the record-setting 13 wins and a 13-6-1 record, fell 5-0 at St. Norbert College Invitational on September 8, 2001. Miller won Willamette University in the second round. the race and capped her season by taking second at the Midwest Conference Championships. Tiemann was named the MWC Player of the Year for the second time, and Moira Ruhly earned conference Coach of the Year honors. Tiemann finished a spectacular career as Lawrence was eighth in the conference standings with a 3-5-1 Lawrence's career leader in goals, assists, and points. In three record. Tom Conti, '02, was a fi rst-team all-conference defender seasons, Ruhly has compiled the best winning percentage (.623, for the second consecutive season and was one of only six 31-22-4) of any coach in the program's history. Goalkeeper players from the MWC to be named to the National Soccer Katie Wilkin, '03, was a first-team all-conference selection, and Coaches Association of America All-Central Region team. defenders Sandi Blick, '02, and Tiffany Campbell, '02, made the Conti, Matt Gray, '02, Andy Hackbarth, '03, Tom Murphy, second team. '03, and Matt Weston, '02, were all named to the academic all­ Danata Janofsky, '03, Molly Johannessen, '03, Lauren conference team. Preisen,'02, and Sarah Slivinski, '03, were all named to the The volleyball team enjoyed a record-setting season under academic all-conference team. first-year head coach Kendra Marlowe. The Vikings posted the The men's soccer team made some big strides in 2001. best record in school history at 19-12, finished third in the MWC After winning just one game in 2000, the Vikings improved to Championships, and broke 19 school records. 5-10-1 in 2001 and compiled their best MWC record since 1997. Middle hitters Kayte Hansen, '02, and Lis Pollock, '03, were Sports

MWC, and posted wins over Macalester College and Lake Forest College. Wide receiver Zach Michael, '04, broke a handful of school records and led Lawrence's selections to the all·conference team. The Apple· ton native was a second-team all-conference selection and caught 77 passes for 1,207 yards and 11 touchdowns. He fi nished sixth in the nation in receiving yards per game (120.7) and tenth in receptions per game (7.7). Michael broke the school records for receptions in a sea­ son and for catches and receiving yards in a game when he grabbed 15 passes for 279 yards against Monmouth College. He also teamed with quarterback R.J. RosenthaL '04, to break the record for Longest play from scrimmage, when Michael caught a 96 -yard touchdown pass against Monmouth. Linebacker Scott Dummert, '02, safety Jacques Hacquebord, '04, and tight end Chris McGinley, '03, were all named to the all-confer­ ence second team. Safety Nate Keller, '03, and fullback J .C. Radliff, '02, received honorable Lawrence's Alyssa Spyksma, left, battles St. Norbert's Gena Schaepe for the boll mention. during a Midwest Conference game on October 9. The Vikings defeated the Green Momodu Maligi, '04, Dave Saydack, '04, Knights 2-1. Justin Seaman, '02, and Ryan Zutter, '03, all made the academic all-conference team. both named first-team All-MWC and setter Bridget Griesbach, The women's tennis team finis hed eighth at the MWC '04, and outside hitter Jenny Burris, '04, made the second Championships. Justine Reimnitz, '05, led the Vikings by reach- team. Pollock, Hansen, and Griesbach were among the national ing the consolation finals at No.6 si ngles, and she teamed with leaders in several categories, led by Pollock finishing 12th in Amy Gammon, '05, to get to the consolation finals at No. 3 ki lls per game at 4.84. doubles. Meadow Brennan, '04, also reached the consolation Both Pollock and Tricia Freiburger, '03, made the academic finals at No. 3 singles. JVA all-conference team. The football team struggled to a 2-8 finish, 1-7 in the + http:jjwww.lawrence.edu/mediaj sportsnews

42 Spri11g 2002 Alunzni Today

Lawrence Universit y Lawrence 1927 Milwau kee-Downe r 1941 Alumni Association Murna Wickert Weller, Appleton, is Frances Ruez Buelow is a member of celebrating her 75th reunion this June, the Shorewood, Wisconsi11, Historical Walter J. Isaac, '64 and her daughter, J anis Weller Mink, Society and has bt·en helping to prepare President '52, will celebrate her 50th. Murna has a year-long program to celebrate the been class secretary for 19'27 for over 1OO th birthday of the village. Stephanie Howard Vrabec, '80 50 years. Ann Sullivan Nelson, Madison, s.1ys Vice President that her interests center around books - Lawrence 1932 rare books, libraries, book groups, and Janice Daniels Quinlan, '74 even used-book sales - and she is an Director of Alumni Relations Arlisle Verhulst Ackermann, She­ boygan, had a stroke in May, 2001, but active member of the University of Wisconsin Friends of Libraries. Her Andrea M. Powers, '94 is reported to be doing well. She was a daughtn, Susan Nelson Goldsmith, Associate Director of Alumni Relations church organist and choir director until age 80 and, until her illness, still sang in '65, is a member of the Lawrence Cara M. Helmke, '00 the choir and played piano in church. University 13o;lrd of Trustees. Special Events Assistant Mildred Bond Scardina, Cincinnati, Lawrence 193 7 Ohio. retired as an occupational and Board of Directors 65t h Re u nion, June 21-23, 2002 learning-disabilities therapist in the Dorothy Terp Donnersberger, public schools. She taught worbhops on Christopher H. Anderson, '02 Onekama, Michigan, says she is ·'alive sensory integration with learning and William E. Beringer, '50 and well. comparatively.'' She spends behavior problems. She enjoys playing Margi Briggs-Lofton, '76 winters in Summerbnd Key, Florida. bridge and reading and, with her hus­ Betty Domrose Brown, M-0 '47 band, Virgil, tr:w cls frequently to visit Kathleen W. Callaghan, C '99 Milwaukee-Downer 1938 6mily in New York State, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Mary l. Carlson-Mason, '72 Hallie Wolff D ew 's daughter \Vrites John R. Chandler. '77 fron1 j a111aica Plains, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Van Buskirk Deckman, '85 ''Mother has Alzheimers and currently Lawrence 1943 6 0th Reunion, June 2003 lives in a nursing home near me. She Robert J. Dude, '64 David F. and Polley Hartquist continues to love to read and is able to Joshua R. Dukelow, '02 Cosgrove live in Lisle, Illinois. Dave see and hear without aids. Sh ~ is Diane Bass Greatwood, C '53 writes: " I am disappointed that there is delighted \vhen her daughters vi~it or Todd W. Hausmann, '85 such :1 lack o f news about the Class of call. She was a producing artist in clay Daniel Hurley, '02 '43. Of course, maybe we have all done and print media from ages 20 to 78 and our 'big thing,' won our Nobel Prize, Walter J. Isaac, '64 a school guidance co unselor for ten years had 17 grandchildren, etc .. but in all that Peter G. Kelly, '87 after her younger daughter, Patsy Dew, time, with all that experience, we must Kathleen Karst Larson, '60 '69, left for college. She also refinished have formed some valuable opinions and Nancy Moran Larson, '48 and sold antiques and continues tO love questions about education and social life Curtis G. lauderdale, '01 color, g:1rdens, and music." at Lawrence. So, to prime the pump, I Georgia Schneider Houser , Milwau­ Andrew D. McNeilL '79 have wrinen this poem about all the kee, retired after teaching private school Jo Howarth Noonan, '78 golden things about campus life for 20 years in Whitefish Bay. Susan Voss Pappas, '69 expressed in the songs and stories for Mary Meixner, Hanland, writes chat, Kelty M. Carroll Rhodes, '89 those of the '40s, which I hope will although she has moved away, she still Soozung W. Sa, '89 bring some response." pays attention to her old neighborhood Jessica Seaberg, '00 in Milwaukee. She is helping a new Barbara Martin Smith, '67 public elementary school's art room go Class of '43 Betty Grausnick Sonnemann, M-D '48 beyond basic equipment by providing lawrence is beckoning and calling to me. Erin E. Stahowiak, '94 additions such as looms. paper-making I've been gone fo r so many years. Jacob G. Stockinger, Jr., '68 forms, sewing machines, a tile m;1ker, a Do the elms on the campus still whisper light table, and portable art gallery, to work with the Into the modern students' ears? lee W. Traven, '52 children on special project.<>. Stephanie Howard Vrabec, '80 C arol Jean Wellbeloved Rahn, San Zachary W. Walker, '01 Juan Capistrano, California, has enjoyed And how about all us expatriates 61 years of happy marriage. She and Out in the world on our own? Patricia Freyburger Watson, M-D '53 husband Kenneth live in their own vilb Do we often t hin k of lawrence, Beth Ann Zinsli, '02 on the grounds of th~ Marbella Country Thomas R. Zoellner, '91 Club. And is it still our dear old home?

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With blanket under one arm? And does Lawrence's Guardia n Angel Doris Angermeyer Beatty, '43, a puppeteer and storyteller for Still keep them from serious harm? Begin ning Alcohol and Addiction Basic Education Studies (BAB ES), visits Head Start sites to teach children about the pe rils And does the pale moon yet glitter of drug and alcohol use, but that is only one of her creative activ­ Down on the mystic Fox? ities. Beatty, who celebrated her 81st birthday in December, first Or have modern climatic changes left it made puppets more than 20 years ago fo r a Sheboygan library A bed of slimy green rocks? program called Tales to Go. Just as the Madison preschoolers can make their own puppets under her direction, children in Sheboy- And does the English department still gan could check out a kit of stories and craft materials to make items that accompa­ churn out nied the stories they were reading. A member of the Women's Fiber Arts Collective, Students producing lucid prose? which makes religious-themed banners and textile-art works, Beatty also has made Has anyone made a survey? hundreds of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, creates quilts for a program for the home­ I guess nobody really knows. less, and makes puppets to teach abused children about appropriate touching and anatomically correct dolls used by social workers and the court system to commu ni­ And then there's the mighty Vi kings cate with children in molestation cases. In a local newspaper article, she commented And the traditional preseason game. that her volunteer work "gets me out of my cozy chair to be with peopte who might Do they still get trounced by little need something to brighten their lives and make daily survival easier." In recogni­ St. Norbert tion of her many volunteer roles, she recently was honored with the Madison Rotary In a miserable dribbling rain? Club's Senior Service Award.

Milwaukee-Downer 1944 Ohio, she writes, but they are enjoying miles, four hours of Aikido Judo per being near family and old school friends. week, daily gamt·s of one- pocket pool. J an e t C ohen Eisendra th says that she bicycling near 80 miles per week, moun­ and her husband, Frank, enjoy their con­ Lawrence 1949 dominium and swimming pool in Mil­ tain backpacking carrying 35-50 pounds 55th Reunion, June 2004 waukee during the summer and return­ on my back up to 12 hours per day sev­ J oh n W . Puth writes: " I retired from ing to Scottsdale, Arizona, in eral months of the year, numerous com­ the American Can Company in Green­ the winter puter hours working on an article in a wich, Connecticut, in 1982 and shortJ y Jane Christiansen Kuo ni H and, Civil War history forum, :lttcnding Civil thereafter moved to M issoula, Montana, Chicago, Illinois, is still playing golf and War battle reenactments, searching for a small town with an abundance of out­ bridge and traveling. In March 2001 she another eight hours per day, and - most door opportunities- hunting, fi shing, took trapeze lessons with the Ringling strenuously - raising an active teenage skiing- that I enjoy. As of this writing, Circus: ''Grear fun! " daughter, alone. However, shl.! became Lorna McCieneghan King. Phoenix, ~ ~:~i: ~~-~:11 in very good health and a freshman at Gri nnell Collcgl.! b st 6 11. Arizo na, has retired three times, most Life is wonderful, when one participates." recently after being recruited back to Milwaukee-Downer 1951 the Children's Center for Neurodevcl­ Milwaukee-Downer 1959 opmental Studies to be in charge of the Marjo rie Sievers Bailey, Milwaukee, B ernice Nickolaisen Kwan and her occupational-therapy intern program. a back-up medical technologist at the husband, Francis, moved to R apid C ity, Although once again retired, she still Milwaukee Medical C linic, has moved Somh Dakota. They also have a second conducts workshops on education and into an apartment in a retirement home home on the front range of Colorado. therapy for autistic children and adoles­ and is enjoying "no more house worries Carolyn Bogle Morrow, Lehigh cents, the focus of the Center since she or probk·ms." Acres, Florida, is director of food and and some fri ends founded it in 1978. Marilyn Wallen Chlebowski sold her nutrition services and district warehouse Marian Kirkpatrick Torian, home in Fanningron, New Mexico, and operations for the School District of Lee Mishawaka, Indiana, to celebrate her is renting one in Albuquerque, where County and ~crvcd last year as interim 80th birthday, took a trip to Germany her son lives. executive director of support services. and England with her daughter and Treva Novy Rich ter , Roanoke, 12-year-old grandson. Lawrence 1954 Virginia, is a guidance counselor at Pt·mJ 50th Reunion, June 2004 Forest Elementary School. Milwaukee-Downer 1948 Paul E. J o hnson, Melbourne, Florida, reports: "Somewhat limited by five Dorothy Cham berlain Millikan , Milwaukee-Downer 1960 bypasses and knees that need replace­ Peoria, Illinois, and her husband, Kathleen Ehlert Wollin, Sussex, ments, my tranquil existence includes: R..ichard, have built a home on a wooded received an :.ssociatt•'s degree in ans working on my feet up to 35 hours per lot on a ravine in their retirement village. and science from the University of week, almost daily physical workouts, It was hard to leave friends in Columbus. Wisconsin-Waukesha in 1995. almost daily swims from one tO three

44 Spri11g 2002 Alwnni TiJday lawrence 1961 supporting Portland's only classical music nesota. is producing director of Illusion 45th Reu ni on , June 20 06 radio station. She attended a presentation Theater, which j ust completed aS !.3 Linette Schoder West, Littleton, on Oregon\ Death with Dignity Act million renovation proj ect. Bonnie and Colorado, is a senior ftn :1 ncial analyst that fc:1tured Seattle- based actor Megan her producing partner, Michael R obins, w ith Qwcst Communications Interna­ Cole (Elizabeth Cole, '63). recently received the Minneapolis tional in Denver. Award from the City of Minneapolis for Lawrence 1964 the theatre's contributions to the city; Milwaukee-Downer 1961 40t h Reunion, J une 2004 the Sally Award for vision and leadership Douglas M. Brown, High Point, in the artS; and the Coming Up T aller Holly Habhcggcr Day, Seattle, Wash­ N orth Carolina. is vice president, opcr:l­ A ward from the National Endowment ington, is hl'!!lth info rmatio n man;agcr at tions, for Mannington Wood/L:unin:trc for the Arrs. National Endowment for Park Shore. Floors. the Humanities, and President's Council lawrence 1962 on Arts and Humanities. 40th Re uni on, J une 21·23, 2002 Frcdc..-ick H. Bycrgo III, Liberryville, William Spofford, '66, director of the Institute for Study Abroad Illinois, is director of the Cook Memor­ Programs at the University of Wisconsi n-Platteville, received the ial Public Library District. honorary degree Master of the University in July from St. Mary's Cynthia Barton Dougal, Glen Arbor, Michigan, retired in December 2000 College of the University of Surrey, site of Platteville's London after working for 12 years at the An Study Centre. Spofford was accompanied to the graduation cere­ Institute of C hicago and for 26 years as monies in London by his wife, Sandra McDonald Spofford, '66. His a school librarian, prill(:ipal, and region citation read in part: "Thousands of students have benefited from administrator for the Chicago Board of what Bi ll Spofford has provided for them, which they have found Educatio n. In July she moved to Glen Arbor tO live in an old f.tmily summer to be literally a life-cha nging expe rience." UW-Platteville students travel to more home; she i ~ winterizing the house, than 20 study-abroad locations, including a program in Seville, Spain, established by adding an attached garage, and trans­ Spofford in 1984, that is ranked as one of the "Top 25" in The Student's Guide to the fanning an old guest cottage into a Best Study Abroad Programs. studio where she can paint and drlw. C harles M. and Susan Herr Engberg live in Milwaukee. He is president of the Engberg Anderson Design Partner­ lawrence 1969 lawrence 1974 ship, Inc., a nation:1 l :trchitecwral firm 35th Re unio n, Jun e 2004 30th Reunion, June 2005 th:lt he fo unded in !987, and sht· is a Bruce lglauer. Chicago. 111 inois. Thomas M. Dacr, Mountain View, writer w ho has published three collec­ marked the 30th anniversary of his California, founder and C EO of Arc­ tions of novellas and storit·s and is record label, Alligator R ecords, by turus Engineering. Inc., has been elected continuing to write short fi ction. rl'leasing a double-CO s:tmpling of to the rank of Fdlow of the American Jack Kaplan, Nov:no. California, owns Hudio and live recordings from the Association for the Advancement of 13ay Tr:~ ding , :1 wholcsak rnarketing company widely regarded as the single Science. He was cited for "exceptional company selling to S:tn Francisco Bay most influential blues label in America. se1v ice to the biomedical research com­ Area re t:~i lc rs. Mary Jo McGuire Swanson, Engle­ nJunity through inventive dcvclop111ents Sarah Daubert Seidel, Bellevue, wood, C olorado, received her Ph.D. in advanced electro-optical technology Washington, writes: "I enjoyed my degree in 2000 from the University of and their dfectiv<.' commercial d i ssem i ~ career as a high school librarian and Denver and now is program din·ctor for nation." Arctun1s, founded in 1996, English teacher but am loving the Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colondo . provides systems for microgenomics - surprises and ple :~s ures of retirement integrated, complete instruments and as well.'' Lawrence 1970 reagent tools for tht· r<.·produciblc T homas and Susan Brehm Strachan 35th Re union, June 2004 extraction and analysis of m1clcic acids live in Lake ForcH, lllin oi~ . whne he is M. Daniel Vogel, Fargo, North Dakota. and proteins from captured cells. a n attOrtlL'Y · hJs b<.·cn board certified as a trial ;Jdvocate Alexander W. Wilde, aftn seven years by the Nati01ul Board of Trial Advocacy. l awrence 1975 in C hile, is back in N ew York as vice 30th Reunion, June 2005 president for comnnmications at the l awrence 19 7 2 Terrence Holt, Chapel Hill, North Ford Foundation. 30th Re u nion, J une 2 1-23, 2002 Carolina. received the M.D. degree J effrey A. and Deborah Burns ('73) from the University of North Carolina l awrence 1963 Fox live in Toledo, O hio, where he is a in 2000 and now is practicing internal 40th Reunion, J u ne 2003 logistics leader at O wen Corning and she medicine and "still occasionally publish­ J o hanna Steinmetz Cummings­ is minister of adult education at Maumee ing fiction.'' Kohut, Portland, Ort·gon, is president United Methodist Church. Karen Free1nan Ort1nann, C hicago. of the KU PS Public R adio Foundation. Bonnie Morris, M in neapo l i~ . Min- Illinois, is supervisor of patient care

Lawrcure 1bday 4 5 ope r:~tion s ;lt Mari:~nj o y , In c., in Wheaton. Jeffrey Ortmann, '74, is a fifth-grade teacht·r in the Vall ey View School Distri ct. Melville B. Smith, Vernon Hills, lllinois, works for IFS North Am eri ca. lawrence 1977 25th Reunion, June 21-23, 2002 Lisa Weins Bellamy, Brooklyn, N ew York, is a research analyst at Thacher Associates, an investigations- consulting firm in Nt•w York City, and a student at T he Writer; Studio. She and her photographer husband, Peter Bellamy, are collaborating on a book of wilderness photography and text. Gail A. Tornow, C hicago, Illinois, is a project leader in programming support in the in formation-systems department of John McCarthy, '78, of Seattle, and David Woboril, '78, of Custer, Wisconsin, in Moody Bible Institute. September, climbed all 14,411 feet of Mount Rainier, regarded as the longest lawrence 1979 endurance climb in the lower 48 states, and are pictured standing in its crater. Woboril 25th Reunion , June 2004 is a deputy city attorney, and McCarthy is the national sales manager for Applied Kathy E rickson, Edina Minnesota, was Precisio n, Inc. With the temperature at 15°F and winds at 35 miles per hour, their th e executive in charge of production climb over Co wlitz, Ingraham, and Nisqually Glaciers and up through Disappointment fo r the opening :md closin g cen: monies Cleaver was done under the full moon and a clear-sky sunrise, reaching the summit at of the Wintt•r Olympic Games in Sah Lake C ity. 9:30 a.m. Daniel and Denise Maurice Pannebaker live in Neenah. D:m is a Ann M. Dykstra, '74, has been named executive assistant to the technical writer and software train er for the Kimberl y-Clark Corporation, and president and secretary of Dicki nso n Co llege , Carlisle, Pennsylva­ Denise coordinates compute r software nia. She will coo rdinate the roles of various offi ces, fi nding ways and hardware fo r Fox Valley Christian to ensure that the college is fu nctionin g effectively and enhanc­ Academy, a K-8 priva te school. Sh e also ing its visibility. Her duties also include planning meetings for the teaches computer classes and a middle­ boa rd of trustees. Before coming to Di ckinson, Dykstra served in sc hool math class. the Office of Government Relations wi th the University of Pi tts­ lawrence 1980 burgh for 12 years. For the past seven years, she was the di rector 25th Reunion, June 2005 of commonwealth relations and, since 1990, was co-directo r of the university's Insti­ Donald S. Litzcr, Wisconsin Rapids, tute of Politics Internship Program . She also was assistant to the di rector of the is head of adult services at McMillan Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University . In Memorial Library. In O ctober, at the annual conference of the Wiscomin addition to her administrative background, Dykstra has 20 yea rs of unde rgraduate Library Associati on, ht· acceptt· d, on teaching experience, including serving as a teaching fe llow in Pi tt's Department of behalf of his li brary, the 2001 History and Urban Studies and in the Department of History at the University of Utah . W LA/ Highsmith Award. The award She has led a number of conferences on such subjects as "The Engaged Institution" recogni zes the McMillan Coffeehouse, and "Region and Economy : Policy Formation in Pennsylvania, 1820-1860." In addi­ a literary and fi ne arts seri es of whi ch he has been the coordinator since its tion to her Lawrence degree she holds a master's from the University of Utah and a in cepti on in 1997. doctorate in history from the University of Pittsbu rgh. Ellen A. Meyers, C hicago, Illi nois, deputy director fo r intergovernmental aft1irs in th e office of the Illi nois Secre­ lawrence 1981 disability, most recently at a T ec hno lO f:,')' tary of State, was inducted into th e City 2 5th Re union, June 2006 and Aging Conference in T oronto last of Chicago's Gay and Lesb ian Hall of J ane Berliss- Vincent, Pinole, Cali for­ September. Her organi za ti on recently Fame in Octob~ r. nia , is director of adult/ senior services merged with Integrated Arts, an initiati ve for the Center for Accessibl e Technol­ on :1 rts :~ccessib ili ty, whose associate ogy in 13e rkclcy. Sh~ conti nues to g i v~ d ir ~c t or i ~ Verna Lim, '97. presentations on technology and

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Art brought three l awren tians and iron oxide. Th e brushes he uses together in Homer, Alaska, in Apri l are gathered from many sources - 2001. Kurt Marquardt, '81, supp li ed horse tails, antique clothes brushes, the venue; Peter Olsen, '81, created old roofers' brushes, all with their the clay work; and Paula Schildhauer own character. Dickey, '59, created the watercolor For the April show, Dickey created and ink assemb lages. a body of work titled "Memento," 21 In 1990, Marquardt bought assemblages and collage pieces that the historic Inlet Trading Post, a explored imaginary landscapes, com­ two-story building bui lt in 1937 dur­ bining map fragments, watercolor ing Homer's pioneer days, an d pre­ and ink abstractions, and literary served its historic flavor, converting references to the Living and the the main floor into the Bu nnell dead. In additio n to teaching at Street Gallery and Two Sisters Bakery. Alaska Pacific University- Anchorage Above, he opened the Old Tow n Bed and the University of Alaska-Homer, and Breakfast; the basement now Dickey has completed 13 "Percent houses the Old Inlet Booksh op and fo r Art" commissions for the munici­ Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. Mar­ palities of Anchorage and Fairba nks quardt is acti ve in Homer as a bui lder and the state of Ala ska. This past and is serving his second term on the summer, she and her husband, Brad, city council. completed installing five glass and Olsen lives and works in Index, ceramic mosaic murals in a Palmer Washington , a small village in the school and a Kenai health center. Cascades east of Seattle, and has visited Homer many times. The new + http://www.xyz.netj-bunnellj work he presented at the Bunnell Street Gallery consisted of large Top photo from left: Peter Olsen, Paula platters with bold rhythmic designs Dickey, Kurt Marquardt; center: "Unwritten Chapters, " 46"x46" water­ made by drawing through his Shino color and ink, by Paula Dickey,· bottom: glazes with brushes and then with footed platter, 13"x12", stoneware, by multiple layers of applied ash glazes Peter Olsen

Lawrence 1984 Lawrence 1985 Colleen M. McVeigh-Buist, Chicago, 20th Reunion, June 2003 20th Reunion, June 2006 Illinois, is a head teacher, primary Joni J. Johnson, L a~ C ruces, N ew Destnond K. Saunders-Newton, department, in the C hicago Public M exico, is an astronomer on the facu lty Pasadena, California, holds J joint Schools. · of N ew M exico State University . In appointment as visiting associate professor Julie Moore Rapacki, Eden Prai rie, 2001 she and her husband, Thomas in the University of Southern Califon1ia's Minnesota, is corporate counsel for Best Harrison, attended an international School of Policy, Planning, and Devel­ Duy Co., In c. conference in Germany on ca t::tclysmi c opment and as a ~e ni o r research fe ll ow at Todd P. Youngren, R eston, Virginia, va ri ables, a field in which both of the National Defense University 's Center is director of cash management and them work. for T echnology and National Security, banking strategies for Sallie M ae. Laurence Minsky, Evanston, Illinois, where he manages the Program in is associate creative director for T he Computational Soci:1l Science M odeling. Lawrence 1987 M arketing Store W orldwide. 20th Reunion , June 2006 Todd Wcxman, Los Angeles, Cali fo r­ Lawrence 1986 Steven L. and Jenny Buchholtz ('88) nia, is vice president, mortgage lending, 20th Reunion, June 2006 Dobbe live in League City, T exas. He for Sun America. In addition to running Michael G. and Nancy Nauschultz is vice president, broker dealer market­ in trail and road races, he recently has Fischer live in Appleton. He is an orga­ ing, for American National Insurance competed in a couple of triathlons. nizational development consultant with Company. th e Kimberly-Clark Corporation.

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Lawrence, he completed :t U.S. dt·gree Abel M. Sit hole, '88, former chief executive of South Africa's in studio art with an emphasis on paint­ Eskom Pension & Provident Fund, became managing director of in g :md ceramics from the University of the Metropolitan Life insurance company's new employee benefits Wisconsin-Madison. division in August moving from being the in-house manager of a Christine Sato Hall, Mountain View, California, is director of marketing :tnd company's pension funds to heading a firm to which companies development for City Year San Jose/ outsource the management of their funds. Raised in the Mead­ Silicon Valley and a candidate for the lowland, Soweto, Sithole graduated from Inkamana High School Master of Nonprofit Administration and came to the United States for college, earning a B.A. degree degree at the University of San Fr:tn­ in mathematics and English from Lawrence. Back in South Africa he put his math cisco Clare McCarthy Kindt, Green U:ty, is background to use in the insurance industry, joining the Southern Life Association, children's services coordinator for the Ltd., where he was put in charge of his first union pension fund, th e Mineworke rs' 13rown County Library. Provident Fund, which he built up to a membership of more than 350,000 workers . Damian L..'lCroix, Sobieski, a principal He also was part of the team that Launched Futuregrowth, the country's first socially in tht• Pubski Community School responsible investment vehicle. In addition to developing new employee-benefit District, is working with the Green Ua y Player Chapel Program to develop edu­ products for Metropolitan, a black-controlled company, Sithole is chairman of the cational programs for young Christians. Institute of Retirement Funds. Jeffry C. and Liesl Engebretson ('90) Larson live in Watertown, New York. He is comm:tnder of the 1Oth Mount:tin Division Uand at Fort Drum. lawrence 1988 tor, and she works with fire effects data Eric E. Palmer, O sthofen, Germany, is a painter and stay-at-home dad who 15th Reunion, June 2004 personneL t:tkes c;1re of his two childrt·n while his Matthew E . Durnin, Burlingame, Steven E. Hancock, Marietta, Georgia, wi(e works :ts a te:tcher. ''I thank my California, is a Ph.D. candidate at the is orchestr:t director at The We'\tminstn La wrence liberal arts experience for University of California, 13crkelcy. Schools in Atbnt:t. inspiring me to be who I am today," he Paul A. Pappas, J uno Beach, Florid:t, Karen Kimberly Holland, Falls writes. for the past fiv e years h:ts bt·en pnform­ Church, Virginia, is reac hing the 2 1 ~ ­ Kelly McGlauchlen Ribbens :tnd ing his pi:mo act on cruise sh ips :ts :t year-olds in the preschool her children Dirk, ' 92, live in N ew Gl:trm :tnd teach guest entertainer. In January 2001 he attend. in the Verona Area School District. she toured South Florid:t as th e opening act Colleen Smith Sierzega, Carol as a part- time middle school choir for S:mdy Duncan. A production show Stream, Illinois. received :t master's teacher and he as a high school Spanish th:tt curn:ntly is being developed :tround degree in training and development in tt·acher. his :tct will debut on Holland America May 2001 from Roosevelt University Erica Langhus Sarahong, Milw:tukee, Cruise Line's new ship, the Zuidcrdam , and now is an instructional designer (or is supervisor of n:ttional recruiting in December 2002. SBC Ameritech. for Manpower Professional, Inc.. and Michael W. Taylor, Sturgeon l3a y, was is studying for a ma~ter's degrl'e in the subj ect of an article in the November lawrence 1991 m;magement from C:trdinal Stritch 25 iss ue of the GreC/1 Bay Pn-ss Ctl::cttc, 15th Reunion, June 2007 University. describing his work for Marmen Com­ Anna Stowell Delyaev, Chicago, Illi­ Heather G. Shilling, Seattle, Washing­ puting, Inc., for which he does political nois, recently rek:tsed a second album o( ton, completed her doctorate in consulting and market researc h. original music for children. called " Holi­ irnnnmolob'Y at Stanford University in Ayce Nisancioglu Topcan, Brussels, day Mornings," co-authored \Vith Arl o 200 1 :md is planning poscdoctor:tl work. I3clgium, is an actuary with KPMG Leach, Grinnell 'YS. Their first album, Scott and Sarah Feldt ('92) Wilson Belgium. "A Day at Honey Creek." has been called "a kids' recording without conde­ are in Uoston. He is executive pastry scension'' :tnd "uJlusu:tl ly cre:ttive, chef at Somie. and she is a medical assis­ lawrence 1989 tant at Eye Health Services. 15th Reunion, June 2004 hilarious, :tnd gloriously unconventional" Timothy J. Tibbetts and Amy E. (www.arloandanna.com). In November, lawrence 19 9 2 Zesbaugh, '90, li ve in Monmouth, Anna, who is managing member of 10th Reunion, June 21-23, 2002 Illinois, where he is :tn assistant professor TypeA Media Network, was at Molly M. Arnason, Uelmont, Massa­ of biology at Monmouth College. Lawrence to conduct a one-day work­ shop for graduating teachers tided ''Just chusetts, received the Master of Education l awrence 1990 Do It: A Jump Start to Using Instruc­ degree from Northern Arizona Univer­ sity in 200 I and now is :t tt•:tcber at The 15th Reunion, June 2004 tional Technolob'Y on your Teaching River> School in Wt·ston, Massachusetts. Robert T. Fuhrmann :tnd Jeanne Journey." DeAnne Olsen Cravaritis, Mont­ Johnson, '92, Gardiner, M ontana, live Michael C. Bongers, M ad i~on , is :t gomery Village, Maryland, a post­ near and work in Yellowstone National sa les represent:ttive (or Chcm-Tech doctoral research fellow at the National Park. He is education program coordina- lnt<:rnational, Inc. After gr:tdu:tting tfom

48 Sprin,~ 2002 Institutes of 1-k :llth, ha~ accepted a posi~ i ~ a Ph.D. candidate in Hd)rew 13ible the Department of Cell, Molecular, and tio n with Computercraft. Inc. a private and history/archaeology of the :mcient Developmemal Biology at Tufts Univer­ contractor with tl-K· National Centcr for Near East at Hebrew U nion College and m y. Biotechnology Information, where she had an article, ''Of Rattles and Rituals: R achel H o pper and Joshua William s, will be working with the publicly T he Amhropomorphic R attle from the '96, live in M inneapolis, Minnesota, available gene database CenBank. Nelson Glueck Collection at the Cincin­ where she is fish -kill network coordina­ nati Art Museum," published in the tor and abTI'i culture associate with the Lawrence 1993 Hrlmw Unio11 Cofi( !!C A111wal 1999-2000 lzaak Walton League of America and he lOth Reu nion, June 2003 R enCe R o usseau, Ch:mdler, Arizona. is is a G IS specialist for the Minnesota H eather Lange Driver, Maple Grove. a tutor at tht· College of the Humanitit's Center for Environmental Advocacy. Minnesota, is a bminess an:1lyst with and Sdt·nces. a Great Books di~ t :mce Donald B. and Katherine Amclo tte 3M. learning college in Phoenix. ('94) Jones planned to rdoc;tte tO Cache A. Miller, Aiken, South Carolina, C hicago in late 2001, following Don's is a sclf~cmployed sdf-improvcmcnt Lawrence 1995 promotion to district sales manager for guru. lOth Reunion, June 2005 Boise Cascade O fllce Products. Susan L. Barrett, Boston, Massachu­ Sanjukta Mukherjee, Bangkok, Thai­ Lawrence 1994 setts, completed a Master of Science land, is working for the United Nations lOth Re u nion, J une 2004 degree in tumor biology at the Mayo Labour Orbr.tnisation as officer-in-charge Angela R . R oskop , Cincinnati. Ohio, Clinic and now is a doctoral candidate in of base-line surveys for the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour for all of South and East Asia. Carey Cook Petersen, Seattle, Washington, works at the Seattle Public Li brary. R yan W. Schultz, Seattle. WashingtOn. received the Master of Music degree in perfonnance/ pedagogy from Central Washington University in 2001 . He recently played as substitute principal tubist for the Seattle Symphony and is active in the commercial recording scene, most recently having played tuba for Warner Brothers' "13 Ghosts." Christo pher and Natalie Johnson ('96) Stoeckl, Germantown, are dentists in practice as Stoeckl F;:~mily Dentistry. Natalie received the D.D.S. degree from Marquette University Dental School in Lora Hainy, '88 (center), is an international service delegate for the American Red 2001. Cross and was involved in extensive domestic disaster response work before transfer­ ring to International Services and being assigned to Macedonia for the Kosovo con­ Lawrence 1996 flict. From t here she went on to Siberia, Russia, for two consecutive assignments 5th Re u nion, Ju ne 21- 23, 2002 (1999-2001) with the largest feedi ng program in American Red Cross history. In one Sarit Anderson , Lake Bluff, 111inois, is a salesperson for Edward R . James Homes. instance, when the town heating plant malfunctioned in Zakhaminsky and some 9,000 Ruth Baiza, Denver, Colorado, homes lost heat and electricity at a time when outside temperatures were around received an M .A. degree in curriculum minus-50 degrees centigrade, Hainy was responsible for diverting food and clothes and instruction from Colorado C hristian from other relief programs, so that four metric-tons of food , plus clothing and University in 2000. She is a fourth-grade hygiene parcels were trucked into Zakhaminsky the next day. In all, the American Red language arts/instrutnental-choral nlusic teacher in a new magnet school fo r Cross distributed 25,000 metric tons of food for 434,000 families in Siberia during grades 1-5. 1999. Hainy then served a brief assignment in Uzbekistan and is now on assignment Shannon B arry, M;:~dison , is the in Bulgaria, collaborating with the Bulgarian Red Cross to provide emergency relief children's community services coordina­ assistance throughout the Balkans region and working to improve t he emergency tor for Domestic Abuse Imervention response capacities of the National Red Cross Societies in the region. Before joining Services and also works p;:~rt-time as a dance teacher. the Red Cross, Hainy held positions with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Jennifer Callahan, Oceanside, Califor­ Resources, Family Planning Health Services, Inc., and the Tri-County Cou ncil on nia, is a research assistant II at the Scripps Domestic Abuse. In the photo above, Hainey coordinates a Bulgarian Red Cross R esearch Institute. Mountain Rescue exercise in October in the Rila Mountain range. Richard Canaday, Denver, Colorado, works for Starz Encore Media (;roup,

Lawrence Today 49 producing movie promos for cable of Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She Lawrence books television, and also is pbying soccc1 teaches piano from htT studio and at the and deejaying for weddings and parties. DePaul University Community Music Embracing Uncertainty: Th e Essence of Kari J. Dietzler, after three years in San Sc hool. Leadership, by Robert J. DeKoch, '74, Francisco, has returned to Milwaukee, Amy Hasegawa McCullough , West and Phillip G. Clampitt. Hard cover, 240 where she is a compensation and benefit Chester, Pennsylvania, is a statistical pages, M.E.Sharpe; ISBN: 0765607735 technician for Covenant Heal thcare. modeling analyst at The Franklin Mint. DeKoch is chief operating offic er for Dina Marinberg DiGiulio , Chicago, Andrew Motiwalla, New York, New Ill inois, received the Master of Science York, is vice pn:sident of Cross-Cultural the Oscar J. Boldt Company, and Clampitt degree from !"tush University in 2000 Solutions, helping to establish domestic is professor of corporate communication and now is dinical director of the and overseas volunteer programs, partic­ at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. extended-c:tre f:1ci liry at Swt·dish ularly to aid in the World Trade Center Based on their research and experience Covenant Hospital. relief effort. they believe that in today's turbulent Patrick Seth Ducey, Oakland, Cali­ Jennifer Needham, Englewood, fornia, is manager of concert operations Colorado, is band director at Sagewood competitive environment it is necessary to for the Sa n Francisco Conservatory of Middle School and Pioneer Elemt•ntary embrace uncertai nty and set more realis· Music and a freelance trumpet player in School. tic expectations, while creating greater the 13 ay Area. C hristopher Patterson, Salt Lake City, flexibility to adapt to changing situations. Kirsten Funk Ertl, Kiel, an orchestra Utah, is attending a master's program in teacher in the Sheboygan Area Sc hool Middle Eastern studies and Arabic at the District, received the Master of Educa­ University of Utah. Common Birds of Amazonian Ecuador: A tion degree with a specialization in Casey Peterson, Moorhead, Minnesota, Guide for the Wide-Eyed Ecotou n'st, by creative arts in learning from Lesley is an area director in the R esidence Life Chris Canaday, illustrated by Louis J. University. division of Concordia College and a Jost. '80. ASIN: 9978400281 Alison Lavender Fox, 13 ristol, R hode counselor in the Academic Counseling Jost, a freelan ce photographer/ lsbnd, is a senior consultant with Pro­ Center. ductivity Dyna1nics. David W. Robertson, Stanford, Cali­ writer living in Quito, Ecuador, is at work Elizabeth A. Frankman, Minneapolis, fornia, is a graduate student at Stanford on a book on Andean biodiversity, whi ch Minnesota, is a medical student at the University. he will both write and illustrate. The University of Minnesota. Natasha Salier, Arli ngton Heights, Canady book is also available in Spanish Katie Geenen-Niemi, Arlington, Ill inois, is a doctoral candidate in coun­ as Aves Comunes de Amazonia. Virginia, is a program analyst for the selor education at Northern Illinois National Ocean Service of the National University. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Brian and Emily Wharton Schmalz English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self­ Elizabeth Hillebrand, Stony Brook, are in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Brian is Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora, by New York, received a master's degree in an embedded systems engineer for Logic Laurie Hovell McMillin, '84, assistant m:trine environmental studies in 1999 Product Development, and Emily is a full-time mom. professor of rhetoric and composition, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she now is a Allen H . and Audrey Seger ('98) Oberlin College. Hardcover, Palgrave; ma rine science technician, while study­ Sprain live in Malden, MassachusettS. ISBN: 03!223922X ing opera privately in Manhattan. He is the Boston operations manager for An exploration of two kinds of se lf­ William J . Hodor, Barrington, Illinois, Sherwin Williams, and she is an environ­ presentation in Tibet and the Tibetan is an attorney with the Federal Trade mental aff.1irs project manager for the diaspora: that of Briti sh writers in thei r Commission, Midwest Region. Cabot Corporation. Arslan and Beth Hop ('99) Hussain E rika Mayer Sellers, Oak Creek, travel texts to Tibet from 1774 to 1910 live in 13erwyn, Illinois. He is a manager received he r medical degree from the and that of Tibetans in recent autobi­ for Dcloitte Consulting, and she is an University of Wisconsin-Madison in ographies in English. English teac her. 2001 and now is a resident f:1 mily­ Mich ael and Annee Pope (' 98) practice physician at Aurora Health Care­ St. Luke's Hospital. A German Life in the Age of Revolution: Ingala are in Portland, Oregon, where she is a clinic lead for Planned Parent­ Bryan A. Shaw, Laurel, Delaware, is a Joseph Gdrres, 1776-1848, by Jon Vanden hood and he is a web developer for Men­ carpenter and custom-studio builder for Heuval, '85. Ha rdcover, 432 pages; tor Graphics. a regional bro:tdc:tsting company, Great Catholic University of America Press; Amber Lucsay, Madison, is a bw Scott Broadcasting. ISBN: 081320948X student at the University of Wisconsin. Dustin F. Smith , Oceanside, Califor­ Vanden Heuvel, a former assistant to Peter and Nicole Huibregtse nia, is a senior account executive on the Martens are in Chicago. He is a McDonalds account for Davis Elcn Henry Kissinger and then to Ri chard teaching assistant at the University of Advertising. Holbrooke, li ves in london and is an asso­ Chic:tgo, directs the Hyde Park Emily Stobber Stahl, East Troy, is an ciate of Credit Suisse Fi rst Boston. Youth Symphony, and is principal environmental-education instructor at trombonist of the University the Timber-Lee Christian Center.

50 Spri11g 2002 Scott T. and Amy Marks Delaney France, for seven weeks in the summer are in Wilmington, Dl·laware, where he of2002 as assistant for IU 's Honors is a design engineer for W . L. Gore and Program in Foreign Languages for High Associ:.tes. Amy received the M.A. School Students. In the fall, she plans to degree in early American culture from begin a post-baccalaureate teaching the University of Delaware/ Winterthur certification program at Indiana Univer­ Program in Early American Culture in sity-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 2000 :md now is an exhibitions assistant in order to teach French and German at at the Winterthur Museum. the high school level. Renate Gcib Fiora, Minnetonka, Amy L. Fettes, Neenah, completed a Minnesota, is a floor supervisor at the master's degree in environmental science Sci~;nce Museum of Minnesotl. from the University of Wisconsin-Green Becca Livingstone, New Orleans, Day in August and now is a laboratory Louisiana, successfully defended her technician at Integrated Paper Services master's thesis at Tulane University in Appleton, specializing in the use of on execution messages in 17th-century the scanning electron microscope. London and presented a paper on the Benjamin C. Tilghman, W illiamstown, same topic at the Southern Association of Massachusetts, is a fi rst-year master's Bri tish Studies conference in November. candidate in the Williams College grad­ Melissa T. Munch, Hartford, is a uate program in the history of an, social-studies teacher at Hartford Union foc using on modern and contemporary Rachel Steeves, Fort Collins, Colorado, High School and a candidate for the art as well as museum stud i e~ and issues is a natural areas technician's aidt· in the master's degree in ~;ducationa l adminis­ in public art. natural resources department of the City tration at the University of Wisconsin­ of Fort Collins. Madison. Lawrence 2000 Corinne Hwang Taylor, Westmont, Sara J. Wegmann, Evanston, lllinois, 5th Reunion, June 2005 Illinois, is a gradu att~ student in physical is an M.B.A. candidate at the Kellogg Ariela M. Freedman, Chicago, therapy at the University of Illinois at School of Management, Northwestern Il!inois, is in her second year with T each Chicago. University. for America, teaching English, drama, Sara Lyke Thierry, Sylvania, O hio, and debate at Benito Juarez High teaches in the Bedford Public Schools in Lawrence 1998 School. She also is completing a master·s Temperance, Michigan, and is re-train­ 5th Reunion, June 21· 23, 2002 degree in teaching. ing a young ex-racehorse to compete in Liesel da Mota, Chicago, Illinois, is Emily A. Kozlowicz, Yonkers, New the adult amateur divisions in jumping psychosocial coordinator at Lakeview York, works in the accounting depan­ competitions. Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre, ment of the Trump Organization in Rebecca Whelan, Palo Alto, Califor­ Inc., and is taking undergraduate pre­ New York City and plays the flute in nia, is a Ph.D. c:mdidate in chemistry at requisite science courses in preparation the New York Repertory Orchestra. Stanford University. for applying to medical schools. Jennifer A . T ackes, Oak Creek, is a Olivia Stahlmann Wilsey, St. Paul, Keith A. Harris, Seattle, Washington, senior research associate at the Medical Minnesota, is an inventory analyst for a graduate student in vocal performance College of Wisconsin. Medtronic, Inc. at the University of Washington, won Theresa Baumgart Witt, Milwaukee, the Ellen Faull Gordon Competition in Lawrence 2001 is an elementary music teacher in the November. A member of the Seattle 5th Reunion, June 2005 School District of Shorewood and is in Opera Young Artist Program, he sang Allison R . Augustyn, C hicago, her second season as prelude director for the role of Dandini in LA Cmcremola in Illinois, is a newspaper page layout the Milwaukee Children's Choir. February. designer for Pioneer Press. Audrey Johnivan Wright, Sterling Cynthia L. K. Lunder and Trent Keith R . Rose, Appleton, is a bass Heights, Michigan, is a teacher in ('99) live in Minneapolis. She received trombonist with the Oshkosh Symphony the T roy Public Schools and working on the Master of Public Health degree in Orchestra. a master's degree in library and infonna­ 200 1 from the University of Minnesota tion science from Wayne State Univer­ and now is a programmer/analyst with Births and adoptions sity. Health Partner Research Foundation, and he is an M.B.A. candidate at Carl­ 1960s Lawrence 1997 son School of Management, University of Minnesota. Susan Swinehart, ' 64, a son, Jesse 5th Reunion, June 21-23, 2002 Zachary Dennis, born September 25, Amy L. Anderson, Sunrise, Florida, 2000; adopted October 4, 2000 has graduated from Florida Gulf Coast Lawrence 1999 5th Reunion, June 2005 University with a Master of Science 1980s degree and is working for a biotechnol­ Melinda S. Bayne, Bloomington, Elizabeth Babcock, '84, and Mike ogy company that specializes in the Indiana, is taking photography courst•s at Grady, a son, Connor Grady, October 20, production of antibodies for trial drugs. Indiana University and will be in Brest, 2000

Lawrc11ce Today 5 I Thomas D. Brucker, ' 84, and Debra, Alli DeZurik-Otto, ' 94, and Douglas, Elizabeth L. Babcock, ' 84, and Mike a daughter, Margaret, January 31, 2000 a son, William Donald, November 19, Grady, October 24, 1998 Stephen Edwards, ' 85 , Jnd Paula, a 2001 Melissa A. Larsen, ' 86, and J. Jordan daughter, Adelaide, OctobtT 22, 2001 Keisha Ector Kogan, '94, and l!ya , a Walker, Jr., July 8. 2000 Kristin Roe Gibbons, '85, and daughter, Vivian Leah, December 6, Daniel, a son,Juston Dean, May 28, 1990 2000 1990s Sarah Prince Frey, ' 86, a son, Henry Alison Lavender Fox, ' 96, and Robyn M . Westbrook, ' 90, and Hugh Prince, May 23, 2001 Gregory, a son, Joseph Ashton, October H utson Ill , June 24, 2000 Meta Muehleisen McKinney, '88, 22, 2001 Susan Schmalz, '91, and John R. and Christopher, a daughter, Clara, Arslan ('96) and Beth Hop (' 99) Stincspring, June 2, 2001 August 12, 2001 Hussain, a daughter, Alcena,July 18, Daniel J. Kelly, ' 92, and Kimberly, Michele Johnson Rosales, ' 88, and 2001 August 2000 Carlos, a son, Conor, March 31, 2001 Brian and Emily Wharton Schmalz, Michelle Mueller, and Paul L. Christine Stockslager Scherer, ' 88, both ' 96, a daughter, Greta Elizabeth, Helmken, both ' 92 , June 14,2001 and Ralph. a son, Joseph, May 25, 2001 November 20, 1999 Jay W. Roberts, ' 92, and Man.: ie, Sarah Ruf Spencer, ' 88, and Carl, a Justin and Anna Johnson Van Land­ May 12,2001 son, Christian William, May 20, 2000 schoot, both '98, a son, Maxwell, Barbara Schroeder, '92, and Dan David Zeitchick, '88, and Leslie September 15, 2000 Mincheff. June 9, 2001 Williams, '90, a son, Seth Zeitchick, Kristin Brainard, '94, and D:tvid December 13, 2000 Marriages Addington, August 25, 2001 Elizabeth Pepper, ' 94, and JefT Lahti, 1990s 1940s September 15, 2001 Steven Hancock, ' 90, and Stephanie, Boris E. Cherney, ' 46, and Earlene Leah Salscheider, ' 94, and Carter a son, Clayton McCormick, May 25, Barnette, October 3, 2000 Strothman, August 18, 2001 2001 Maureen D. Newcon1b, '95, and Richard ('91) and Amy Asleson ('90) 1970s Jeffrey A. Sadler, '96, July 1, 2000 Hein, a daughter, Eleni Grace, May 31, Danna L. Pye, '95, and Kenny Jody Feldman, '77, and William A. 2001 Blumenfeld, October 7, 2000 Yasnoff, June 30, 2001 Clare McCarthy Kindt, ' 91, and James Spofford Reeve III, '95, and Lisa Weins, ' 77, and Peter llellamy, John, a son, Oliver 1\.iley, August 8, N issa, August 1-1, 1999 Ocwber 27, 200 1 2001 Alison J. Hartfield, '96, and T om Jon Greene, '93, and Julie, a d:tUghtcr, Grande, July 21,2001 Avery Elizabeth, October 25, 2001 1980s MaryBeth Mahony, ' 96, and Jon James O'Brien, '93, a daughter, Madi­ Jill Kaar, ' 82, and Jerry Hanson, Berkland, July 11, 1998 son R iell y, June 30, 2000 September 22, 2001 Erika Mayer, ' 96, and Peter Sellers, April 28, 2001 Olivia Stahlmann, ' 96, and Michael Wilsey, May 26, 2000 Lawrence Reunions Catherine A. Statz, '96, Jnd Thomas J . Pamperin, September 23, 2000 Class June Matthew J. DeRuyter, '97, and Kendra D. Nolte, ' 99, September 2, 1937 2002 1971 2002 2000 [The item in our Winter 2001 1972 2002 issue f.1 iled to state that Kendra is an 1973 2002 alumna. La111rmce Today regrets this error.] Mari Michalkiewicz, '97, and Hans 1992 2002 J-1. Nelson, September 8, 200 1 Sarah E. Schott, '97, and I3rian King, 1942 2002 September 2001 1977 2002 Aaron L. Wax, ' 97, and Maren Peter­ son, August 11, 2000 1962 2002 1996 2002 Javier L. Arau, ' 98, and Kelley Stare, 1997 2002 ' 99, July 29, 2001 J effrey D. DeThorne, ' 98, and Lori 1947 2002 1998 2002 Schacht, February 24, 2001 Anna Johnso n and Justin D. Van Landschoot, both '98, October 17, 1999 2000s 1952 2002 R ene Rusch , and J ames M. Daley, both ' 00, June 29, 2001

52 Spri11g 2002 Ah111111i Today

Ottilia M. Buerger Ancient and Byzantine Cains at Lawrence University. The accompa­ 1916-2001 nying catalog, published by the Lawrence University Press, with essays by La wrence faculty and catalog entries by Lawrence Ottilia M. Buerger, '38, teacher and collector students, is regarded as a seminal publication for both of ancient coins whose collection of rare amateur and professional numismatists alike. An online version ancient and Byzantine coi ns is widely of the catalog, published on the Lawrence Web site regarded as one of the finest in the United (www.tawrence.edu/deptjartjbuerger/ ) has been studied by States, died on December 20, 2001, at her over 4.2 million visitors. A second exhibition of the collection home in Mayville, Wisconsin. A Loyal and devoted alumna, will be on view in the Wriston Art Center galleries from April 5- Ottilia graduated magna cum laude from La wrence and was May 19, 2002. elected to Phi Beta Kappa before teaching Latin and English Guided by the conviction that ancient coins were eyewit­ in seconda ry schoo ls in Goodman , Wautoma, and Beaver Dam, nesses to history, Ottilia believed that her "baubles," as she Wisconsin. called them, could bring a vivid reality to the past, and she A lifelong resident of Mayville, Ottilia purchased her first encouraged lawrence students to make use of her collection in coin in the 1950s at Gimbel's Department Store in Milwaukee their studies. In grateful recognition of her own lawrence educa­ for about five dollars. Subsequently, she acquired hundreds tion, Ottilia promised her collection to her alma mater and, of gold, silver, and electrum coins, some of which are some of by means of a planned gift, established the Ottilia Buerger the best examples of only a fe w coins extant. Her collection was Professorship in Ancient and Medieval Studies. the subject of a 1995 exhibition at the Wriston Art Center She was preceded in death by her father, Felix; her mother, titled Bearers of Meaning: The Ottiiia Buerger Collection of Cecilia; and her brother, Peter.

Deaths Mildred Olen Dedolph, '38, Clin­ Survivors include her husband, Will iam tonvi ll e, October 9, 200 1 Uush. 1920s Russell Ingraham, '39, Elgin , Il li nois, Rosemary E . Fulton, '47, Dallas, July 2001. Survivors include his wife, Texas, November 2001 Eleanor VonFragstein Backus, !"bye; three sons, Russe ll P. Ingraham, Kathleen Kvool Henry, '47, Fair6x, M-D '27, M il waukee, Jammy 9, 1999 '80, Stephen A. In!:,>Tah:u n, '80, and Virgi nia, August 5, 2001 David U. Ingraham, '87; and a daughter­ Joanne Hamburg Roska, M-D '47, 1930s in-law, Barbara Fisher Ingraham, '78. Mequon, Jan uary 19, 2001 Evelyn Stedman Cripe, '30, San Edward E. Schreiber, '39, Fish Paul R. Ebling, ' 48, Madison, July 13, Diego, California, September 27, 2001. Cn::ek, November 2 1,2001. SlJrvivors 200 1. Survivors include :1 cousin , R uth Su rvivors include her daughter, Judith include a sister, Helen Schreiber Allen, '44. Marie Schumaker, '40. Cripe Fisher, '59 Francis D. Hartn1an, '48, German ­ Clarence F. Elmgren, '30, Neenah, 1940s town, Marybnd, April 14, 2001. December 10, 2001 . Survivors include Audrey Becker Kelch, ' 40, Madison, Survivors includ<.· his wife, Dorothy. his wife, Frances O ltmanns. September 26, 200 1 Alvin A. Lang, '30, Kaukaum, Jean Sharp Phillips, M-D '40, Wintn 1950s September 30,2001 . Survivors include Park, Florida, July 17,2001 Margaret Angle Leavitt, M-D '50, his son , l1... ichard N . Lang, '61, and Virginia B. Hartridge, M-D '41, Tacom:t, W:tshi ngton, June 19, 1999 daughter- in -law, Enid Skripka Lang, '62. R ochester, Minnesota, November 22, John C. Pearson, '50, Marinette, Marian Anutta Haarer, '32, Ann 2001 O ctober 9, 2001 Arbor, Michigan, August 2001 Betty Linquist Krueger, ' 42, Peori:t, Vernon H. Pieper, '53, Weyauwega, Ruth E. Roper, '32, Oshkosh, October Arizona, November 16, 200 1 O ctober 12, 2001. Survivors include his 21, 200 1 Robert 0. Mess, ' 42, Ph ill ips. wife, Jo:tn, :m d his d:tughter, Pauli ne Eunice Eickleberg Hitchcock, M-D October 26. 2001. Survivors include Pieper Allison, '86. '33, Mesa. Arizon:t, November 23, 1997 his d:tughter, Catherine, '72. Charles F. Montag, '57, Poynette, Alicemay Whittier Watson, "34, Warren B. Parker, ' 42, January 2001. J une 2001 . Survivors incl ude his wife, St. P:tul, Minnesota, Octber 8, 2001 Elizabeth Wyckoff Beattie, '43, April Leslie. Survivors include her husba nd, Dennis. 20, 2001 Daniel P. Smith, '57, Fond du Lac, Chester L. Roberts, '36, Shadow Carolyn Wells Breckinridge, '43, M:ty 28, 2001. Survivors in clude a Hills, California, November 2001 August 28, 2001 d:tughter, Alison M. Smith, '90. Walter B. Wright, ' 36, Muskego, Winifred Fowler Bush, '43, Apoll o Peter A. Saecker, '59, River Forest, December 5, 2001. Ueach, Florida, November 12, 200 1. ll li nois, Au gust 27, 2001. Survivors

Lawrence TOday 53 Alumni 7(Jday

Michael P. Hammond Medical School and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. In 1932-2002 1999 he gave the keynote lecture at the International Symposium on the Neuroscience of Music in Niigata, Japan. --~ M1chael Hammond, '54, L H D. '75, who was Hammond's previous positions included serving as president ~ confirmed m December as the new chairman of the State University of New York College at Purchase, rector of __.,.1 of the Nat1onal Endowment for the Arts, died the Prag ue Mozart Academy, associate conductor to Leopold m Washmgton, DC, on January 29, one Stokowski for the American Symphony Orchestra, professor of week after assuming his new post. composition and theory at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Selected from La wrence University to be a Rhodes Scholar in and composer-in-residence for the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. 1954, Hammond added degrees in ph ilosophy, psyc hology, and In addition to his tenu re as dean and Elma Schneider Professor physiology from Oxford University to his Lawrence B.A. and his of Music at Rice University, he was a faculty fello w in neuroscience year's postgraduate study as an international fellow at Delhi Uni­ at the Texas Medical Center . In 1975, he was awarded the honorary versity in India. A composer and conductor wh ose interests degree Doctor of Humane Letters by Lawrence University. included the music of Southeast Asia, Western Medieval and Michael Hammond is survived by his wife, Anne Lilley Renaissan ce music, and relationships between neuroscience and Hammond , and a son, Thomas M. Hammond, an actor in New music, he taught neuroanatomy and physiology at the Marquette York City.

include his wife, Peggy Landis Saccker, Flom, '50; and four cousins, R ichard C. J ean O ' Boyle, Evanston, Illinois, '57; a daughter, R uth M. Saecker, '85; Flom, Jr., '75, Katherine S. Flom, '79, September 24,2001, wife of R obertS. and a cousin, Hester Wolfe White, '51. Sar<1h Flam Kiecker, '82, and David W. O'Boyle, '37, and mother ofJohn Flom, '83. 0'13oyle, '69 1960s J an e Pettit, Milwaukee, September 9, David G. Lynes, ' 64, November 20, 1990s 2001, mother of David V. Uihlein, J r. . 2001 Farida Mensa-Bonsu, '98, Acc ra­ '71 Dianne J ensen O'Dell, '67, Chicago, North, Ghana, December S, 200 I. F1oyd T h eisen , Manawa, October I, Ill inois, April 11, 200 I Survivors include her parents, ldris Osei 200 I, grandf.1ther of Amy T heisen, '95 Peter J. Seipp el, '67, Beaver Dam, and Gertrude Mensa-Bonsu. Maye Uemu ra, R oseville, M innesoca. December 4, 2001 Michael G. Moudry, '98, Chicago, 11l i­ December 24, 2000, mother of Charissa William C . Giese, ' 69, Plano, Texas, nois, October 19, 2001. Survivors include Uemura, 'SS Scptt•mbcr 25, 2001. Survivors include :1 his parents, George and Nancy Moudry sister, Stephanie Giese Hcng, '64; and a cousin, Robert Mau, Jr., '73. Former faculty brother-in-bw,James V. Heng, '64; and J o seph S. Lcpgold , Arlington, former wife, Em il y Olson Giese, '6k. Family members Virginia, December 3, 2001. An associ­ He1oise R. Bu rck, Indianapolis, Indi­ ate professor at Georgetown University, 1970s ana, w ife of Philip J. Burck, '58 he held a joint appointment in the Richard J . Saltzstein, ' 72, Milwaub:c, Robert Hoerth, New Holstein, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign September 27, 200 I. Survivors include November 24, 2001, f:-nhtT of R ita M. Service and in the Department of his parents, Arthur and Judith Saltzstein; Hoerth, '90 Govern ment. Professor Lepgold and his a brother. Peter Sa ltzstein, '77; a sister. Beverly R. Hugo , Portland, Maine, fatnily were involved in a tragic hotel Sandra Saltzstein, '89; and three cousins, mother of Saretta Ramdial, '04 fire in Paris over the T hanksgiving Alan Saltzstein, '62, Jennifer Folz Perry, William L. Lindsey, Canyon Lake, holiday weekend, and he died as a result '78, and Julie Folz Erkilla, '81. California, September 17, 2001, husband of his injuries, as did a son, Jordan. Jatnes E. Tarr, ' 72, San Francisco, of Nancy Perkins Lindsey, M-D '54 Before joining the Georgetown f:1culty, California, February 22, 2000 Ricarte Lozada, Chilton, October 29, he was assistant professor of govcmment Sally Tripp Anderson, '75, Coppell, 2001, father of Jennifer Lozada, '94 at Lawrence from 1987 to 1990. Texas, November 8, 2001. Survivors Alvin E. Miller, Surrey, British include her husband, Les Anderson; her Columbia, Canada, September I I, 200 I, Friend of Lawrence parents, William H . Tripp, '51, and husband of O llie Johnson Miller, M-D '54 Joan B . Leech, Neenah. August 5, Betty Flom T ri pp, '49; two uncles, Genia H. Miller, Appleton, December 2001 Gerald T. Flom, '52, and Frederic R . 12,2001, mother ofMuc Miller, '91, Flom, '63; an aunt, Marijean Meimer and Alec Miller, '92

54 Spri11g 2002 Alumni Ioday

BjOrklunden vid SjOn (Birch forest by the Water) is a 4.25-auP estate on the Lake Michigan shore just south of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. Aplace of great beauty and serenity, the Pstate was bequeathed to lawrence University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park, Illinois. Since 1980, lawrence has offned a series of adult continuing-education seminars at 8jOrklunden.

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Lawrwce Today 55 Lawrence Yesterday

The article (left) appeared 1 1 in the Appleton Post-Crescent, Freshman Studies Gets Approval May 31, 1949; the cartoon, below, in The Lawrentian, As Guinea Pig Class Leaves College October 1945 BY MARG"DERITE SCHUM.M"N U you should happen to mention the word ":freshman English" on the Lawrence college campus these days, &tuclents will smile tolerantly at sueh old-fo~ plain. ~ The ti. quiremen EouCA1'lO~A.L R£COru>, C . culum !01 l 1954 issue of TnE Washington, D. . first crop Reprinted frorn the Ju y CouNCtL ON EouanoN. has gone published by the AM£lllCAN program t ceive dipi achievemer . t 1 Course irnent bas I . A Expernnen a ReplaciJli been "'fresl Stud1es, n · really C<~lle_, Freshman College introduced at Lawrence M ~ Pusey ca man stud~-., blance to th ANNE PRIOLEAU JONES ing English a kinder In fact, if one college t because l ~ ~ for t\'v I'

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56 Spri11g 2002 Elizabeth De Stasio, associate professor of biology and Raymond H. Herzog Professor of Science, Brian Rosenberg, dean of the faculty and professor of English, and students discuss Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in a Freshman Studies class in January.

Freshman Studies: The program that makes Lawrence Lawrence

The National Endowment for the Humanities has challenged us where a challenge becomes an opportunity. Your opportunity. with a $500,000 grant that, when matched by lawrence, will create lawrence alumni frequently and fondly cite Freshman Studies a $2.5 million endowment to support, expand, and strengthen as a defining characteristic of t heir undergraduate education and Freshman Studies, the cornerstone of a Lawrence education. an influence that endures today in their personal and professional Such an endowment will enable the college to provide: Lives. The NE H Challenge provides an opportunity for every lawrentian to once again be a part of Freshman Studies, in a way Innovative training programs for Freshman Studies faculty that will be both significant and satisfying. Increased availability of visiting scholars, artists, and performers While considering your gift to the NEH Challenge Fund, why not A full·time director of Freshman Studies reacquaint yourself with Freshman Studies (www.lawrence.edu/ academics/frst/)? Read the Freshman Studies Book issued to first A library and technology acquisitions fund year students, check out the 2001·02 reading list, and listen to A fult·time coordinator of Academic Support audio recordings of actual Freshman Studies lectures. More and better ways of assessing the effectiveness of Every four dollars you contribute towards the NEH Challenge Freshman Studies Fund will be matched by one dollar from the NE H. Gifts may be Development of Freshman Studies as a national model for made by cash, check, or securities and through pledges issued other colleges and fu lfi lled by July 31, 2005. Gifts may be mailed to: lawrence University, Office of Development, cjo The NEH Challenge Fund, In order to qualify for the NEH Challenge Grant, lawrence P.O. Box 599, Appleton, WI 54912-0599. For further information, must raise $2 million in matching funds by July 31, 2005. That's please call 920-832-6517. Mmjorie M. Freund Scholarship

When Seymour, Wisconsin, University, graduating in 1936. That same year, native Marjorie M . Freund grad­ she began working at the Library of Congress, uated from Lawrence with a where she was a librarian for 12 years before degree in history in 1935, she joining the Cemral Intelligence Agency in 1948 as looked back on her studt!nt a reference librarian. While at the C IA, Freund career with pride and a sense of also attended Strategic Intelligence School and accomplishment. At Lawrence the An1crican University Institute of Information she was elected president of Storage and R.etrieval and took numerous courses Mo rtar Board and the Women's at the Foreign Service Institute. She retired in 1979. Association, played field hockey, When Ma1jorie died in December 2000, she served on the j udicial l3oard, was left provisions for the establishment of the elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and M:Hjorie M . Freund Endowed Scholarship \Vas voted one of the college's "Four Best Loved through a $2.5 million bequest to Lawrence. Her Girls." Her alma marer provided Marjorie with a generous gift, the largest single individual contribu­ keen mind and a sense of duty, which resulted in tion for a scholarsh ip fund in Lawrence's history, a lifelong fondness for Lawrence C ollege. will ensure that future generations of Lawrence After graduation, Marjorie pursued a M:lSter students will receive the same liberal education of Arts degree in public law at Columbia that Marjorie so appreciated and valued.

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