The Altitude Experience Biology Professor Mike Farris Summits Mount Everest Hockey Stop

Hamline Spring 2010

The Altitude Experience Biology professor Mike Farris summits Mount Everest Hockey Stop

There are a lot of fun facts about the Hamline men’s hockey team. Sophomore Beau Christian is the son of Dave Christian who played on the famous 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team. Spencer Anderson, a junior and USCHO Honorable Mention all-American, also grew up in the game—his father is the head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers. Junior Chris Berenguer, the son of Minnesota Twins’ former star pitcher Juan Berenguer, is the only two-time all-American in the school’s history. Juniors Brett Burgau and Alex Lundbohm and sophomore Jordan VanGilder came to Hamline from the junior leagues—the first step toward going pro for many NHL players. Taylor Vichorek ’13 now plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s American Hockey League team. But the most fun fact? These guys win. Read more on page 12. 22 16 14 20

Features 14 The Altitude Experience Biology Professor Mike Farris Summits Everest 16 Breaking Ground Unveiling Plans for a University Center 18 The Power of Place Carol Anderson ’46 20 From the Frontlines Journalism Students Apprentice in Mexico 22 Spring Planting Lessons from Hamline Horticulturalist Ken Dehkes

Departments 4 Happenings on Hewitt 26 Alumni News 26 Associations of Hamline Alumni 28 Class Notes 34 In Memoriam

Senior Kyle Kurr has the best hockey stop on the team. spring 2010 1 From the Editor From the President

One unusually warm afternoon in April I found myself freezing on the red line of the Highland Park hockey rink, directing members of Hamline’s men’s hockey team to “look tough.” It was harder than I expected, given their fierce reputation on the ice. But in true Hamline form, they humbled under the spotlight. Fortunately Head Coach Scott Bell was on hand to share their accomplishments. As he should, Bell takes pride in his players—not only for how they perform together, as a top-ranked hockey team, but for how they carry themselves as individuals. Horticulturalist Ken Dehkes should take equal pride in Hamline’s campus, which he’s made a lush, natural oasis, abundant with color and life. He, too, is modest about Volume 107 / Number 1 / Spring 2010 his achievements, but I happily declare on page 20 that because of his work, the Hamline campus is one of the prettiest spots in Saint Paul. With the coming of a new University Center we will have another Hamline reason to feel proud. Not only will the building be environmentally The magazine of Hamline University When thinking about time, I’ve always conceptualized it as Some 50-plus years after Carol Anderson graduated, student sound and technologically advanced, it will bring together members an endless circle that rotates, year after year, with complete leaders of Hamline’s Undergraduate Student Congress (HUSC) of the university and the surrounding community. Editor Phoebe Larson reliability. In the fall, golden leaves drop to the ground and decided they, too, wanted to be a part of the effort to build a While it’s not our inclination to brag, we should all take pride in each season, in turn, arrives with its own distinctive features. new university center. Through their legislative process and Contributing editors Hamline. From the success of our students and the dedication of Tony Grundhauser, Breanne Hanson Hegg MNM ’04, Jen In a university, we arrange our teaching and learning schedules priority of budget expenditures, HUSC allocated $20,000 to our faculty and staff to the advancement and beauty of our campus, Thorson ’96 around academic terms aligned with each season and its tradi- the campaign fund for the project. When graduating President Hamline continues to shine. tions, starting with the matriculation of new classes of students David McCarthy, incoming President Joel Eaton, and Vice Contributing writers Serri Graslie ’10, Sunni Monson ’10, Dylan Thomas, Monica Wright in the fall to commencement’s farewell in the spring and the President Katie Gelinas presented me with check #1854 (the welcome of summer. And now, of course, with many graduate year of Hamline’s founding), I was thrilled and so very proud Contributing photographers programs, the circle continues throughout the summer months that the same philanthropic values that motivated a 1946 Andy King, Cory Ryan, Ken Dehkes as well. graduate and her husband to give back to Hamline were already Phoebe Larson Designers Kelly Christ, Allison Long Two events coincided in late spring of this year that poi- present in our students today. gnantly honor Hamline’s timeless values of instilling within The phrase “pay it forward” in a continuous circle of On The Cover Biology professor Mike Farris rock-climbing in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. students a responsibility to give back to others in appreciation philanthropy through inspiring lives of leadership, scholarship, for what they have received. In August 2009, Carol ’46 and and service is a worthy, timeless mission for Hamline. Our POSTMASTER Change service requested to: Dennis Anderson of Rapid City, South Dakota, pledged a lead work here as educators is in the tradition of John Wesley’s Hamline Magazine, MS-C1916, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 gift for the planned University Center, as well as an endowed admonition to “do all the good you can.” These students and chair in the social sciences. As an alumna, Carol sincerely alumna Carol Anderson and her husband, Dennis, are evidence Questions/letters Hamline Magazine, MS-C1916, credits Hamline with launching her career as an educated that through individual acts, perpetuated generation by 1536 Hewitt Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284, 651-523-2755, [email protected] woman who believed in making a difference where it counts. generation, we can indeed make the world a better place. She and Dennis built lives of service and leadership in their communities through their family farms and entrepreneurial Hamline University first published an alumni periodical in enterprises. When Dennis passed away in April, Carol Sincerely, 1904, called the Alumni Quarterly of Hamline University. Now simply titled Hamline, the magazine is published emphasized that their passion for education was the inspiration periodically each year. for their gifts. Hamline University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its education or employment programs or activities. Linda N. Hanson President

2 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 3 Record Breaker Don Meyer in his early days as the Pipers head men’s basketball coach. What do the Hamline Pipers and the Northern State University (South Happenings on Hewitt Dakota) Wolves have in common? Don Meyer. Meyer is the NCAA’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach and recent recipient of ESPN’s prestigious ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards) Jimmy V Perseverance Award. The head coach at Northern State University for the past 10 years, Meyer’s first head coach position was at Hamline, where he tallied 37 wins from 1972 to 1975 and led the 1974–75 team to the NCAA quarterfinals with his second 16-win season. Olympic Glory In 2008, Meyer made national headlines when he was poised to overtake Bob Knight as the NCAA’s winningest men’s basketball coach. Just shy of the record, Meyer nearly died in a major car accident. Due to Hamline first year Ashlee Kephart never thought she’d make it to injuries sustained in the crash, his left leg was amputated below the knee. the Olympics, especially for her “sport”—volunteering. Kephart is During surgery, it also was discovered that he had carcinoid cancer in his the founder of Kids for a Better World, a nonprofit organization that liver, small intestine, and abdomen. encourages young people to make a difference by volunteering. Inspired Undeterred, Meyer returned to the court in a wheelchair for the by community service projects through the Girl Scouts as a child, 2008–09 season, breaking Knight’s record on January 10, 2009 with 903 Kephart established Kids for a Better World at age 16. In January the wins. Meyer retired from coaching at the end of the 2009–10 season, but Coca-Cola Company recognized her charitable efforts, nominating her his success and determination will provide inspiration for coaches and as one of 10 American teens to carry the Olympic torch for the 2010 players to come. Winter Olympics. Here’s what the Hamline psychology major had to say about her road to Olympic glory.

Positive feedback: I’ve been volunteering throughout my entire school career. As a kid, I liked knowing that I made a difference in something, and I liked the positive reaction I received from the people I helped. Literacy on the Cutting Edge Calling kids to action: The main goal of Kids for a Better World is to get kids volunteering—locally and throughout the world. I work with school groups to set up initiatives in their communities or get “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free,” said American abolitionist them involved in one of my existing projects. I’ve sent care packages to Frederick Douglass. More than 100 years later, literacy issues are on the Hurricane Katrina victims and have partnered with several organizations forefront of public consciousness. Nationwide, school districts are focusing to send books, shoes, and other essentials to underprivileged children on literacy education to achieve large-scale school reform. Knowing that locally, nationally, and internationally. now, more than ever, society requires skilled literacy educators, Hamline School of Education launched a new degree program: the master of arts in Weight training: My Olympic torch run was in Calgary. It was only literacy education. 300 meters and the torch weighed 3.5 pounds. I carried a weight around Built upon Hamline’s renowned literacy, reading, and language arts pro- before I left to build up my strength. It was fun—there were people grams, the MA in literacy education will provide students with cutting-edge standing on the side of the road, waving and cheering. literacy theory, research, and classroom application. Students will develop the expertise, confidence, and skills to become literacy advocates in their schools Web extra: Check out Kids for a Better Golden opportunities: I got to meet the other torch-bearers, including and communities and help spread the crucial importance of literacy to life. World at www.kidsforabetterworld.com. gold medal gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Shawn Johnson and Steven Lopez, a gold medalist in tae kwon do. They threw a big party for us—it was really cool.

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YouTube Sensation, Community Inspiration The Storyteller’s Inkpot

If you haven’t seen first-year law student Kevin Heinz’ York and let us stay the weekend. We got to meet the Get a glimpse into the writer’s life. Visit the Storyteller’s Inkpot (www. wedding, you must not have the Internet. Heinz and hosts, Matt and Meredith, who asked us to recreate the thestorytellersinkpot.blogspot.com), a new blog written by authors and his wife, Jill, became a YouTube sensation last summer dance. That was a little creepy, having to reenact your faculty members from Hamline’s master of arts in writing for children when they and their entire wedding party danced (or wedding. Being parodied on The Office was hilarious. and young adults degree program. Posts cover a wide range of topics more like all-out rocked) their way down the aisle We didn’t know they were going to do that. from writing and craft to agents and publication. Dip your own pen to hip-hop singer Chris Brown’s song, “Forever.” into the “ink” and ask them your questions, or try your hand at one of Unaccustomed to the bright lights of fame, the two Why did you decide to turn the attention into a the many writing exercises posted. Check back often. From a letter to turned the spotlight on a worthy cause, raising nearly charitable effort for the Sheila Wellstone Institute? J. D. Salinger to the evolution of neologisms, these writers have plenty $30,000 for the Sheila Wellstone Institute. Their efforts When we realized the attention wasn’t going away, to say on the world of words. earned Kevin a nomination for Beliefnet.com’s Most both Jill and I wanted to use it for good. Unfortunately, Inspiring Person Award. we later learned that Chris Brown, the artist who sings “Forever,” had been arrested for assaulting the Heinz shared his thoughts on fame, charity, and singer Rihanna, so we felt it was appropriate to find an recreating his wedding on the Today Show. organization that helps victims of domestic abuse. The Sheila Wellstone Institute was a great choice because it Whose idea was it to dance your way helps empower domestic abuse victims. down the aisle? For the Love of Business We both wanted to do something different to make our How did you feel being nominated for a wedding unique. We had no idea it would become such Most Inspiring Person Award? a hit. We’re still reeling from it. I didn’t even know about it until a friend pointed it out Darrel Holt ’36 got into business for love. through immersion in the language, to me. It was weird, especially if you look at the other “He was smitten by my mother (Elizabeth customs, and ideas of another country. You were invited to be a guest on the Today Show nominees. I mean, Captain “Sully” Sullenberger and us? Lunde Holt ’36) who was a theater major,” Students can choose from programs in and then parodied on the NBC sitcom The Office. He landed a plane on the Hudson. I think that’s more says their daughter Ann Holt Grove. nearly 10 countries. Megan Lopez What was it like? inspiring. Darrel joined the theater to impress MBA ’10 used her Holt Fellowship to It was really fun. Everyone at the Today Show was Elizabeth on the stage. “Evidently he was travel to China through a School of great. They flew our entire wedding party out to New Web extra: For more information on the Sheila a terrible actor and so left the stage to Business elective course, “Introduction to Wellstone Institute and to see the Heinz’ wedding become the theater’s business manager”— Business in China.” The class met with video visit www.wellstone.org. and eventually a prominent leader in business leaders from various Chinese the Minneapolis mortgage banking companies and attended lectures at the and real estate business. In memory Universities of Shanghai and Beijing. “I of her parents, Ann established the was struck by the cultural differences and Holt Endowed Fellowship, offered how they could affect business dealings,” through the School of Business, says Lopez. “For example, here we look which provides tuition scholarships people in the eye. In China, it’s considered to outstanding business students for disrespectful. If you didn’t know that, it study abroad. could affect your business relationships.” The program effectively combines For Ann, the observations from students her parents’ love of Hamline and pas- reflect the program’s goal. “We’re seeing sion for lifelong learning with Ann’s students excited by their study abroad as enthusiasm for international educa- they gain increased awareness and sensitiv- tion, garnered through her own experi- ity to different cultures. We’re pleased to ence studying abroad in Germany as see the significant impact this program an undergraduate at Northwestern is having on their lives. I’m sure my University. “That year abroad made mother and father would be very pleased a tremendous difference in my world to know that they’ve had a hand in help- perspective,” she says. “Its influence ing Hamline students enrich their lives, upon my life was profound.” broaden their perspectives, and enhance Ann Holt Grove, founder, The Holt Fellowships aim to increase their educations.” Holt Endowed Fellowship students’ multicultural competencies

6 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 7 Happenings On Hewitt Happenings On Hewitt

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Walter Benjamin, professor emeritus Binnur Ozkececi-Taner, political science professor Held each spring, the Mahle lecture is part of Hamline’s Mahle Endowed War and Reflection (Beaver’s Pond Press, 2009) The Role of Ideas in Coalition Government Foreign Fund for Progressive Christian Thought. The fund also sponsors Mahle In this reflection on war, Professor Benjamin writes about Policymaking: The Case of Turkey between 1991 and 2002 Scholars—undergraduate students who receive a stipend to explore vocation his military service during World War II based on some (Republic of Letters, 2009) and service in a progressive Christian context. The students spent the year 250 letters he wrote to his parents during that time. The If foreign policy is your passion you’ll want to read studying Williams’ broad range of work and had the chance to meet her when memoir discusses notions of pacifism and the enduring Ozkececi-Taner’s book, which focuses on the link between she came to Hamline. allure of war and includes stories about campus life at political ideas and foreign policymaking. In it, the author Devoted to environmentalism and social justice, Williams also is deeply Hamline during the radical and vibrant 1960s. examines 12 foreign policy cases under four different grounded in spirituality. She has served jail time for acts of civil disobedience, Turkish governments between 1991 and 2002 and analyzes testified before Congress on women’s health issues, been a guest at the White Bonnie Graham, wife of former Hamline President the battles that took place because of differing ideologies House, and camped in remote regions of Utah and Alaska. 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The grant will provide funding for more than 50 high school teachers to begin or complete coursework for 9–12 chemistry and physics licensure. “Hamline is the only Minnesota university that provides no-cost chemistry and physics licensure for teachers,” says MnSTEP director Lee Schmitt. “We are pleased that 3M is supporting this essential program.” By the 2014–15 school year, public high schools in Minnesota will be required to provide chemistry or physics classes for all students. MnSTEP is at the forefront of filling a statewide need for highly qualified teachers in these areas. To date, Hamline has educated 55 new teachers in physics and 27 in chemistry.

8 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 9 Happenings On Hewitt

An Inside Look

The undergraduate experience is unique—four years of close friends, new experiences, and self-discovery (not to mention dorm life, late-night pizza, and parties). Prospective students and others can now get an inside look at undergraduate life through student video blogs. Sophomores Saraya Ayiti se yon and Michael; Lewis, a junior; and seniors Cat and Kyle open our eyes to student life on campus from special events to study sessions, extracurricular activities, and exploring the Twin Cities. Hear how Cat won free pizza for a year, significantly upping her popularity during Vikings games. Follow Lewis on an art hop through downtown Saint Paul. Accompany Saraya and Michael to a national pati kè mwen “Haiti is part of my heart” Resident Assistants Conference (and on routine campus squirrel sightings). Watch as they all do the undergraduate shuffle: balancing sleep with science labs and studying with sledding. “Hit the books,” advises Lewis. “But hit the slopes.” Part of my heart Follow the video blogs at www.youtube.com/group/hamlineblogs. We were all struck by news coverage of the devastation in campus with the hope of raising $1 for each of Hamline’s Haiti when a magnitude seven earthquake ripped through 5,000 students. Beyond charity efforts, Hamline sponsored the small country in January. Approximately 230,000 a community panel discussion that featured various experts people died, 300,000 were injured, and nearly 1 million on Haiti and disaster relief. were left homeless. For Hamline French professor Max To increase understanding of his country, Adrien taught Adrien, the coverage depicted home. free, informal classes in the Haitian Creole language and Adrien, born and raised in Haiti, gets daily firsthand culture every Tuesday through the spring. The classes were updates about his homeland from his brother, who is in the open to the public, and many people used them to prepare country, helping with relief efforts. Adrien believes he can for future aid trips to Haiti. do more from afar. “Haiti is part of my heart,” he says. “I Their success resulted in Hamline’s modern languages Spring into Service think the best way I can help is through donations and my department offering a for-credit Haitian Creole class this work as a teacher.” summer. Adrien hopes to offer a similar course in the The Hamline community supports this view. Following fall and to organize a symposium that will bring together Forget the sunglasses and suntan lotion. For Hamline and to Washington D.C., to volunteer with homelessness the disaster, students and faculty and staff members assem- theologians, philosophers, historians, and journalists to talk students, spring break requires a hammer and nails. In outreach organizations. Others chose to help closer to home bled health kits that included sterile bandages, washcloths, about Haiti. “There is no better way that I can help Haiti March the Wesley Center for Spirituality, Service, and in White Earth, Minnesota, learning about environmental soap, and toothbrushes and sent them to the country via the than to use what I know,” says Adrien. “What I can give is Social Justice. coordinated its annual Spring into Service justice issues, and in Chicago, participating in community United Methodist Committee on Relief. Additionally, the a connection to the Haitian people.” trips—volunteer trips to places in need throughout the arts projects. International Student Organization, the Office of Service- United States. The trips exemplify Hamline’s long-standing Those seeking variety participated in Hamline’s first Pay Learning and Volunteerism, and the Wesley Center for commitment to volunteerism. For the fourth consecutive it Forward tour, a weeklong bus trip through six different Spirituality, Service, and Social Justice launched the Dollar Web extra: Visit www.hamline.edu/maxadrien to year the university has been named to the President’s states. At each stop, students completed a service project for Change campaign, setting up donation jars around see Professor Adrien featured on CNN.com. Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the at the request of the hosting community. “Service-learning highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its trips deepen students’ leadership skills,” says Sharon Jaffe, commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. coordinator of service-learning. “Such opportunities Students traveled to Bunnell, Florida, to help build build community among students and challenge them houses for Habitat for Humanity; to New Orleans, to help to compassionate action and reflection about social with ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina; justice issues.”

10 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 11 Fire on Ice No. 12 Austun Tavis, Junior, Center/Forward No. 11 Brian Arrigoni, Sophomore, Right Wing/Forward No. 18 Spencer Anderson, Junior, Left Wing/Forward No. 81 Brett Burgau, Junior, Right Wing/Forward No. 26 Kyle Kurr, Captain, Senior, Center, Forward Hamline hadn’t had a winning record on the ice since the early 1980s, but No. 55 Chris Berenguer, Captain, Junior, Defense No. 19 Jordan VanGilder, Sophomore, Left Wing/Forward No. 44 Kirk head coach Scott Bell changed all that when he came to Hamline in 2005. Olimb, First year, Defense No. 27 Dominic Chiappelii, First year, Right Wing/Forward No. 7 Alex Lundbohm, Forward, Junior The team is now ranked in the top 10 and is seen as a major contender for next year’s Division III national title. Last season they ranked as high as #7 in the country—the highest a Hamline hockey team has been rated in the The winter athletic season was rife with hard-fought Basketball university’s history. They kept fans on the edge of their seats, tying the battles, electrifying wins, and incredible determination. Men: 15–11; 11–9 in MIAC school record for the most wins in a season (16) and fewest losses (6), and Pipers stood their ground in all sports, with men’s Women: 12–13; 10–12 in MIAC scoring the #1 power play and #1 penalty kill in the conference. They faced basketball rising to the top of the competition. The team Gymnastics came in fifth in the conference and qualified for MIAC Season average: 46.123 off to five different top 10 teams and took second in the MIAC—hosting a playoffs with their best record since 1990–91. Hockey sold-out playoff game. With their eye now on the 2010–11 national cham- Men: 16–6–4; 11–3–2 in MIAC pionship title, Bell and his team are set to make Hamline ice hockey the Here are the 2009–10 overall results from Hamline’s Women: 7–15–3; 4–12–2 in MIAC winter athletic teams. Visit www.hamline.edu/athletics for hottest ticket in town. Swimming and Diving individual stats and detailed information. Go Pipers! Men: 8th in MIAC Women: 9th in MIAC

12 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 13 Wisconsin, an area climbing guide. Regular trips out West to At 1:39 p.m. on May 22, 2009, Hamline biology professor the Tetons and the Rocky Mountains helped him prepare for The Mike Farris completed the grueling final push up Mount bigger expeditions abroad. Everest and stood alone atop the highest point on earth— After the 2002 Kanchenjunga expedition and a solo attempt 29,029 feet above sea level. Farris paused for only a moment on Alaska’s Denali in 2003, Farris tried twice, in 2004 and in the fierce winds and deadly thin air before descending 100 2005, to summit Broad Peak in Pakistan, one of the big 14. feet to an area known as the South Summit. There he pulled His first summit above 8,000 meters was in 2006 on Altitude out a video camera and pointed it back toward the peak—a Gasherbrum II, located on the Pakistan/China border. rounded hump of snow that pierced the cerulean sky. Stowing the camera, he continued on his way to high camp, 3,000 feet below the summit. “I started descending from the I was a quarter or a third of the way Experience summit and everything was fine,” Farris recalls, sitting in his small, book-lined office. “I was a quarter or a third of the way back from the summit to the high back from the summit to the high camp when something camp when something went wrong. Biology professor and mountaineer Mike went wrong.” Farris talks about scaling (and surviving) Nearly 15 hours later, Farris arrived at high camp, frozen, As Farris began to scale higher peaks, he developed an inter- exhausted, and with little memory of what had happened Mount Everest, his passion for climbing, est in how altitude affects the human body. During his first trip during the long, cold night. Over the coming weeks, other and his recent book, The Altitude Experience. to Broad Peak in 2004, he got dehydrated on the summit push climbers who had come to his aid helped fill in the gaps of what and “flamed-out,” failing to reach the peak. As a scientist, he happened. A faulty regulator on the oxygen mask he used to wanted to know why his body wouldn’t let him make the final summit caused Farris to lose oxygen. He became confused and push. Finding few comprehensive references on human physiol- disoriented, eventually losing consciousness. Hypothermia set in ogy at high altitudes, Farris decided to research the subject on during the night as well as frostbite, which claimed portions of his own. Five years later, he completed his research, collected in seven fingers and most of his toes. his recent book, The Altitude Experience: Successful Trekking and Farris’s experience was surprising, given his track record Climbing above 8,000 Feet. as a cautious climber. In six attempts to climb one of the 14 The Altitude Experience offers scientific explanations as to peaks in the world that rise above 8,000 meters (approximately what happens to the human body and mind at high altitudes, 26,000 feet) since 2002, Farris has made two summits. “I’ve as well as useful, how-to advice for traveling at such heights. always been one that’s quite willing, if it looks bad, to turn Farris found that the effects of altitude, from nausea to general around,” he says. He knows he cannot control two critical irritability, can set in at even extremely low heights—heights factors of any summit attempt: weather and luck. “This Everest one might encounter on a family vacation. “It’s geared toward trip was the first time I didn’t follow my normal maxim and I anybody who is traveling in altitude,” says Farris, “whether got burned.” you’re working in the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii at Farris began rock climbing in 1975 as an undergraduate at 14,000 feet, or taking your kids camping in Colorado.” Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Within a few years, he Farris also put together a report on what happened to him was climbing on ice and in the mountains. In a way, he was that night on Everest. His recounting of the trip (posted on living out a boyhood fantasy. While in high school in Edison, his website, thealtitudeexperience.com) is as harrowing as The Ohio, Farris read Annapurna, Frenchman Maurice Herzog’s Altitude Experience is informative. He uses both to teach an account of his successful 1950 assault on the world’s third undergraduate course about his research to Hamline students. highest mountain—the first 8,000-meter peak ever climbed. It On his office computer, Farris replays the video he took of introduced Farris to a rich body of mountaineering literature, Everest. The camera pans over a string of yellow, blue, and red which he devoured. Tibetan prayer flags pinned to the snow. Prayer flags also hang After completing a PhD at the University of Colorado– from his office window—a souvenir of his 2002 expedition to Boulder, Farris came to Hamline to teach in the late 1980s. Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal. Like the flags, Farris’s research He soon joined a group of Twin Cities climbers who intro- provides climbers with one more hope for a safe return. duced him to the area’s small but technically demanding cliffs about which he later wrote Rock Climbing Minnesota and By Dylan Thomas

14 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 15 Breaking Ground Hamline is pleased to announce plans for a new University Center, a $36 million facility on the corner of Snelling and Englewood Avenues.

Hamline has always been considered groundbreaking. spaces, and coffee shop will invite interaction, while the As Minnesota’s first university, founded in 1854, it has second floor will replace Sorin as the new dining hall. This will truly be the heart of Hamline. It’s where students, been coeducational and open to all faiths from the start, Student organizations and campus offices will be housed granting the state’s first bachelor’s and master’s degrees on the third floor, which will also feature a meditation faculty and staff members, and alumni will gather, foster to Elizabeth and Emily Sorin. The university strives to room and an outdoor terrace. Floor-to-ceiling windows continue this tradition of forward thinking and inclusive facing campus will help bring the outside in, and the friendships, spark debate, and feel a real sense of belonging. leadership with a plan to break ground on the corner building will have two floors of underground parking— Richard Hoel ’69, chair of the campaign steering committee of Snelling and Englewood Avenues—the site of a new a welcome addition to campus. “The space will be at University Center. once visually stunning and fully functional. Every A $36 million facility, the University Center will serve corner is designed to serve and inspire,” says architect as a prominent symbol of Hamline and will dramatically Angela Watson. expand its capacity to accommodate and serve its com- In keeping with Hamline’s commitment to environmen- We invite you to partake in our eager anticipation munity. A natural gathering place, it will bring a new tal responsibility, the University Center will be constructed of this new university building, which will include: dimension to university life and to the perspective of with sustainable building materials and energy-efficient everyone who visits Hamline. “This will truly be the heart design. Solar panels will be implemented, and the uni- • Three floors and a two-story • Event space that can • A meditation room of Hamline,” says Richard Hoel ’69, chair of the campaign versity is working with Xcel Energy to incorporate other underground parking facility accommodate up to steering committee. “It’s where students, faculty and staff energy-efficient products and techniques. • A rooftop terrace 450 people members, and alumni will gather, foster friendships, spark Contemporary, functional, and environmentally • Flexible, multi-use spaces with • Floor-to-ceiling windows debate, and feel a real sense of belonging.” conscious, the University Center will reflect Hamline’s retractable walls • Public computers with The goal is to have sufficient gifts and pledges in place ongoing commitment to serving its community. Says facing campus wireless Internet by the end of 2010 to break ground in spring 2011. The President Linda Hanson: “At the heart of today’s campus, • A large, central fireplace • Solar panels and other firm Shepley Bulfinch (which has designed student centers the University Center is an exciting part of Hamline’s • A coffee shop and vision to create pathways for current and future genera- • Cozy gathering spaces energy efficient products and dining halls for Georgetown and George Mason uni- campus store versities) was chosen out of 40 firms to design the build- tions of students. When future alumni reflect on their time and techniques • Meeting rooms and ing, which will have three floors—all made flexible with at Hamline, their memories will be framed in part by this • A dining room with a balcony campus offices retractable walls and multi-use spaces to serve a variety gathering place.” overlooking campus of needs. The first floor’s large fireplace, sunlit gathering

16 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 17 SCHILLING HALL

UNIVERSITY PETERSON HALL CENTER SORIN HALL MANOR HALL Sobered by War, farming became a way of life for the Andersons. They lived OSBORN HALL Enlivened in the Classroom in Rapid City in the winters, but were “suitcase famers” in Hamline was a different place back then. The majority of the summer, living in an old farmhouse in Onida without male students had been drafted and the women all lived in running water. Dennis also helped found the South ENGLEWOOD AVENUE Manor House, where they ate together with the women’s Dakota Wheat Growers Association and the American dean at specific times every day. No one was allowed out State Bank in Rapid City, while Carol stayed active in after 10 p.m., and the social scene on campus was staid. women’s issues and politics as a candidate for the state “We were serious because we knew we were at war, and legislature. She credits her Hamline professors for laying we wanted to have a job when we got out,” she said. the foundation for her continued service and involvement “We didn’t have dates, of course, but spent our free time in social issues. “The skill of Hamline’s professors played making fudge and just staying up late visiting. It wasn’t a role in making me a college-educated woman during the all bad.” trying years of World War II,” she says. The Power of Place Anderson felt enlivened in the classroom and declared a SNELLING AVENUE One look at Manor House was all it took to convince Carol Anderson ’46 major in social work. “I guess it just happened naturally,” Return to Hamline that Hamline was home—a feeling the new University Center may she says. “I didn’t know [about the field] before Hamline, In 1993, former Hamline President Larry Osnes invited but I learned that’s where I belonged.” Upon graduating Anderson to sit on the Board of Trustees, an appointment inspire in future prospective students. in 1946, she took a job at the tuberculosis sanatorium in she happily accepted and served until 2001. The Minneapolis, where she counseled the family members appointment reinvigorated her relationship with Hamline of patients. After three years at the sanatorium, she set and later inspired the Andersons’ $5 million pledge for the her sights on a job at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, University Center and an additional gift of more than $3 Minnesota, but her plans soon changed. “Mr. Dennis million to establish the Carol E. Anderson Endowed Chair Anderson came along,” she says. in the Social Sciences. “Education is our goal,” she says. “That’s where our money does the most good.” Farm Life and Politics Anderson hopes the new center will inspire the same Carol and Dennis—a native of Red Wing, Minnesota, immediate confidence in Hamline for prospective students Hamline’s first home—were on the same path from the as Manor House did for her some 60 years ago. “Hamline start. They met while riding the same streetcar to work in has been very much a part of our lives,” she says. Minneapolis every day. “We both got on at the front of “Through the Red Wing connection for Dennis, and for the car, got off at the same spot, went to breakfast in the me it was way to a college education as I journeyed into same restaurant, and went to work a block apart,” says adulthood. We are grateful to give back.” Anderson. “So we got to know each other.” They married in 1949 and in 1951 moved to South The original story appeared in the January edition of the Oracle, www.hamlineoracle.com. Dakota to help on Carol’s family farm. From there,

We were deeply saddened by the news of Dennis Anderson’s passing during the printing of this magazine. Dennis was Last fall Carol Anderson ’46 and her husband, Dennis, pledged $5.3 million to launch a champion of education and a dear friend to Hamline. As Hamline’s new University Center. Anderson knows the power of place—her own President Hanson said in a tribute to Dennis at his funeral, Hamline experience began with a trip to the Twin Cities from her home in Fort May 4: Yates, North Dakota, in the 1940s. “I rode in with my uncle who was taking a load Through his lifetime of providing for his family, for the of grain to Saint Paul, and he [dropped] my friend and me off on Snelling Avenue,” livelihood of others, and for the future of young people she recalls. “We heard that there were colleges there—in particular Macalester—and who would benefit from his and Carol’s generosity, Dennis we stopped to look around, but I didn’t like what I saw at all.” The two walked up the Anderson set a meritorious example for us to dream big, live modestly, and enjoy the many small pleasures in life. street to Hamline where Anderson was met with a more appealing view. “I loved the looks of Manor House.” That was all it took. She enrolled at Hamline in the fall of We offer our condolences to Carol and family. An obituary for 1942 just as the United States headed into World War II. Dennis can be found on page 39. To read President Hanson’s tribute in its entirety, visit www.hamline.edu/dennisanderson. By: Serri Graslie ’10

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18 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 19 A college student’s blog about a winter break are no jobs for these folks, and that’s one reason we think an trip to Mexico is typically where you expect to organization like ours is needed,” Stucky explains. “It’s the find talk of Mazatlan and margarita recipes, not people with strong entrepreneurial skills who know how to musings about globalization. That’s just the first of create a sustainable business model for themselves who will many indications that Hamline students Nancy Huynh ’12 and succeed. And without a huge expense you can equip yourself as From the Paulina Yanez Navarro ’10 weren’t on the usual sun-soaked an international journalist.” holiday last January. The postcards the duo sent back weren’t in Seeing the CIJ’s goals mirrored in Round Earth, the two the form of beachfront photos, but glimpses of life in Mexico partnered to offer a first-ever reporting apprenticeship to two City, as documented by two young reporters. Hamline students. The chosen duo would accompany Stucky “No, I have not seen the sites that Mexico is known for,” on a trip to Mexico City to work on stories for NPR’s The blogged Huynh. “Journalists are not tourists. But I have World and The World Vision Report—the students’ airfare, interviewed influential people about fascinating issues.” lodging, and food funded by scholarship money from the CIJ. Frontlines Those issues were uncovered during a weeklong reporting The CIJ put out a call for applicants in good academic standing Hamline’s apprenticeship devised by Hamline’s Certificate in International with Spanish language skills, and Navarro and Huynh rose to Journalism (CIJ) program and Round Earth Media, a local the top. Certificate in nonprofit that seeks to mentor and train the next generation of International global journalists. The goal? Get students on international soil Hitting the Ground to do hands-on reporting with a veteran journalist as “When we got to Mexico we dove right in,” explains Huynh, Journalism program their guide. a sophomore majoring in communications with minors in partners with Round Proof of the apprenticeship’s success is apparent in Huynh’s Spanish and education. “We were shadowing Mary right away declaration that she was (happily) worked to the bone. “I was conducting interviews that she set up.” Earth Media to send so drained and exhausted at the end of the day all I could Throwing Huynh and Navarro into real-life reporting students abroad. think about was sleep,” she explains. “But you can’t say you’re situations was Stucky’s goal from the start. “There’s no an international journalist until you’ve gone abroad and done substitute for being in the field, trying to put stories together the actual work. It’s one thing to sit in a classroom and study on the spot,” she says. Huynh and Navarro were treated like it, but it’s a completely different experience to be in the field colleagues, with Stucky dividing up the work and assigning doing the reporting.” to each apprentice various roles: one morning Navarro would snap pictures while Huynh conducted interviews, and in Experiencing International Journalism the afternoon the pair would head to a local market to Gaining international experience has been a hallmark of the CIJ interview vendors. since its inception in 1998. As the first undergraduate program Navarro, a native of Chile, proved an asset to the team thanks in the United States to focus on international journalism, the to her Spanish fluency—including the more tedious work of CIJ seeks to meld communication studies, journalism, global transcribing the team’s various interviews upon returning to studies, and language skills into a curriculum dedicated to Hamline. “Paulina and Nancy helped a lot by transcribing and intercultural understanding. According to Dr. Suda Ishida, going through tape, and that’s not glamorous work—which the program’s director, that means passports must get they learned. But those things have to be done,” says Stucky. stamped. “Our objective is to give students as much For Huynh, the biggest lesson learned from the week in exposure to international media as possible by sending Mexico was the need for reporters to acclimate to situations them overseas to work collaboratively with established that can change at a moment’s notice. “Be flexible, be able to journalists.” adapt quickly,” says Huynh. “Our plans always changed at the The program partners with universities around the world last minute, like a cab wouldn’t show up, so we’d either run to to facilitate such experiences; Universität Trier in Germany the subway or call another city cab that was driving around on and Université Gaston Berger in Senegal are just two of the the street. It was nerve-racking.” institutions that have hosted Hamline’s CIJ students. In According to Ishida, who hopes to offer more Round the case of Round Earth Media, the CIJ didn’t have to look Earth apprenticeships in the future, such international lessons abroad to find the perfect facilitator of international journalism translate well for students whether they choose to use their Nancy Huynh ’12 experience. Round Earth cofounder Mary Stucky, a Hamline journalism skills abroad or stay in the Twin Cities to begin their (pictured) and Paulina adjunct with the CIJ program, was directly in Ishida’s sightline. careers. “The philosophy of the CIJ is that you have to meet Yanez Navarro ’10 put Stucky, a long-time journalist and contributor to outlets like with people who come from different parts of the world,” she their journalism skills National Public Radio and the PBS program Frontline, created explains. “If you don’t go out, they will come here. The Twin to the test, reporting Round Earth Media six years ago to help veteran journalists Cities has different cultural groups from Somalia, Vietnam, and from Mexico. mentor early career reporters in covering stories from locations Laos, and it’s important to understand those cultures in order that are often ignored by the major media outlets. Launched to help better inform the general public about their lives and to Web extra: To see the stories Huynh and Vavarro on the cusp of journalism’s recent meltdown, the nonprofit help us better understand ourselves.” worked on visit www.RoundEarthMedia.org. prepares reporters for a world where cushy international bureaus are a thing of the past and digital recorders are the Editor’s note: Navarro returned to Chile after the trip and was new notepad. “We’re still pumping out journalists, but there unavailable for this story. By Monica Wright

20 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 21 Ken Dehkes, director of facilities operations and horticultural services, is a wealth of secrets. For example, some of the flowerpots on campus are filled with edible plants: gem marigolds, lavender, and nasturtiums, as well as leeks and Swiss chard. And think you have a Spring Planting covert shortcut through campus? You don’t. Via aerial photographs, Dehkes and his team monitor circulation patterns, observing Horticulturist Ken Dehkes shares his excessive wear in the areas where informal paths have emerged. secrets for making Hamline one of the prettiest spots in Saint Paul. Dehkes has worked at Hamline for more than 20 years, gradually transforming the landscape from formal hedges and lines of trees to a lush, natural haven filled with variety, color, and life. “My aim is to create a livable landscape at Hamline,” he says. “The question in my mind is always, ‘How do we create a landscape that is functional, environmental, and fiscally responsible as well as attractive?’”

It’s no easy feat on an urban campus that serves more than 5,000 people each day. Here, Dehkes spills his secrets for making the Hamline campus one of the prettiest spots in Saint Paul.

By Phoebe Larson

Red Oxford Darwin Tulips

22 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 23 Secret One: It’s no secret— shrubs, and a variety of trees that can could wipe them all out. That’s why our weather rules. Preplan, but prepare withstand a frost and hold their color late aesthetic approach is more informal.” for the unexpected. Consider colorful into the fall. The approach well suits a college cam- perrenials, shrubs, ground cover, and Of course, he notes, there’s still a place pus, where the only constant is change. trees over annuals. for the vibrant color and seasonal entrance Buildings are constructed and, at times, of annuals. So the team began planting torn down. Student and faculty needs When your business is growing, your annuals in flowerpots and hanging baskets evolve, and the community grows—in size boss is the weather. While Dehkes and that they can move under cover in the and philosophy. “In an urban area there’s his team of four employees and student case of a weather disaster. a tendency to build more hardscape— workers are constantly planning for the solid and constructed features—because next season, an unusually early or late there’s a perception that you can’t main- frost can throw everything off. “We look Go natural. Secret Two: tain plant material when thousands of at long-range forecasts and follow weather Avoid formal layouts such as hedges people are walking on it. But we’ve found patterns, and I keep track of the previous and rows of trees that are high cost, that softscape, or horticultural, solutions winters and how things came out,” says more maintenance, and less sustainable. are more cost-effective and flexible to Dehkes. “Each year we take an educated Look for functional, hardy vegetation change.” Dehkes chooses vegetation that guess as to what might happen and hedge and plant a diversity of species. adjusts easily to transplanting. He has our bets so we’re prepared for whatever Since Dehkes took over, competition even moved trees. comes up.” among plants for a spot on campus has When life revolves around the academic gotten stiff. Plant materials have to meet calendar, full of important events, the Dehkes’ design criteria: functional, hardy, Secret Three: Think game gets dicier. May 20 is the average aesthetic, a limited amount of pest prob- about function, circulation patterns, last frost for the Twin Cities—danger- lems, and not reliant on extra inputs such and resources. The average life of a ously close to Commencement, which is as fertilizer or excessive labor. He strives landscape is 40 years. Assess impact typically accented by a campus bright for a natural layout, always taking into and cost in terms of ongoing yearly with spring flowers. “Every year we do account budget, maintenance, and the maintenance rather than initial design a little dance,” says Dehkes. “We need a reality of change over time. and installation. certain amount of time physically to get “Formal layouts—hedges or a row of People (and pets) are on the move. It’s all the flowers in and get everything ready, trees that are all the same—go against important to keep an eye on circulation (Clockwise from top left) Blooming crabapple trees and mixed daffodils announce springtime on campus. The large white blossoms of a Star but we’re also worrying, ‘Is this all going my philosophy of a sustainable landscape patterns that may break down your land- Magnolia tree in early spring. The delicate blossoms on the Red Maple tree bloom in early spring and last only a few days before leaves emerge to be toast if we get a bad frost?’” The because they need to be manipulated scape. Dehkes and his team continually in their place. Coneflowers attract a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in late summer. team packs most of their planting into to perform,” explains Dehkes. When adjust their design to redirect or allow the 10 days prior to the event—with a formal landscape has a problem in a for natural walking patterns. “Areas of fingers crossed. particular area, the whole design breaks high traffic where the groundcover is walkway with pavers is an investment, Juneberry shrubs Dehkes planted through- Secret Five: Measure Homecoming Weekend presents down. “For example if you plant a row worn away can result in erosion, which but over time it will offset some of the out campus can also be eaten and made your success in wildlife and in how another challenge, as the average first frost of trees that are all the same and a storm enables weeds to better compete,” explains costs we incur through ground repair and into pies. The flowerpots that hold edible many people you expose to the joy is October 5. Often there has been snow. takes one out, you could replace it with Dehkes. To avoid destruction, he adjusts, maintenance.” flowers and leeks were his suggestion to of gardening. As a result, Dehkes changed his overall a sapling, but it won’t have the desired making paver trails along the worn path Water use is a major consideration Hamline’s student garden organization Thanks to Dehkes, squirrels, rabbits, strategy, moving away from flowering effect. It’s like when someone gets a tooth or by planting vegetation to force people in terms of cost and environmental SPROUT. “There are all sorts of ways to birds, and butterflies have become city- annuals to perennials, ground covers, knocked out. And a specific disease or pest to use the sidewalks. “Constructing a stewardship. Dehkes is mindful of both. incorporate herbs or fruits and vegetables dwellers. “We’ve always had the squirrels, Over time, he’s eliminated much of the into your landscape,” says Dehkes. “You but now they can chew on acorns rather turf grass on campus, which requires can put in fruit trees and/or blueberry than just pizza crusts,” he laughs. “A extensive amounts of water. Hamline has shrubs as a landscape element, but still whole range of small wildlife now thrives (Left to right) Liatris flowers mix with perennial plantings in mid-summer. Purple-pink flowers cover the branches of a Redbud tree in late-April. an irrigation system that allows him to enjoy the eating function. It’s fun and on campus because there’s more opportu- better control water use, ultimately saving easy to blend in edibles, and it’s another nity for shelter and there’s a food source.” on cost and waste. “We water at the right element that helps people get in tune with People also enjoy the fruits of his labor. time and in the right amounts for each nature.” Dehkes began putting identification mark- specific area,” says Dehkes. “We take that Dehkes also looks to his recycling bin ers on trees and shrubs due to frequent seriously not just for the show of being for inspiration. When SPROUT requested questions from visitors and has led walk- frugal with water, but because it creates raised beds for a student garden, facilities ing tours during Alumni Weekend. “The healthy, sustainable plants.” staff members constructed them from the goal is to get people exposed,” he says. aluminum bleachers from the old Norton “Have them get out there. Have them Secret Four: Find ways to Stadium. “They won’t rot, they’re light- weed—get their hands in the ground. It’s incorporate edible flowers and plants weight, and we’re recycling.” not about winning a prize at the state fair into your landscape and look to your for the biggest dahlia. It’s about raising recycle bin for construction elements. interest, interacting with friends and fam- The birds generally get to them first, ily members, and gaining an appreciation but the dark purple berries on the for growing things.”

24 Hamline Magazine spring 2010 25 Career Advisors Network Membership Registration alumni news 26 Associations of Hamline Alumni News 28 Class notes 33 In Memoriam Name: Name while at Hamline: Home Address: Home Phone: Join the Career Advisors Network Major(s) Grad Year: It seems like yesterday that I was sitting on the lawn in front of Old Main, waiting to receive my Further Education: Grad Year: diploma. Some in my class had jobs, others had leads, but many still did not know what direction they would be heading. Faced with numerous options and a competitive marketplace, many Occupation or Job Title: Hamline students are in this same situation. They are understandably unsure about career direction or effective strategies for entrance into a chosen field. Employer: For most graduates, the only thing standing between uncertainty and success is lack of Work Address: information or contacts in their area of interest. Many Hamline alumni who are thinking about a job or career change face similar road blocks. Work Phone: Email: I’m writing to ask you to join me by registering to participate in Hamline’s new Career I prefer to be contacted by: phone email mail Maximum number of students who can express interest: Advisors Network/Professional Network through the Career Development Center (CDC). It is easy to join, helpful to our students, and would connect you to a network of hundreds of other Hamline alumni, parents, and friends. Type of position you hold: Your field of employment (check all that apply): This network will provide enhanced opportunities for students or alumni to talk with Administrator Paralegal Advertising/ Legal Services professionals about their careers. We understand how valuable your time is—just a few minutes Artist/Performer Partner Public Relations Manufacturing could make a huge difference to a student or an alum. Attorney Retired Agriculture Health Care Chair Salesperson/Marketer Art/Design Nonprofit Career Advisors Network at a glance: Clergy Scientific Researcher Child Care Real Estate • Occasionally, a student or an alum may contact you to ask a few questions or arrange a brief Clerical Teacher Communications Religion informational interview. Typical content includes questions about industries, organizations, Counselor Technician/ Education Retail and positions with which you may be familiar. Please note that your role is to provide Direct Service Provider Computer Specialist Energy Sports and Recreation information based on your experience. You are not being asked to place students. Entrepreneur/ Temporary Worker Entertainment Technology • Your information on the Career Advisors Network is protected and only CDC staff members, Self-Employed Other: Financial Services Transportation Hamline students and alumni, and Career Advisors Network members are able to gain access Manager Food Products and Travel and Hospitality to the database. Medical Professional Production Wholesale Distributing • Registration takes only a minute and there are several ways for you to join. Either complete Government Other: the attached form and return it by mail or fax, or register online at www.hamline.edu/cdc. Human Services Law Enforcement If you would like to learn more about the Career Advisors Network/Professional Network or services available to you, contact Terry Middendorf ([email protected]) or Janaya Martin ([email protected]) in the Career Development Center, or phone 651-523-2302. Please complete the following sections for our information. Our goal is to have more than 1,000 alumni join the Career Advisors Network by this summer. Please join me and help make this happen! In addition to conducting informational interviews with Hamline students, how else would you like to be involved? (check all that apply): Panels/discussions Job fairs Speaking to groups or classes Developing and/or posting internship opportunities Practice interviewing Posting jobs with the CDC Job shadowing Recruiting on campus for jobs/internships Betsy Brenden Radtke ’89 Associate Vice President Alumni Relations We require your approval in order to share this information with students and alumni. Please complete this section: I give my permission to release the information provided. I do not give my permission to release the information provided.

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26 Hamline Magazine SPRING 2010 27 1947 Florence Benson Pendergrast received the League of Women Voters’ 2009 Peggy Thompson award for her outstanding service. Last 1996 Anthony Schroeder and his wife, Christine Berg Schroeder, welcomed daughter, Nora Margaret, on July 14, 2009. She joins sister, year she visited Sweden, her father’s native country. Madeline, age 6. Anthony is a network director for Hamline and Christine is director of special events for the Office of Marketing. 1960 While touring Central America and learning about the Mayans last November, Ginger Goff Brey and Karin Green ’74 (also MALS ’05) 2001 Four alumnae reunited for Rebecca Pohlig Schroeder’s wedding in Alexandria, Minnesota, in August 2009. They met as residents in discovered that they were both Hamline graduates. From left: Karin and Ginger. Manor Hall in 2001 and were later roommates. They now gather annually. From left:S arah Braschler Vukovich, Rebecca Pohlig Schroeder, Stacie Nelson Colling, and Sara Proper Poniatowski. 1966 Ten alumnae gathered at Joan Williams Lilja’s home in Lutsen, Minnesota, in August 2009. They meet regularly for their book club, Soarin’ Sisters, formed in 2002. Most met as first-year students in Sorin Hall. The ‘Sisters’ are pictured at North House Folk School in 2003 Artika Tyner received the 2009 Up and Coming Attorney award. As a clinical law fellow at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, Grand Marais. From left:Joan Williams Lilja, Rosalie Bunge Dundas, Grace Roder Fuller, Karen Walker Williams, Jane Lammers Johns, Artika works in juvenile justice reform through the Community Justice Project, which uses a leadership model of training to educate future Mary Dalbotten, Valerie Ehlers Anderson, Kathy Pilgrim Kinzie, Carol Wilson Pagac, and Judy Sandine Wood. generations on issues of race, poverty, and criminal justice. She also is involved in a program exploring restorative justice techniques in the context of obstruction-of-legal-process charges.

College of Liberal Arts Betty Bronson Sandberg is a member of Bob Pilshaw retired as a mining engineer. 1961 1966 Jeff Green is the CEO of U.S. Merchants, the Hanging Ham Lakeshore Management He lives in Bakersfield, California, and a distribution and packaging company Annette DeCourcy Towler and Nancy Valerie Ehlers Anderson, Mary Association and the Barnum Methodist Sunriver, Oregon. specializing in the wholesale club channel. 1941 Lowe Gundersen ’60 completed a book, Dalbotten, Rosalie Bunge Dundas, Church’s Landscape Committee. She He won the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of Shirley Brown Bogue was recently 150 Years of History: 1857–2007, with Grace Roder Fuller, Jane Lammers writes a weekly column for the Arrowhead the Year award. Jeff and his wife have two inducted into the Nebraska Journalism 1957 two other members of the First United Johns, Kathy Pilgrim Kinzie, Joan Lender, contributes to magazine newslet- daughters, ages 27 and 31, and live in Los Hall of Fame. Shirley worked on the Methodist Church of St. Cloud. The book Williams Lilja, Carol Wilson Pagac, ters, and sings with Autumn Voices, a Beverly Hansen Bradley, RN, PhD, Angeles. campus newspaper at Hamline and went includes two earlier publications of church Karen Walker Williams, and Judy choir of 40 seniors. She has six grandchil- FASHA, FNASN received the American on to a long career in journalism. She and history by Gertrude Gove ’22, a former Sandine Wood. See photo, page 28. dren and five great-grandchildren. School Health Association’s 2009 her husband, Robert Bogue ’44, owned Distinguished Service Award. Beverly has member (deceased). 1974 four newspapers in Nebraska: the weekly Florence Benson Pendergrast. See photo, served as an elementary and high school 1970 Karin Green. See photo, page 28. Oakland Independent, the West Point above. nurse, a site administrator, a coordinator 1962 Peter Clark met with several former Republican, the Lyons Mirror-Sun, and the of health services and education at the Douglas Richards. See photo, page 30. Sharol Plooster Jacobson welcomed and current students and Dr. William Madison Star. Shirley is only the eighth county level, and as a consultant for the 1949 granddaughter, Annika Elizabeth, on Kimes, professor emeritus, to record Our female to be inducted into the Nebraska California State Department of Education. 1978 November 2, 2008. She joins brothers, American Cousin in honor of the Lincoln Journalism Hall of Fame. She joins Edythe Peden Cascini and husband, She retired as an assistant clinical professor Chad and Ben. bicentennial. Their production, edited Kathleen Picotte Newman, a princi- renowned author Willa Cather. William, celebrated their 60th wedding at the University of California, San Diego. anniversary on August 3, 2009 with sons, for the release of a CD, was of the play pal family law attorney for Newman & Joann Monson Johnson completed her Brett and Wade, and daughter, Janelle. Lincoln was watching when he was assas- Associates, was named a Top 40 Super 1945 20th ride across Minnesota on July 31, Edythe earned a master’s degree in educa- 1959 sinated on April 14, 1865. Lawyer by Minnesota Law & Politics 2009. TRAM, a five-day bike ride of 250- Catherine Dower-Gold published a fifth tion from the University of Nebraska and Anita Namock Lillquist, a nursing gradu- magazine. Kathy has been named to the 300 miles, raises money for the National book, Actividades Musicales en Puerto Rico: taught in public schools in South Dakota, ate, leads women’s spiritual groups. She national list of Best Lawyers in America Multiple Sclerosis Society Research 1972 Después de la Guerra Hispanoamericana, Nebraska, and Colorado for 37 years. Bill is studying Mayan spirituality and hand since 1993 and is consistently listed Program. Joann is one of 14 persons to Anne Louise Elvgren has lived in New in 2007 with Trafford Press. Catherine retired as a professor of sociology from drumming. among the Top 100 Women Super complete all 20 rides. England for the past 18 years. She is the is active in more than a dozen social and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Lawyers. She has represented business and chief marketing officer of Robinson and professional organizations and serves on 1960 asset valuation issues, custody, prenuptial six boards. Cole, an AmLaw 200 law firm based in agreements, maintenance disputes, and Ginger Goff Brey. See photo, above. Hartford, Connecticut. hidden or non-marital property matters. Nancy Lowe Gundersen. See 1961. 1947

28 Hamline Magazine SPRING 2010 29 2004 Derek Larson married Carissa Duke on July 18, 2009 at Victory Chapel at Saint Catherine University, Carissa’s alma mater. The recep- 2004 Jessica Flannigan married Jamal Faleel JD ’02 on October 3, 2009. The wedding party included Michele Heinbaugh Anderson ’04, tion was held in the Kay Fredericks Room of Hamline’s Klas Center. Anthony Brown JD ’03, Harleigh Brown JD ’02, Angela Erickson ’04, Ulisse Gallo JD ’02, JaPaul Harris JD ’03, and Jana Kooren ’04. Jamal is an attorney at Fredrikson & Byron. Jessica is a senior communications specialist with HealthPartners. They live in Minneapolis. 2006 Elke Hobus married William Richards ’05 on May 9, 2009 in Red Wing, Minnesota. The wedding party included Carly Beetsch ’06, Lauren Brewer ’06, John Schollmeier ’04, and Jeff Mulder ’05, with music performed by Rebecca Richards Moen ’03, John Schollmeier ’04, and a Hamline band, Skyline Citizen. Honorable Judge Douglas Richards ’74 officiated. Will attended Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is a first-year ear, nose, throat, and facial plastics resident at Millcreek Community Hospital. Elke completed Hamline’s master of arts in teaching program and will teach secondary social studies. They live in Erie, Pennsylvania. Stacie Nelson Colling, Sara Proper 2004 preparedness. Antonia was sworn into Poniatowski, Rebecca Pohlig Schroeder, the Minnesota Army National Guard on Michele Heinbaugh Anderson, and Sarah Braschler Vukovich. See October 1, 2009. She left for basic combat Angela Erickson, Jessica Flannigan, photo, page 29. training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma on and Jana Kooren. See photo, above. 1986 Kim Kamper Therres (also MAPA ’00) was named “Rising Star” by Minnesota March 1. and husband, Bob, welcomed son, Law and Politics magazine in 2009. Derek Larson Dwight Joyner retired from the board 2002 . See photo, page 30. Jeff Hanger Amanda Jones Riley, on February 14, 2009. He joins and . See of GALA Choruses and joined the board Katie Kairies Noel joined Access brother, Russell. John Schollmeier. See photo, page 30. photo, page 32. of Vox Femina Los Angeles. Dwight and 1999 Financial Services seven years ago to work with her family and a staff of six. She his partner, Mike, initiated the Galaxy Barbara Berg Windels successfully Sarah Diers Groskreutz and husband, 2005 2008 Program at the American Composers’ defended a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights Kory, welcomed twins, Owen and Lorna, earned certified financial planner designa- Angela Asmus Ferguson, Drew Jones, Forum with grants given to Una Voce case of first impression before the Eighth on July 2, 2009. tion following three years of study and Jennifer Carlin and husband, Justin, and Colin MacFarlane. See photo, 32. and the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. They Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. testing. She specializes in financial plan- welcomed their third child, daughter, commute between Minnetonka and Supreme Court denied Appellant’s petition Jon Gensler and wife, Christina Garner ning and investment management. Kahlin Elizabeth. Palm Springs. for writ of certiorari. Gensler JD ’99 and MAM ’01, welcomed daughter, Ava Marie, on July 14,2009. Thea Strandreceived a PhD in linguistic Jeff Mulder and William Richards. See Greg Perleberg joined the Minneapolis anthropology at the University of Arizona photo, page 30. School of Business 1996 in May 2009. She works as a visiting law firm, Mansfield, Tanick, and Cohen, 2000 2000 PA, as a partner. He specializes in informa- Connie Chan and husband, Masashi assistant professor of anthropology at the 2006 tion technology and e-commerce, intel- Mizukami, welcomed daughter, Sophie Eric Chelstrom received the post of visit- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Kim Kamper Therres MAPA (also BA Joseph Anderson and wife, Mindy, lectual property, entertainment, media law, Kyoko, on July 23. Connie works in ing assistant professor of philosophy at ’94) and husband, Bob, welcomed son, Seth Tupper welcomed daughter, Avery Grace, on and corporation and business matters. quality assurance at Baxter Healthcare. Grand Valley State University. . See 2003. Riley, on February 14, 2009. He joins July 1, 2009. Jill Williams VanderZiel (also JD ’06) brother, Russell. Anthony Schroeder. See photo, page 29. 1993 2001 and husband, Christian, welcomed Carly Beetsch, Lauren Brewer, and Elke Tamara McClintock Greenberg released Katina Krull Schroeder (also MALS ’02) Bethany Malley married Nishan their first child, Ezra William, on Hobus. See photo, page 30. 2001 and husband, Michael, welcomed daugh- Wijesinghe in Sri Lanka in July 2009 March 3, 2009. Christina Garner Gensler (also JD ’99) a book, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging Brianna Tranby received a master’s ter, Raina Marie Kathleen, on September and had a second ceremony in Wabasha, Jon Gensler ’99 and Illness. degree in counseling psychology from the and husband, , welcomed 30, 2009. They celebrated their fourth Minnesota. Bethany is a licensed mas- 2003 University of Minnesota in May 2009. daughter, Ava Marie, on July 14, 2009. wedding anniversary on November 12. sage and yoga therapist with her practice, 1994 Georgia Therapeutic Massage, in Augusta, Nissa French and Seth Tupper ’02 were married on September 12, 2009. Angi Turner Boucher and husband, Tom, 1998 Georgia. Nishan is cofounder and chief 2007 welcomed daughter, Erin Elizabeth, on software engineer of Parigan International. Rebecca Richards Moen Antonia Hauser earned emergency Shannon Ort is a partner with Jodi . See photo, August 18, 2009. She joins sister, Becca, manager certification last year and works Terzich at Terzich and Ort, a family law page 30. and brother, Calvin. They live in Wake for the City of Minneapolis in health and firm in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Shannon Forest, North Carolina. Artika Tyner. See photo, page 29. family support focusing in emergency

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2007 Amanda Jones married Drew Jones ’08 on August 1, 2009 in Mayer, Minnesota. The wedding party included Jeff Hanger ’07, Angela Asmus Ferguson ’08, and Colin MacFarlane ’08. Amanda is completing a registered nurse’s degree at Ridgewater College. Drew is the assistant track coach at Hamline. They live in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. 1993 Diane Dettmann MAEd attended an international Finnish-American Immigrants seminar in Turku, Finland, last June to present her book, Miriam Daughter of Finnish Immigrants, a “Midwest Favorite” in the Minnesota Booksellers Association catalog. Diane was a featured author at two northern Minnesota bookstores and appeared in the Hibbing Daily Tribune. She is writing a memoir of her journey as a widow.

School of Education School of Law concentrates in personal injury and social security disability. 1993 1978 Daniel J. Koes (also B.A. ’95) was listed Diane Dettmann MAEd. See photo, David L. Ayers has been selected by his as a 2010 Southern California Super above. peers for inclusion in both ATLA’s Top Lawyer. Since 2002, Dan has been certi- 100 Trial Lawyers in Minnesota and The fied (and recertified) as an appellate law 2001 Best Lawyers in America. Dave offices in specialist by the California State Bar Board Mendota Heights, Minnesota. of Legal Specialization. Dan’s primary Shelley Roy MAEd was named CEO of area of practice is class actions on behalf BE-Print for Living. Grounded in the of consumers. latest scientific research on behavior, the 1986 brain, change, and leadership, the com- Susan Rantala Nelson was elected Tamika Ragland Nordstrom was selected pany offers products for a wide range of the 14th president of the District Bar as a Rising Star for 2009 and named individuals and service providers. Association, the largest district bar in one of “The 2009 Legal Elite: Georgia’s Minnesota. She was named “Ada Citizen Most Effective Lawyers” by Georgia Trend 2004 of the Year” by the Ada Area Chamber of magazine. Tamika is a partner at Miller Commerce in 2009. 2003 Graduate School 2002 Karen Moroz EdD is the chair of and Martin in Atlanta. She practices in the teacher education department at employment litigation defense. Anthony Brown and JaPaul Harris. See of Liberal Studies Katina Krull Schroeder MALS (also Concordia University in Saint Paul. 1990 photo, page 31. BA ’96) and husband, Michael, welcomed Scott Miller teaches a course in labor rela- 1999 1991 daughter, Raina Marie Kathleen, on September 30, 2009. They celebrated tions in the public sector in the master’s Christina Garner Gensler (also MAM 2006 Geoff Gayle MALS submitted his 1990 2006 their fourth wedding anniversary on in public administration program at the ’01) and husband, Jon Gensler ’99, proseminar essay, “The Pollyanna Principle Desmond Augustus Campbell MAEd Jill Williams VanderZiel (also BA ’02) November 12. University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a welcomed daughter, Ava Marie, on and husband, Christian, welcomed of Behavioral Axiology,” to the 2009 is a science lecturer in Moneague College union-side labor lawyer at AFSCME World Appreciative Inquiry Conference. in Saint Ann, Jamaica. In 2009 he won July 14, 2009. their first child, Ezra William, on Council 31 in Chicago. March 3, 2009. Geoff is a system engineering manager at 2007 the best tertiary prize in a national science UnitedHealth Group. exhibit. His student earned best speaker 2002 Donna Isaac MFA published her first 1997 chapbook of poetry, Tommy, with Red and best group prizes. Desmond spear- Harleigh Brown, Jamal Faleel, and 2009 David Fitzpatrick 1995 Dragonfly Press. It is an elegiac collection heads a food security initiative and has was named a 2008 Ulisse Gallo. See photo, page 31. Nora Kaitfors joined the Minneapolis Wisconsin Super Karin Green of poems about a brother who died young. visited Hamline with a group of educators Wisconsin Rising Star by team at Jackson Lewis, an employment . See photo, page 28. Lawyers for the annual Rivers Institute for the past magazine. David is a partner at law firm. She represents management seven years. Fitzpatrick, Blackey, & Associates and exclusively in workplace law matters.

32 Hamline Magazine SPRING 2010 33 In Memoriam

College of Liberal Arts where he practiced until retirement in 1938 cofounded Brainerd Sports Supply and porcelain dolls as well as tole painting and son, Alan; five grandchildren; and six 1983. John served on the board of the was active in his Gull Lake community. oil landscapes. Also a talented home- great-grandchildren. John Johnson died January 28, 2009. 1932 Owatonna Public Library and enjoyed Chet is survived by his wife, Bettie; daugh- maker, Wanelda sewed, canned, baked, John majored in business administra- photography, canoe trips in the Boundary ter, Deborah; and two grandchildren. arranged flowers, and took photos—all of Glenn Moran died March 19, 2009. Edith Handy Fredine died February 11, tion and economics. He was a lieutenant Waters, and the study of Buddhism and which were entered in county fairs. She Glenn majored in history and was active in 2009. Edith lived in Bethesda, Maryland, colonel for the Army Reserves. He retired comparative mythology. He established Harriet Hope Winn died November 28, won Queen of the Kitchen titles in both baseball and basketball. A member of the for 55 years before moving to Austin, as the vice president of credit at the Bank an endowment at Hamline. John was pre- 2008. Harriet earned a bachelor’s degree Gilliam and Wasco Counties in Oregon. 1942 Hamline National Championship Texas, in 2006. She was preceded in death of America Foundation. ceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Judd from Carleton College and a master’s She is survived by her husband, Earle; basketball team, Glenn was inducted into by her husband of 72 years, C. Gordon degree from Colorado College. She Hamline’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He spent Arnesen ’37; brother, Herbert Arnesen Joyce Thornton Johnson died August 23, daughter, Dawn; sons Lynn and Kim; Fredine ’32. She is survived by her daugh- worked as a teacher in Colorado Springs. three years in the Naval Meteorological ’42; and twin sister, Ruth. He is sur- 2008. Joyce majored in English and was grandchildren and great-grandchildren. ter, Patricia; son, John; four grandchildren; Service and worked as a teacher, sports vived by three sons and their wives as active in Alpha Phi, Kappa Phi, and Quill and a great-granddaughter. announcer, and basketball and baseball well as seven grandchildren and one Club. A Worthington, Minnesota, native, 1941 1945 coach. Glenn is survived by his wife, great-granddaughter. Joyce spent many years in Florida. She is Irmagene Sanford Stark died July 20, 1936 Howard Schultz died October 30, 2009. Betty; sons, Mark, Dave, and Wade; and preceded in death by her husband, Austin 2009. Irma majored in economics and was Marjorie Fulton Brula died June 14, Howie majored in economics, physical five grandchildren. Robert Morgan died March 19, 2008. Johnson ’37. active in Alpha Rho Delta. She earned a Bob spent 48 years with the S. S. Nott 2008. Marjorie majored in English and education, education, and social studies. nursing certificate from the University of He played center and forward for four Company of Minneapolis, rising from was active in Kappa Delta Epsilon, English Dorothy Frank Rasmussen died April 5, 1947 Minnesota and retired as nursing super- years on Hamline’s basketball team and a clerical position to company president Club, and Debate. Marjorie became an 2009. Dorothy majored in math and gen- visor in the outpatient department at lettered four times in basketball, twice in Kenneth Blood died May 11, 2009. and chairman. He retired in 1985 and English and social studies teacher for eral science. She was active in her church University of Minnesota Hospitals. baseball, and once in track. He received Kenneth majored in psychology and was served as president of the Minnesota Mounds Park Junior High School and for 55 years. She retired as a teacher. all-American honors in basketball the year active in A Cappella Choir. He received Golf Association, director of the Western retired as a reading coordinator. She is Dorothy predeceased her husband, Harold 1942 he helped lead the Pipers to the national a PhD from Washington State College. Golf Association, and a member of the survived by her husband, Joseph. Rasmussen ’37, and is survived by sons, championship. Howie went on to become Kenneth worked as a clinical psychologist Executive Committee of the United States James and Frank; two grandsons; and Frances Nasvik Vance Asp died June 17, Dorothy Waseka Lewis died December 4, a year-round professional athlete, play- in private practice in Monterey, California. Golf Association. He also directed a bank sister, Ruth Frank Graham ’44. 2009. Francis majored in music and was 2008. Dorothy majored in history and and worked as a lobbyist. Bob is survived active in Alpha Rho Delta. She is survived ing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers music and was active in Alpha Rho Delta. 1948 by his wife, Virginia, and two children. 1939 by her husband, Andrew. from 1943 to 1947 and later with the She taught at LaCrosse public schools in Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. Bruce Braden died February 8, 2010. Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by Myra Voss Fisher 1937 Donald Darms died January 25, 2008. died April 27, 2009. He played his final two seasons for the Bruce served with distinction in the her husband, Ray Lewis ’37. Donald was the chief engineer for Sinclair Myra majored in English. During careers National Basketball Association with the Army Air Corps during World War II. He Elizabeth Judd Arnesen died June 6, Refining Company in New York. He was in public relations, advertising, real estate, Minneapolis Lakers, winning back-to- Harold Rasmussen returned from the service to earn a BA 2009. Elizabeth majored in education and died on February 15, active in the Masonic Bodies. and marketing, Myra worked in New York back world championships to conclude 2010. He majored in math and physics at in sociology at Hamline and a master’s sociology and was active in A Cappella City, Grand Bahamas Island, Los Angeles, his career. Howie coached Piper basketball degree in social work from Case Western Hamline and played on the baseball and Jessie Miller Munson died February 16, Choir and Torch and Cycle. She taught and San Francisco. She lived in Hawaii for for seven seasons and was inducted into Reserve. A member of the Veteran’s basketball teams. Harold was a veteran of 2009. Jessie majored in music and was English until 1942. A homemaker, 60 years and founded Land Investments Hamline’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He also Administration, Bruce also served as a World War II, having served in the Army active in A Cappella Choir and Alumni Elizabeth raised her family and was an and the Contemporary Arts Museum. received a Distinguished Service Award social worker and chief of staff of social Air Force. He was the first principal of Choir. She moved to Port Chatham Bay, active gardener. She provided bouquets Myra is survived by her daughters, Linda from Hamline in 1987. Howie is survived services at VA hospitals in Oklahoma and Richfield High School and active in many Alaska, in 1940 to work in a cannery. for the local arts center, the historical and Karel; four grandchildren; and two by his wife, Gloria Tellijohn Schultz ’47; Wisconsin and authored articles on the educational and community organizations. She remained there for 38 years teaching society, and the library. Elizabeth pre- great-grandchildren. son, Howard “Skip” Schultz, Jr. ’72; practice of social work in professional Harold was preceded in death by his wife, music, social studies, and English. During deceased her husband, John Arnesen daughter, Becky Schultz Clifford ’72; and journals. In 1980 he retired to begin a Dorothy Frank Rasmussen ’38; brother, retirement, she worked and volunteered in ’37, and is survived by sons, Peter, John, 1943 three grandsons. second career as a nature volunteer and Arthur; and sister-in-law, Irene. He is a hospice program and hospital. Jessie is and Mark; seven grandchildren; and a ecology activist in Wisconsin. Bruce is survived by his sons James and Frank; survived by her husband, Francis; son, Bo; Lily Hivala Korpi died April 4, 2009. great-grandchild. 1946 survived by his sister, Ardis; his four sons, grandsons Corey and Christopher; and and daughters, Delores, Kay, Ann, Yvonne, Lily graduated from Northern Michigan Keith, Gregory, Jeffery, and Spencer; and John Arnesen died on March 4, 2010. sisters-in-law Ruth Frank Graham ’44 and Melissa. University and taught English and reading John Lane died April 13, 2009. John John majored in biology and phys- and Jean Elliott Frank ’45. for many years. She was active in Bethel majored in philosophy and religion and six grandchildren. Chester Snyder died March 13, 2009. He Lutheran Church and many groups attended the Candler School of Theology ics at Hamline and went on to attend Gladys Nyberg Jones died February William Stewart died February 28, 2009. majored in economics and social studies involving reading and environmental pres- at Emory University in Atlanta. He was the University of Minnesota Medical 23, 2009. Gladys was a member of the William majored in biology. He was pre- and was active in Alpha Tau Omega. A ervation. Lily is survived by her daughter, a pastor, builder, director, and church School and the Mayo Graduate School of Student Cadet Nurse Corps at the end ceded in death by his sisters, Floy Stewart football and track and field athlete, Chet Susan, and two grandchildren. administrator in Florida for many years Medicine. He was a U.S. Army medical of World War II. She pursued a nurs- Crow ’37 and Beth Stewart Olson was inducted into Hamline’s Athletic Hall and served as a pastor after retiring. John officer during World War II, serving in the ing career, working with children and ’43. He is survived by his sister, Harriet of Fame. He coached football, basketball, Wanelda Crockett Schafer died on is preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Philippines and Japan. In 1951 he opened later as the nursing director for nursing Stewart Dragseth ’43. and baseball and taught physical educa- August 16, 2009. Wanelda attended Crutchfield Lane ’44. He is survived by a medical office in Owatonna, Minnesota, homes throughout the Twin Cities. She tion, chemistry, and U.S. history. Chet Hamline for three years. She was a gifted his daughters, Ruth and Cathie; artist who painted china dishes and also worked in the hospitality industry in

34 Hamline Magazine SPRING 2010 35 Colorado. Gladys is survived by her hus- public school districts. He was inducted 1951 Chi. He and his wife lived in Richfield, Mary Grimsley Stenseth died November 1961 band, Ben; son, Bruce; and daughter, Lisa. into Hamline’s Athletic Hall of Fame in Minnesota, until 1965, when they moved 4, 2008. Mary completed a bachelor’s Ralph Martinsen died April 27, 2009. Gayle Gonser Bonds died February 22, 1972. He was preceded in death by his to Waseca and opened a farm and home of science in education degree at the Ralph majored in psychology and was 2009. Gayle majored in elementary educa- Jean Olsen Stoddard died March 31, father Joseph Hutton Sr. He is survived supply store. Most of Tom’s career was in University of Minnesota. She had active in Alpha Phi Omega. He served in tion and became a teacher, administra- 2009. Jean was active in Alpha Rho Delta. by his wife, Millie; sons, Joseph and sales. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; three sons. the Army during World War II and was tive assistant, and vice principal for Dos She earned a master’s degree in nursing Robert; daughters Elizabeth and Leslye; sons, Dan, Kurt, and Kevin; daughters, stationed in the Philippines. He served as Palos Joint Union Elementary School in administration from the University of stepchildren, Ken, Kathleen, and Keith; Cindy and Debra; eleven grandchildren; a superintendent of schools in Elkton and 1957 California. She was the superintendent of Minnesota and worked as the director of brother, Thomas Hutton ’62; sisters, and two great-grandchildren. Comfey, Minnesota. Ralph is survived by Beverly Lindquist Henderson died curriculum development and a member nursing at Children’s Hospital in Saint Catherine Hutton Gabrielson ’51, and wife, Joyce; daughters, Cindy and Judy; January 20, 2009. Beverly majored in of the American Association of University Paul for 25 years. She moved to Sun City Barbara Hutton Keenan ’56; and 18 and five grandchildren. 1954 nursing and served as a nurse for more Women. Gayle is survived by her hus- West, Arizona, after retiring. Jean is pre- grandchildren. ceded in death by her husband, Ward. She Mary Carol Haase Peterson died than 50 years. She is survived by her husband, Larry; son, Larry, Jr.; and daughter, Theron Melius died December 14, 2008. is survived by her daughters, Rhonda and Ronald Lee died October 7, 2009. Ronald September 7, 2009. Mary served as a nurse band, Loren, and two daughters. Debbie. Theron majored in biology. He owned Jeanne, and four grandchildren. majored in biology. He is survived by his at Nazareth House, Novato Community Mora Flower and Gift Shop in Mora, wife, Sally. Hospital, and Ross Hospital in California. 1959 1962 Minnesota. He retired as a postmaster for She was active in the Marin Symphony 1949 Donald Bader died June 6, 2009. Don David Magnuson died June 24, 2009. Duane Veldhuizen died April 24, 2009. the United States Government. League, the Money Bags Investment Club, majored in economics and psychology and David majored in education, English, and Emery Krech died May 19, 2009. Emery Duane majored in economics and was and St. Luke Presbyterian Church. Mary Roger Nelson died September 11, 2009. was active in swimming and diving and music and was active in concert band, jazz was active in Theta Chi. He served in the active in baseball and football. He worked is preceded in death by her husband, Pete. Roger majored in business administra- Alpha Phi Omega. He earned a master’s band, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Alumni Navy Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He with his father to expand their business, She is survived by daughters, Lisa, Wendy, tion and economics at Hamline and was degree from the University of Minnesota Choir. A professional musician with the earned a BS in agriculture education from Veldhuizen Vending. Duane coached his and Karen; and five grandchildren. active in cross country, track and field, the University of Minnesota in 1950 and son’s baseball teams and was active in and was a guidance counselor at Chaska Classic Big Band and other Twin Cities and hockey and was a member of Alpha managed Krech Evergreen and Nursery St. John’s Lutheran Church, the Jaycees, High School for more than 30 years. Don groups, David also worked as a band Sigma Chi. He worked for the IRS for 1956 for 20 years. Emery taught agriculture Wethonkitha, Toastmasters, and Junior painted fulltime during retirement. He and jazz educator in the Mounds View 35 years and was the former treasurer, until 1975, when he initiated the Viking Dance clubs. He is survived by his wife, Ora Ashton Drury died April 4, 2009. is survived by his wife, Sally; sons, Scott, School District. He is survived by his wife, vice president, and president of the IRS Vocational School. He served as its Janet Lindegard Veldhuizen ’51; sons, Ora majored in medical technology and Steve, Craig, Jon, and Dean; and nine Wendy Stone Magnuson ’61; daughter, Retirees of Minnesota organization. He director until retiring in 1984. Emery is Bruce, Brian, and Christopher; daughter, was active in Alpha Phi Theta and Beta grandchildren. Ann; son, Steven; and four grandchildren. survived by his wife, Bonnie; daughter, also was an elder and former treasurer Beta Beta. She worked in the science Mary; and five grandchildren. Wallace Cosgrove died August 29, 2009. George Marshall died on July 9, 2009. Mary Jo; sons, Paul and Jack; and six of North Presbyterian Church. Roger is department at the University of Minnesota Wallace majored in political science and George majored in economics and was grandchildren. John Wood died June 1, 2009. John survived by his wife, Delphin, and sons and was a lifelong member of Fountain majored in business administration and Jeffery and Charles. Lutheran Church. Ora opened Drury’s played hockey. He was preceded in death active in track and field, Pi Gamma Betty Urness Lee died November 6, 2009. economics and was active in H-Club, Drapery Studio in 1967 and served on the by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Mu, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. A gradu- Jane Hegge Tompkins died March 16, Betty majored in nursing and was active in baseball, and basketball. As a World War Board of Directors for Drury’s Furniture Marjorie; daughters, Pam and Colleen; ate of George Washington Law School 2009. Jane served as a teacher’s aide at Philo Browning. She worked at Methodist II veteran he was a lifelong member of in Florida. She is survived by her husband, son, Mike; and two grandchildren. in Washington D.C., George worked as Central Junior High and Willow Creek Hospital until 1988. She was preceded in V.F.W. Post #10424. He worked at 3M David Drury ’57; son, Michael; daugh- a legislative assistant for Senator Eugene Junior High in the Rochester school Nancy Briggs Knapton died July 16, death by her husband, Oscar. She is sur- Company and the Minnesota Historical ter, Michelle; six grandchildren; and four McCarthy for eight years. He practiced district. She volunteered for Christ United 2009. Nancy was an early childhood vived by her daughters, Gina, Patie, and Society, where he was elected to its honor- great-grandchildren. law and served as a judge in the Fifth Methodist Church. Jane is survived by teacher for the Osseo School District. Katie; and sons, Mike and Tim. ary council. He served on many boards, Judicial District in the Lyon County her husband, Howard Tompkins ’49; She was preceded in death by her parents foundations, and commissions, includ- Annette Meyers Luther died April 21, Courthouse for 25 years. He is survived daughters, Martha, Mary, and Melissa; and husband, Winton. She is survived 1950 ing the Hamline CLA Alumni Board of 2009. She was active in Philo Browning. by his wife, Carol; sons, Peter, Kevin, and and two grandchildren. by daughter, Carrie; sons, Robert and Directors. John is survived by his wife, Annette worked as the director of Andrew; and 11 grandchildren. Joseph Hutton died October 19, 2009. operations and communications for the Gordon; and two grandchildren. He majored in economics. While at Delores; sons, James and Robert; and five grandchildren. 1952 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. 1965 Hamline, Hutton lettered all four years Annette is survived by her husband, Don. 1960 in basketball and baseball and one year August Waage died February 19, 2009. George Kimball died September 18, Shirley Torgerson Workman died James Thomas died September 27, 2008. in track. In basketball, he was a three- August majored in business and econom- Hannah Stol Newburgh died June 15, 2009. George majored in mathematics. December 3, 2007. A nursing alumna, James majored in economics. He was time all-conference team member, and in ics. August was an equitable life insurance 2009. A nursing graduate, Hannah served He is survived by his sister, Susan, and Shirley worked for Planned Parenthood, active in Alpha Phi Omega and swimming 1949 he earned all-American honors as agent for 25 years and an accountant for as a registered nurse at the Burnett General her children. Miller Hospital, Mounds Park Hospital, a and diving. He taught high school for 30 Hamline won the National Association of Ramsey County for 20 years. He is sur- Hospital in Grantsburg, Wisconsin for 35 nursing home, and the American Embassy years and remained active with Boy Scouts Intercollegiate Athletics Championship. vived by his wife, Jo; son, Dan; daughters, years. She was preceded in death by her 1969 Clinic in Bonn, Germany. Shirley was pre- throughout his life. James is preceded in After leaving Hamline, Hutton played Denise and Jane; and eight grandchildren. parents; first husband, Russell; and second ceded in death by her husband, George. death by his parents and wife, Marian. Robert Feigal died April 20, 2009. on the 1951–52 Minneapolis Lakers husband, James. She is survived by her She is survived by her daughter, Shelley He is survived by his sons, David, James, Bob was a captain in the Air Force in championship team. From 1954 to 1953 daughter, Jeanne; three grandchildren; and Workman Roy MAEd ’01; son, Wesley; and Jeff. New York. He earned a DDS, a PhD 1962, he taught and coached basketball and four grandchildren. Thomas Sass died June 12, 2009. Tom two great-grandchildren. in oral biology, and a certificate in in the Minneapolis and Bloomington majored in history and was active in Theta

36 Hamline Magazine SPRING 2010 37 pediatric dentistry from the University researcher at the University of Colorado School of Law 1996 Friends Annette Levine died July 19, 2009. A of Minnesota. He remained there as a Health Science Center. He is survived by longtime activist, Annette endowed many Thomas Montgomery (also BA ’77) died Dennis Anderson died April 28, 2010. professor, department chair, and graduate father, Glenn; stepmother, Darlene; and 1976 worthy causes, including Mount Zion June 25, 2009. He majored in communi- Dennis was a longtime friend of the program director for 15 years. He held daughters, Liza and Hannah. Temple, Twin Cities Public Television, James Gray died July 3, 2009. He worked cations and theatre and was active in Theta university through his wife, Carol Young two dean positions at the University of Fraser Autistic Diagnostic Clinic and as an attorney and advanced underwriter Chi. Thomas served on the Law Alumni Anderson ’46 who served on the Board of Michigan; lectured throughout the world; Family Center, and Hamline University. 1997 for AIG Life Companies. Board of Directors from 2002 to 2003. He Trustees. Born in Red Wing, Minnesota, and published more than 70 articles. Bob She is preceded in death by her husband, Steven Benning died April 28, 2009. worked as an attorney. Thomas is survived Dennis served in the United States Navy is survived by his wife, Cynthia; daughters, Irving, and son, Robert. She is survived by Steve majored in economics and was by his significant other, Ann. during World War II. He married Carol Molly and Delaney; sons, Matthew, Rob, 1977 son, James. active in basketball, football, and tutoring/ in 1949, and in 1951 the couple moved and Morgan; and three grandchildren. Judy Mack died October 16, 2009. Judy mentoring. He is survived by his parents, advocated for children of divorce and for from Minneapolis to South Dakota to Walter Perry died April 27, 2009. He Scott David and JoAnn; and brothers, women survivors of domestic violence Graduate School assist with harvest on the Young family practiced law in Minnesota and was an 1977 Benning ’97 Michael Benning ’96 and . throughout her career. She served as a farm west of Onida. The couple stayed, adjunct professor at the Hamline School Thomas Montgomery (also JD ’96) of Liberal Studies died Hennepin County Family Court Referee putting down roots in both Onida/ of Law. Walter earned a BA from Fordham June 25, 2009. Thomas majored in com- 2002 from 1992 to 2007. She is survived 1994 Pierre and Rapid City. The first president University, a JD from Rutgers Law School, munications and theatre. He was active in of the South Dakota Wheat Producers Jon Thomas Schroeder died March 31, by her sons, Adam and Josh; and one and an LLM from New York Law School. Theta Chi and served on the Law Alumni Versea Minnette Bourdaghs MALS died Association, Dennis also helped found 2009. John majored in economics and granddaughter. He was a member of the Westchester and Board of Directors from 2002 to 2003. He October 4, 2008. Versea was an acclaimed the American State Bank in Rapid City. worked as a marketing representative Fairfield County Bar Associations and worked as an attorney. Thomas is survived watercolor artist and active in the Saint An active philanthropist, he and Carol for General Mills in Minneapolis. He is 1979 treasurer of the Ossining Bar Association. by his significant other, Ann. Paul Art Crawl. She impacted the lives of recently donated $5.3 million to Hamline’s survived by his parents, Don and Mary; Walter is survived by his sons, Walt and Bob Gunderson died July 12, 2009. many families through her involvement University Center building project. Dennis wife, Stacie; daughter, Reese; sons, Walker Drew; daughters, Katherine and Ann; and While coaching men’s hockey at Hamline, in preschool childcare, Oxfam, Habitat is survived by his wife, Carol; his son, 1981 and Cash. three grandchildren. “Gundy” attended Hamline School of for Humanity, and the Center for Victims Ronald; his brother, Clifford; three sisters, Rosemary Gove Gold died January 28, Law and also taught in the management of Torture. She is survived by her son, Elaine, Alice, and Mary; two grandchil- 2009. Rosemary majored in sociology. A and economics department. He led the Michael; daughter, Jeannine; two grand- dren; and one great-grandchild. recipient of the Amy B. Russell Award for School of Business 1978–79 team to a third place finish in children; and former husband, Ronald. social science majors, she was active in the NCAA DII Western Division. He is John Hope Franklin died March 25, Pi Gamma Mu and Alpha Kappa Delta. 1989 survived by his wife, Beth Gunderson, a 2002 2009. John earned an honorary doctorate She worked for the Wilder Foundation. Judy Olin Grant MAPA. See School of professor in the School of Business; son, of laws degree from Hamline, master’s and Rosemary is survived by husband, Ken; Martha Jean Greenwald MALS died Law, 1987. Ben; and daughter Anna. PhD degrees from Harvard University, daughters, Theresa, Kathleen, and Mary; October 31, 2008. Martha began directing and more than 100 honorary degrees. A sons, Mark, Michael, Elmer, Paul, and the Minnesota Project in 1983 and served 1991 1981 prolific African American history scholar, Stephen; 23 grandchildren; and four as its environmental advocate and com- John taught at Cornell University, Duke great-grandchildren. Barbara Quade MAPA died April 3, Janet Fesler died July 10, 2009. She munity planner. She helped the poor in University, Harvard University, Howard 2009. Barb majored in elementary worked as an administrative clerk for the Colombia and cofounded the Cornucopia University, Fisk University, and the 1988 education at the University of Wisconsin– Federal District Court before beginning a Art Center in Lanesboro, Minnesota. University of Chicago. President Clinton Madison and taught fourth grade in career as a sole practitioner. Martha contributed greatly through her Alison Busdicker Gardner Brown awarded him with the Medal of Freedom, Virginia. She returned to Saint Paul in artwork and tireless volunteerism. Martha died October 3, 2009. Alison majored the nation’s highest civilian honor, for his 1971 as a public servant for the state. She is survived by her mother, Kathryn, and in history and worked as the manager 1987 lifelong advocacy. worked in the physical planning depart- husband, Randy. of Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Alison Judy Olin Grant (also MAPA ’89) died ment at the University of MN and in was a life donor and will live on in the October 14, 2009. Judy earned degrees in planning positions at the Regional Transit lives of up to 40 people through her gift. occupational therapy from the University Board and Metropolitan Council. She She is survived by her parents, Gordon of Indiana–Moscow and the University earned an associate’s degree in interior Busdicker ’55, emeritus trustee, and of Puget Sound, which supported her life design in 1996. Barb is survived by her Harriet Misfeldt Busdicker ’56; husband, work of helping children with develop- sons, Ryan, Ross, and Jordan; and a Jim; and daughter, Abby. mental challenges. She served as a public granddaughter. administrator for Ramsey County for a 1989 few years before returning to occupational therapy. She was involved in Brain Gym, Glenn Meixell died April 1, 2009. Glenn International. Judy is survived by daugh- was active in Alpha Tau Omega, men’s ter, Stacy; son, Mark; stepson, Rand; and soccer, and theatre. He majored in biology four grandchildren. and earned a PhD from the University of Utah in 1994. He worked as a medical

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