BIRTH of the TURF a Gift from Alumni to Students
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MUSKINGUMThe Magazine for Alumni and Friends Vol.96 BIRTH OF THE TURF A gift from alumni to students. 2005-2006 Board of Trustees HAROLD W. BURLINGAME ’62, Chair ALLEN E. LOOMIS ’69, Vice Chair DENNIS D. GRANT ’62, Secretary ALAINNA M. AMICONE ’06 CRAIG W. ANDERSON ’73 JAIME BERMUDEZ, SR. ’44 JUDSON E. BLAINE ’80 MUSKINGUMThe Magazine for Alumni and Friends Vol.96 HENRY D. BULLOCK ’77 LARRY A. CALDWELL PHILIP CALDWELL ’40 KEITH S. CAMPBELL ’77 WILLIAM A. COOPER ’61 WILLIAM T. DENTZER, JR. ’51 FEATURES GERALD L. DRAPER ’63 RUTH ANN DUFF ’59 C. WILLIAM FISCHER ’53 Birth of the Turf – A Gift from Alumni to Students 2 ANNA CASTOR GLENN ’42 JOHN H. GLENN, JR. ’43 New turf on Sherman Field yields big benefits for all students. RUTH CHAMPLIN HEFFLIN ’60 RICHARD O. JOHNSON ’52 CARL F. KALNOW ’72 The Long Magenta Line 6 GORDON F. LITT ’80 MYRON E. MOOREHEAD II ’58 BARBARA YOUNG MORRIS ’67 Trustees & alumni William Dentzer, Jr. ’51, Philip Caldwell ’40 and JANE POWER MYKRANTZ Walter R. Young ’66 are featured in two important new books. RICK L. NUTT ROBERT W. PATIN ’64 DANIEL H. PLUMLY ’75 The Center for Regional Planning and Development 8 KIM GAGE ROTHERMEL ’71 ANNE MARSHALL SAUNIER ’68 Our community-based learning initiative comes of age. MIRIAM G. SCHWARTZ GORDON E. SPILLMAN ’69 ANNE C. STEELE New Trustees 9 J. STARK THOMPSON ’63 JACQUELINE DUDEK WOODS ’69 WALTER R. YOUNG, JR. ’66 Alumni Barbara Young Morris ’67 and Daniel H. Plumly ’75 join the Muskingum College Board of Trustees. Trustees Emeriti CHARLES S. BOLENDER ’55 Good Things Come in Threes 10 ROBERT E. FELLERS CHARLES J. FISHER Three alumnae from three academic decades share their HAROLD W. KASER ’41 GEORGE K. LEITCH ’35 Facing Page: professional wisdom with our students. C. BARRY MONTGOMERY ’59 The groundbreaking MARY BARTLETT REYNOLDS ’73 ceremony for the J. MERLE RIFE, JR. ’50 BARBARA J. STEINER ’54 Walter K. Chess Center departments BRANKO STUPAR ’47 took place on April 21, ALFRED S. WARREN, JR. ’48 2006. Sited above the RUTH G. WATERMULDER ’44 on&aboutcampus 12 CARLE R. WUNDERLICH ’45 Hollow on the east residential hill, this new campus landmark will be A publication of the booknotes 16 Office of Institutional Advancement of a hub for students to Muskingum College, New Concord OH 43762 (740) 826-8211. Fax (740) 826-8404. socialize, study, exercise www.muskingum.edu. and meet. A learning sportsnews 18 Front cover photos by Tom Caudill, Rod Lang, Chris Crook. resources center will sup- Back cover photo by Sharon Walker Chris Crook. port career services, inter- Inside front cover photo by Chris Crook. national education and Inside back cover photo by Joshua Franzos. classnotes 22 Design by Carolyn McIntyre Norton. leadership development. wn Dannemann amily okovich ynch ’75 amily ade ’63 K theway W Anita R. Plumly Virginia Bichsel ’53 Bolender Ha tes ’55 & Diane MAJOR DONORS ’75 & SUSTAINING DONORS Jr. tschie ’87 pman ’75 & y Mckelvey ’75 y ’86 & Mollie Ross ’87 Allison ’75 Ken AllisonTom ’75 ’63 Al& Melissa& LindaPaul BixlerChristopher ChristopherWilliam ’61’87The & David SandraTom Davis Green’66 ’88The& HannahCooper F JosephFCM ’61Wright DiVittorioJeff ’67 ’76 Dillard’84 &Mike ColleenF Hummel DickHawkins ’52’76 &Steve’82 Jane Heacock ’63 JohnsonSteve & Sue & GwenGar ChristopherThe Moyer ’85Daniel Group, Mannarino H. MerrillJohn Romeo L ’71 Bob ’75 &Carl Cindy & Melinda Kling ’75 Christopher Sagle ’80 SchleichJeffer Sam & SueMike Ba BennettCharles ’83 Charles,BolenderJeffrey ’85 BraCharles Rick’85 & Caldwell JacquelineBen Cha ’71T ySigado ’75 &Conan ’83Sharon Bro ’75 KevinMiller & Nancy ’80 Clarke Cupples A $500,000 GIFT FROM ALUMNI TO STUDENTS Renovation of Sherman Field he renovated Edgar A. Sherman The alumni-led effort inspired gifts student senate president, expressed TField in McConagha Stadium is the of $500,000 from 68 alumni and friends the appreciation of student-athletes newest gift from Muskingum alumni in less than a year. The new turf was and the entire student body. to current and future Muskingum ready for practice and competition for The new turf was dedicated in a students. the 2005 football season. pre-homecoming game ceremony led Thanks to the leadership of five Bob Patin ’64, chair of the develop- by President Steele and many of the student-athlete alumni–Daniel H. ment committee of the board of donors. In her remarks, President Steele Plumly ’75, Joe DiVittorio ’84, trustees, presided over a recognition thanked the donors for their generosity, John Romeo ’71, James A. Purdy ’85, dinner honoring the donors. The faith and trust in Muskingum, saying, and Tim Palmer ’88–Sherman Field evening was highlighted by the unveil- “This is more than a contribution to boasts a state-of-the-art playing sur- ing of a plaque inscribed with the athletics and recreation. It is a face for our football program that is donors’ names. Jeff Tibbs ’06 and visible investment in this institution, also available year-round for a variety Matt Harmon ’06, football co-cap- and a tribute to our shared commit- of student activities. tains, and Alainna Amicone ’06, ment to our students.” I herman Field’s state-of-the-art twisted green fibers made of poly- he installation of the ProGrass Despite the enormity of the project, SHERMAN Sturf is an all-rubber system from ethylene. This creates the turf carpet. BIRTH OF Tplaying surface begins with the it is virtually all done by hand. ProGrass LLC (Pittsburgh), a leader A secondary backing, made of removal of the natural grass on the Installation begins at the 50-yard FIELD’S in synthetic field design, manufacture polyurethane, permanently locks the THE TURF field. The surface is then leveled with line. Using simple string plumb lines, and installation. tufts into place. Infill, the last layer, is gravel and a custom drainage system the crew squares the first, ten -yard- PROGRASS TURF The turf is built in several layers. A composed of recycled rubber granules installed. From that point forward, the wide strip of “grass” (green turf car- woven backing is tufted with 2-1/2” that are installed on site. I process is as much art as it is science. pet) along the sidelines. Using that almer we ’89 McGartland Torrens Tuel y’71 amily amily amily y Halpin-Lo amily Goldsber yan ’87 Perkins t Cunningham ’60 McDaniel a & Jane W. Ours ’86 F Amy Br Purdy ’85 SUSTAINING DONORS gasse ’72 we ’88 & Mar SUSTAINING’70 DONORS A. Barb & Chris ’03 Shank y ’89 & JuleVessels Hawkins ’63ood ’86 S ’87 tt Elli ’74 ra y Lo ‘85 & y, y ’94 & Nicole Griesen ’95 Stoldt W The KeithDa Demersvid DemmerleBill ’85 Eick F Ma’75 ’55 Jeffrey ’75Tom & FOletaScott Chain GarverickMichael ’76 Evans ’85 JosephGrilliot ’74HammondEarl & JoanDa ’86vid Gabbert ’73Darrell & Ruth’55 Hazell TheHawkins Hayes Jim ’86 The Heacock Jon THeacock om’70 KayserF T on’83 ’87 F Joe ’56 & P Daniel Jeffrey MorganChristopher ’78Pa trick’84 &L. TheMartha Nash Greg ’87 LewisT im ’88 ’85 & TNash omJackie McLaughlinCarol PittsJames ’85 ’89 P Bill RecinellaMartin ’82 SchmidtLarr ’85Steve ’71Jod & Anne StirnJohn ’71 Gregor& SherryRonald Stradley ’71Kevin already compete on synthetic turf. in preparation for spring season. EXPANDED Unlike grass, the durable turf can be Varsity soccer teams can practice on used continuously, providing optimal the turf, saving the grass competition FACILITIES playing and practice conditions at all fields for games and scrimmages. times. Players can train on their com- Physical education classes in out- FOR ALL petition field, unhindered by the rainy door sports such as soccer, field hockey springs and falls of our region. and flag football, long constrained by These same qualities of consistency being indoors, can now be conducted he all-weather playing surface and reliability offer opportunities for without compromise. Tbrings numerous benefits to the many additional uses because the Intramurals, an important activity Fighting Muskie football program. turf is, essentially, a 6,400 square foot involving 20 percent of the student Because of its central location, the facility expansion. body, have also been enhanced. For renovated Sherman Field is a showcase Varsity softball and baseball are able, example, the championship flag for recruiting. In addition, seven of the for the first time, to practice and football game was played on the field ten Ohio Athletic Conference teams scrimmage outdoors and under lights under the lights. I first strip as a square angle to the time until the entire playing sur- cut with large stencils, and the same level playing surface. In addition, the of ground rubber are sprayed onto the hands and knees with common, hard- sideline, each subsequent strip is laid face–6,400 square yards–is covered. stencils are used to cut the correspon- dimensions of the field are constantly entire field. Using special machines, ware store carpet knives, non-degrad- on top of its predecessor. The two Once the complete green turf car- ding shape into the green turf that is checked using a common (though the pellets are “shaken” so that they able nylon thread and patience. I strips are sewn by hand across the pet is in position, the crew hand cuts already installed. The shapes are then very long) tape measure. If the meas- sink into the base of the turf carpet. entire width of the field–160 feet. The each and every white yard marker, meticulously fitted together and per- urement of the two long sides of the This provides stability and resilience sewn pieces are then opened like hash mark, number and letter that manently bonded into place by hand. field is not the same, the turf is out of to the turf.