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Summer 2013

Vol. 40, No. 4, Arches Summer 2013

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THE LOGGERS OF SAMI jUNE 4: About one-third of the faculty at the Tacoma Public Schools' Science and Math Institute are Puget Sound people, and we stopped in to see the first class of four-year-old

■> SAMI graduate. (We note with pride ! that Olivia Tollefson Michaelson, daughter of Arches class notes editor Cathy Tollefson '83, was among them. And Olivia will be a Puget Sound freshman in the fall!) On this wildly busy day the SAMI teachers indulged us for a few minutes Si before the pomp and circumstance. Resplendent in their UPS School of Education hoods were, front row, from left: Johnny Devine '05, M.A.T/06; Praxia Apostle M.A.T/08; Jon Ketler '78, SAMI founder and co-principal; Laurie Ruiz M.A.T/94. Back row: Emily Miller Wickman '05, M.A.T/07; Dana Raike '10, M.A.T.'II; Matt Bornstein-Grove '06, M.A.T. 08; Carol Zolnowsky Brouillette '05, M.A.T/06; Kainoa Higgins 08, M.A.T/09. Not available for the pic: Amy Hawthorne P'11; Jake Johnson M.A.T.'II; Maria Jost '05; Diane Savage M.A.T/06; Sharon Shelton P'05, P'12.

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ALMOST MOVE-IN READY Commencement Hall, the college's newest residence, rises on the site of the old South Hall, across from Warner Gym. After a year of construction, students will move in at the end of August.

Work in progress I step cautiously over pieces of rebar that are structure crafted from handsome and durable plentiful glass that grace our historic buildings. strewn over the wet concrete floor in what materials taking its place in (and enhancing) No, its magic is in the new things that it will looks like a scattering of giant pick-up sticks. a landscape. But that’s not what this romance make possible for students, in the shared will A pool of water ripples under my boots, red­ is about. It’s more about promise. Possibil­ and intention the building manifests. dened by the mud surrounding the site and ity. About potential being realized. Collective Don’t call it a dorm—because sleeping reflecting a glimpse of sun coming through effort. The next new thing coming into being. isn’t the most important (or frequent) thing the clouds. Seemingly random piles of stuff About creating a space for something wonder­ that will happen in it. I am not sure exactly are everywhere—rolls of insulation, coils of ful to happen. It’s a story of faith written in what to call it—this “environment” that will wire, pallets of bricks, streams of silver-colored stone and earth. An act of confidence in the integrate residential life and academic inquiry screws, scraps of copper, empty buckets, dark future. I love that. and cocurricular interests so creatively for lines of steel stretching skyward, and strips For now, this passion of mine is invested sophomores, juniors, and seniors. In an of blue plastic flap in the wind as they peel in the new residence hall now taking its final arrangement students helped to design, they off the great fir timbers that form what looks shape right next to Weyerhaeuser Hall, our will live in “houses” of nine to 12 people rather like the skeleton of a pointed arch. It’s dirty. It spectacular Center for Health Sciences that than traditional “suites” of four to six, each smells dirty. It’s noisy, too. opened only a year and a half ago. The resi­ “house” organized by a theme—from interna­ “This is beautiful,” I hear my voice whis­ dence, we’re calling it Commencement Hall, tional studies to interdisciplinary humanities, pering. “So beautiful.” is going to be just as spectacular. And not from the environment and the outdoors to I admit to suffering from a hopeless just because it is designed by the same AIA entrepreneurship and leadership. Each house romance with construction sites. Especially gold-medal-winning architect, Peter Bohlin. will have a full kitchen and a “great room” for construction sites on a college campus. And Not just because it will be another inspired dining and relaxing together. There will be as particularly this college campus. It’s not about and inspiring interpretation of our signature many as three baths in each house, a laundry buildings, exactly, or even architecture. I do Tudor Gothic architecture, composed of room, all single bedrooms, and a lounge/study love a beautifully designed and perfectly sited the red brick, clay tile, white sandstone, and area. The building combines privacy and peace

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A arches with community and collaboration, indepen­ Vol. 40, No. 4 Summer 2013 dence with interaction, all supported by com­ mon seminar rooms in the west wing of the Chuck Luce, Editor building, a screening room for viewing films Cathy Tollefson '83, P'l 7, Associate Editor, in the lower level, classrooms, a green court­ Classmates yard, and group study areas. And there is also Julie Reynolds, Designer a two-story great hall off the Commencement Ross Mulhausen, Photographer, unless Walk entry, for gathering all 135 residents WHEN COMING UP SHORT IS A GOOD THING credited otherwise (and others) in front of a huge fireplace for a In the half-finished building that will be their meal, a lecture, a movie screening, a perfor­ home in the fall, students of business and Alumni Council Executive Committee leadership prof Lynnette Claire draw from her David Watson '92, President; Leslie Skinner mance, or concert. hand straws to decide where their rooms will Brown '92, Vice President; Amy Ma I think of the whole thing as a seminar be. The students will be residents of the Entre­ Winterowd '99, Secretary; Allison McCurdy without a schedule. (In a good way!) Did I Kalalau '03, M.A.T/04; Ken McGill '61, preneurship and Leadership House. Immediate Past President; Deb Bachman mention breathtaking views of the sound and Crawford '80; Sunshine Morrison '94; Mount Rainier? James Oppenheimer '14, Student Alumni Over the last few months, the occasion of Association President; Mark Penaroza '02; It’s not the views that take my breath away, David Poston '85; Andrea Tull '02; Steve though. It’s all the viewpoints that will be Puget Sound’s 125th anniversary has brought White '68; Ed Wilder '86 explored, explained, and exchanged here. Lis­ many opportunities for interviews and conver­ ten to the voices: the casual conversations, the sations with newspapers and magazines and Contacting arches chance encounters, the bright ideas, the crazy public officials and alumni and students about Circulation notions, the heated debates, the intense cama­ the university’s past, its present, and its future. To change the address to which your Invariably I am asked what my favorite place copy of arches is mailed or to remove raderie, and the points of conflict with which your name from the mailing list for the upper-class students will wrestle as they test on campus is, or what I am most proud of, print edition of arches, please call Cathy or what the biggest new thing on the drawing Tollefson '83 at 253.879.2762, or write their wings, try on new identities, and pursue [email protected]. fresh lines of inquiry. Most important, the board is. As I think about such questions, my Editorial Offices residents of these rooms will grow from the first thought is, “my favorite thing is the next Voice: 253-879-2762; Fax: 253-879-3149; seeds that are planted here—the friendships thing.” While I am always struck with a deep Email: [email protected]; Post: Arches, Office of Communications, that will endure for years to come, the life­ sense of pride in our past and excitement about University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner changing vocations that will be pursued, the our present, I am absolutely fascinated by our St., Tacoma WA 98416-1041. future. It’s what we are building at Puget Sound life-affirming and incandescent moments that arches unbound will never be forgotten. And the pizza. every day—not just with bricks and mortar but www.pugetsound.edu/arches It is fashionable in some circles today to by investing in enduring relationships with the arches (USPS 003-932) is published suggest that the days of the bricks-and-mortar young people of the next generation, enabling quarterly by the University of Puget Sound, campus are past, a romance, a luxury no lon­ and inspiring them to design their own Office of Communications, 1500 N. Warner dreams, to give shape to their deepest aspira­ St., Tacoma WA 98416-1041. Periodicals ger viable or valuable. “Disruptive innovation” postage paid at Tacoma, Wash., and at ad­ is a term we have heard a good deal of late, tions, to establish a firm foundation for the ditional mailing offices. PRINTED in U.S.A. evoking an image in which higher education future they are building. This is beautiful. Postmaster: Send address corrections is efficiently “delivered” through “technol­ Watch out for that large crane over there, to arches. Office of Communications, ogy enablers” anytime and anyplace, freed swinging the massive glass windows overhead University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma WA 98416-1041. from requirements like the traditional col­ that will soon cover the east wall of the great lege campus or a relationship with a mentor. hall. That facade doesn’t look like much now— Editorial Submissions just a great jagged gap in the otherwise elegant Story, art, and photographic submissions That prediction depends on what we think a are welcome; however, the editors recom­ college education is and what it should do. If brick-and-sandstone wall. But soon it will mend a written query. we believe it is a process of personal develop­ be the lens through which tomorrow’s lead­ ©2013 University of Puget Sound. All rights ment, where talents are discovered and nur­ ers gaze out across a green field and over the reserved. No portion of this publication tured in intimate settings, an enduring act of treetops at a great mountain, glowing in white may be reproduced without written per­ on the horizon and calling to them like their mission. The opinions expressed in arches self-discovery and human development in the are those of the authors and do not neces­ company of caring guides—as I do—then we destiny. So beautiful. sarily reflect official policy of the university. must continue to make inspiring places for these things to take place. We have to build for the future. Anything else, in my book, is a fan­ \ tasy—disruptive, maybe, but not necessarily UNIVERSITY of an innovation. Ronald R. Thomas PUGET SOUND letters

My alma mater, recommended throughout the years. I owe him more than I can T was very interested to see Jeff Vance ’74 say. He is a true friend, a phenomenal educator, Xin the spring issue of Arche$, as an alumni and an amazing artist! Ralph Esposito M.F.A. '77 award winner. How do you think he ended Helena, Mont: up at the University of Puget Sound? I was a teacher and coach in Southern California at The writer is professor of art and chair of the the high school that Jeff attended. He asked Department of Fine Arts at Carroll College. me for a recommendation of a small, out-of- state, liberal arts college. I suggested Puget Sound, and that’s where he ended up. It’s nice to see what Jeff is doing now. Errata We spend a lot of time trying to make sure what Wilbur Lucas '62 A few more facts and queries sparked by the you read in Arches is accurate, but, alas, more Tacoma 125th-Anniversar)> issue: than the usual number of gremlins crept into the last issue. Missing carving Colette Mclnerney Babson ’79, the teacher Grateful for great teaching rian Threlkeld ’83 sent the above photo, whose Tacoma classroom we visited when which was in Coach “Wally” Wallrof’s col­ Treally enjoyed the spring issue. It was espe- observing the Slater Museum Nature in the B Xdally great to see the cover image and read lection and recently posted by his daughter, Classroom kit in action, wrote to gently correct the article by Soren Andersen about ceramics Lisa Blair, to the Puget Sound Football Alumni us on the grade level of her class. Colette teaches Facebook page. After a little work matching at UPS. It brought back many memories of fourth grade, not fifth, as we wrote. In her note my fellow ceramics alumni and the faculty I jersey numbers with yearbook photos, Brian Colette also told us about a fun coincidence: studied with. I only worked with Carlton Ball is pretty sure the photo was taken in 1967. But “My husband, James Babson ’81, worked in the for a short while, but I have vivid memories checking around, no one we talked to on cam­ Slater Museum as an undergrad in the late ’70s of him helping me to learn to throw big. Ken pus remembers what became of the carving. If and early ’80s. He prepared the giant leatherback Stevens and John McCuistion were my profes­ you know the story we’d sure like to hear it. turtle specimen that can be found there.” sors for the majority of my graduate studies, In the caption for the “Photojournal” image and both left major impressions and influence Another ASTPer checks in of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s campus visit me to this day. we said he dropped in on theatre prof Geoff y time at Puget Sound paralleled what John and I still remain friends and col­ XVXyour author described [“Remember­ Proehl’s class. In fact the class, AFAM/THTR leagues. I remember many a salmon-fishing 485 “Ugly Beauty,” was co-taught by African ing the Army Specialized Training Program,” trip, challenging critiques, and laughing a lot. American Studies Professor Grace Livingston winter 2013]: The jukebox playing “O, What There were great meals at his house, stimulat­ and Proehl. a Beautiful Mornin’” for reveille, studying in ing conversation with both him and Dorothy, And, finally, in the feature on Puget Sound the showers after lights out, bunking in the and fun playing with their children, Jefna and ceramists, a late edit and errant keystroke caused old gym, reporting to morning formation Warren. John helped me begin my career and us to say art Professor F. Carlton Ball died in with my raincoat over my underwear until the has been a steadfast supporter and inspiration 1982. He died in 1992. captain caught on, trying to pronounce names at roll call. The Army’s cancellation of the ASTP probably saved me from flunking out, as I ON THE COVER: Photo of road sign near the Chobe was not engineer material. As you note, I and River, Botswana/Namibia border, by Rachel DeMotts, Andrew W. Mellon associate professor of global many others were reassigned to the armored environmental politics. FSC infantry and were in the Battle of the Bulge, v*ww l*c o,g and my company was the first American unit For the sight-impared, a PDF copy of Arches that is read­ MIX able by JAWS software is available by writing arches@ Pap«r from to enter Austria. We ended up the farthest east pugetsound.edu. rotponuWo •ourcoi FSC* C006571 of all American troops. "Like" Arches on Facebook and get e-class notes Well I remember studying hard and the when news of your classmates is too timely to Arches is printed with soy seal approved inks on paper generosity of the people in Tacoma. wait for the print edition. For example, when that contains at least 10 percent post-consumer waste. Chef Jon Matsubara '95 was on the Today show and The paper is certified by the Rainforest Alliance to Forest James M. Power '44 when Cheryl Hackinen '89 was on Wheel of Fortune, we Stewardship Council1- standards, and it is manufactured Memphis, Term. let Facebook fans know in time to tune in. 20 miles from where Arches is printed and mailed.

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◄ CONSTRUCTOR Faith Copenhaver ’16

WHAT IS IT? Artistic interpretation (acrylic on canvas) of a DNA gel similar to one that the students processed in class

WHAT DO WE LEARN? Agarose gels separate DNA fragments on the basis of size (larger fragments higher up); dyes can make the DNA frag­ ments fluoresce under ultra­ violet light. Students saw both of these lessons in DNA gels that they ran in class.

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A little creative extra credit

< An online journal we enjoy a great deal educator, makes a very powerful point: We 1) Come up with a creative way to engage is Associate Professor of Biology Mark don’t do many things in science the way we material we have covered in lecture. Martin’s “All Creatures Great and Small: did them a century ago. Why should we teach 2) Obtain verbal approval of a topic. Preaching Microbial Supremacy!” (http:// the same way?” 3) Write a one-page summary of the project. f microbesrule.blogspot.com. Check it out; Martin noted that he has found that stu­ 4) Go to it! microbes are cool!) In a recent post, Pro­ dents who make a “creative investment” in We were curious about the results, so fessor Martin was thinking about learn­ course material tend to more deeply under­ we headed over to Professor Martin’s lab in ing styles and teaching. He wrote: “A wise stand that material. So he gave freshmen in his Thompson Hall to see what the students came friend of mine from graduate school, Dr. BIO 111 “The Unity of Life” course an extra- up with. Here are a few examples. Daniel Klionsky, a superb cell biologist and credit assignment with these guidelines:

summer 2013 arches 9 A CONSTRUCTORS Shane Kiyota ’16 and Rachel Hasagawa ’16

WHAT IS IT? Origami sculptures of various viruses

WHAT DO WE LEARN? Viruses are packets of genetic information. The sculptures illustrate the diversity of shapes to be seen in the viral universe. Some of the parts of the sculptures depict specific functions, such as tail ► CONSTRUCTOR fibers that attach to host Michael Villasenor ’16 receptors, allowing the WHAT IS IT? viruses to invade and A childrens’ ABC booklet, convert the afflicted cell titatWe with a term from molecular is for Quan into a “virus factory” Tttooaxe biology representing each let­ to the pr°P° i relat'mQ ound. ter of the alphabet ssible as quarry st\tuents of a comp snoring or e*P«eamou nt of the con -numericaUhar- .which describes no" WHAT DO WE LEARN? Molecular biology, like any field of study, has its own actenshcs “language,” and students in Professor Martin’s “Unity of Life” course learn many new terms. This booklet, using Amv£ ftAP many, many terms discussed Si*"*.**'*** in class, presents an “A to Z” of molecular biology, in a fun «• ^ and engaging fashion. L — *»' 11 CfC-f f%0

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"Tinjlnlcodapla&W Haley Galer-Rosenberg ’16 and Jessie Sayre ’16

'0nce upon a lime... WHAT IS IT? Mitosis in plant and animal cells, painted on a series of tiles that can be assembled in different ways.

WHAT DO WE LEARN? When plant and animal cells divide, some of the processes are the same, and some are different. Several lec­ tures in the class covered aspects of mitosis and cell division. This art­ work illustrates the similarities and differences between plant and animal mitosis in a visually pleasing manner.

A CONSTRUCTORS Leanne Gan ’16 and Bridget Spencer ’16

WHAT IS IT? A “comic book” detailing the rise of antibiotic resistance in bacteria

WHAT DO WE LEARN? The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing health issue worldwide. (MRSA is only one example of this developing medical problem). How drug resistance occurs and spreads among diverse bacteria is an important topic discussed in class. This “comic book parable” of how the crisis is unfolding in the real world is interesting and thought provoking.

summer 2013 arches 11 from the archives conferences (as they continue to do today) and at other times during the year. Summers, the college put on weeklong ministerial training The Methodist connection and refresher courses, and my dad attended some of those. Sometimes I accompanied him on trips to Tacoma. My visits to Puget Sound were by John Finney '67 a routine part of being a PK. Puget Sound became “my” school because of the Methodist connection. If someone asks me, “When, exactly, did you first come to Puget When it came time to choose a college, my mother, an Easterner, Sound?” I respond in one of three ways: (1) 1976, when I started work- recommended Bowdoin. I applied to several schools, but in the end ing here, (2) 1963, when I enrolled as a freshman, or (3) 1944, when I my choice was UPS. It was “my” school, after all. And in those days PKs was born. Through the Methodist connection, you know. received 50 percent tuition remission, cutting the annual tuition bill Puget Sound was established in 1888 by the Methodist Episcopal from $850 to $425. Church to educate citizens in the region and to prepare prospective After graduating I left Puget Sound for a while—graduate school Methodist preachers for seminary. Methodism was in the early days and a first job and all that. But after nine years I came back, like I always a major factor in the decision of many students, faculty, and staff to wanted to, and worked here for 31 years. Thomas Wolfe said you can’t attend or teach or work at Puget Sound. But gradually, over a long span go home again, but sometimes you can if the connection is strong of time, religious affiliation became less important in college choice enough. The Methodist connection was strong enough. or career decisions. Puget Sound became independent of the church Now I am an old guy, volunteering in the University Archives, hav­ officially in 1980, but the Methodist connection lingers and sometimes ing fun. I am currently immersed in what we in the archives call Record reaches out to grab you when you least expect it. It happened to me Group 04.03, the John Blake collection of more than 7,500 large-format just the other day. (4-by-5-inch) black-and-white negatives. Former publicity director But first, some personal history. My father was a Methodist min­ Blake’s collection of images from the mid-20th century is, not surpris­ ister, and that made me a preacher’s kid, or PK, as we were called. My ingly, full of Methodists. I am used to that by now. It no longer yanks dad and John Magee were in the same Boston University School of my Methodist-connection chain. Sacred Theology graduating class, 1941. They joined the Pacific North­ But the other day I came to image 2271. It shows a bunch of west Conference of the Methodist Church at the same time, June 1941. Methodist preachers and laypeople sitting in Jones Hall auditorium at After earning a doctorate at Harvard, John Magee joined the Puget 3 o’clock on a lazy afternoon in 1951. The church’s June annual confer­ Sound faculty and became one of the brightest stars in our teaching ence week consists mostly of meetings—lots of them. My dad attended firmament. My dad went the pastoral ministry route. He and my mom all the meetings he was supposed to attend—he never skipped, as some spent their working lives serving Methodist churches, including two in of his preacher pals did. Seattle during the 1940s—Woodland Park and Grace. I came along at As I scrutinized image 2271, the Methodist connection reached out Woodland Park in 1944. and grabbed me, hard. Four seats in, second row, is a young man with My dad drove down to the College of Puget Sound when Meth­ dark hair, paying careful attention to what Bishop Kennedy is saying, odist preachers and parishioners congregated during their annual not gazing around or napping or daydreaming, like some. My dad.

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Retiring this summer Past the $100 million mark

As Arches went to press, board of trustees chair I Rick Brooks "82 and trustee Bill Weyerhaeuser, co-chairs of Puget Sound's One [of a Kind] fundraising campaign, announced that contri­ butions to the campaign have surpassed the I $100 million mark. To date, gifts have come from alumni, trust­ ees, parents, faculty and staff, students, corpo- P\ rations, foundations, and community members. 3| They have funded $34.5 million in financial aid H endowment, construction of a new health sci- H ences building, the creation of endowed profes­ At on-campus receptions honoring them, professors McCuistion and sorships in neuroscience and biophysics, and Veseth, and CIAC director Pearce-Droge. other academic projects. The campaign ends 3 in 2015.

Checking out from regular duties with students (although certainly not making themselves scarce around campus), three longtime and Trustees will match gifts to new athletics facilities much-loved members of the Logger family: Professor of Art John In June the college announced a special initiative in support of McCuistion (whose retirement we wrote about in the spring edition of a planned aquatics center and upgraded facilities in Memorial this magazine), Robert G. Albertson Professor of International Political Fieldhouse. Members of the board of trustees have pledged to Economy Michael Veseth ’72, and Director of the Community Involve­ match—dollar for dollar—every new gift made to the project, ment and Action Center Jack Pearce-Droge. up to $8 million. Mike has taught at Puget Sound since 1975 and co-founded here the You can see a really cool 3 Vi-minute virtual tour of the nation’s first undergraduate program in international political economy. proposed facilities at www.pugetsound.edu/aquatics-center. Among numerous awards and achievements, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education named Mike their 2010 Washington Professor of the Year. He is the author of several books and textbooks, most recently Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck and the Revenge of the Terroirists and Globaloney 2.0: The Crash of2008 and the Future of Globalization. His popular blog, The Wine Economist, analyzes and interprets global wine markets. He recently wrote there: “I’m stepping down from my‘day job.’... This will give me a bit more time to think, talk, and write about the business of wine__I’m not really retiring or even slowing down, just ch-ch-ch-changing!” You can contact Mike at [email protected]. EVENTS During her 24 years at the college, Jack says she feels fortunate to The college recently completed successful regional have worked so closely with students—many of whom she has stayed campaigns in Denver and San Francisco. Next stops, in touch with. In recent years two City of Destiny awards celebrated Tacoma and Seattle. Join fellow alumni, parents, and friends CIAC’s programs, but Jack says the relationships she has established for a One [of a Kind] evening in: while at Puget Sound are more valuable than any award or public rec­ TACOMA Sept. 21, 2013, 6 p.m., LeMay - America's Car ognition. A passion of Jack’s outside of work is her ongoing advocacy Museum, 2702 E. D St. for people with disabilities, revolving around the issue of civil rights, personal independence, and the development of personal lifestyles. SEATTLE Sept. 28, 2013, 5 p.m., The Foundry, 4130 She is a member of the board of directors of the Assistance Dog Club 1 st Ave. S. of Puget Sound and has published the dub’s monthly newsletter since The tour continues next spring in Honolulu, followed by 2001. And of course we all know her assistance dog, Chester. Well- Portland and Los Angeles in autumn 2014. See page 35 for wishers can get in touch with Jack at [email protected]. more information.

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sports

Ultimate powerhouse Sacrificing one kind of glory for another, seniors Spencer Sheridan, Jonas Cole, Sam Berkelhammer, Peter Geertz-Larson, and Elliott Cohen missed Commencement Day, May 19. They were in Milwaukee at the national USA Ultimate Division III College Championships, along with 14 other teammates. The Puget Sound Postmen, as the club is called, entered the grueling weekend-long elimination tournament with a regular-season record of 28-3 and seeded first. The guys then proceeded to work their way through the brackets, arriving in the finals along with East Coast ultimate rivals Middlebury College, to which our valiant Postmen fell 12-11. Spencer Sheridan T3 was named Northwest D-III Player of the Year. Spencer, Dylan Harrington ’14, Jonas Cole ’13, and Sam Berkelhammer ’13 earned First-Team All-Region honors, and Alan Henzy ’15, Daniel Mozell ’14, Eric Hopfenbeck *14, and Peter Geertz-Larson ’13 were named to the Second Team. Meanwhile, scanning the sports pages, we note that Britt Atack ’90 and Elliot Trotter ’08 are players on the new Major League Ultimate WE DELIVER The Puget Sound Postmen Ultimate Frisbee team was team the Seattle Rainmakers. More on them in this issue of Arches on ranked number one this spring in D-III USA Ultimate, Northwest region. page 55.

coming this fall

A new and improved pugetsound.edu We’re always looking for better ways to share what happens here and why it matters. To that end look for a big­ ger, better pugetsound.edu website this fall. Here’s a sneak preview of what you’ll see: Pictures. Big, bold photos and videos of all things Puget Sound. Words. Big, bold text that cap­ tures the accomplishments of our students and alumni. Graphics. Big, bold Mount Rainier incorporated in a new logo on every page, reflecting the pioneer­ ing spirit and enduring values of our campus community. Meanwhile, feel free to drop by www.pugetsound.edu to catch up on alumni events and campus news, or check out interactive online issues of Arches at www.pugetsound.edu/ arches.

14 arches summer 2013 SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT The new facade, seen here from the south parking lot. Everything east of the Great Hall fireplace is new. campus construction The existing servery will be completely remodeled and expanded, improving traffic flow during busy mealtimes. An expansion for Wheelock Site preparation is already under way, and the addition is scheduled for completion by the beginning of the fall 2014 semester. The proj­ Just as one major building project concludes (see President Thomas’ ect is a tricky logistical undertaking: The Bookstore, Diversions Cafe, column, “Work in progress,” page 6), another begins. In May the col­ The Cellar, the main dining area, and the Rotunda will remain open lege commenced work on a two-story, 18,000-square-foot addition to throughout construction, with intermittent closures of some spaces Wheelock Student Center that will improve kitchen and dining spaces, while they are renovated. The work will be financed through the col­ add second-floor seating for 200, and provide new dining-staff offices. lege’s regular operating budget.

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into progressive 'grass (such as the opening track, a lively interpretation of Eddie Adcock's banjo instrumental "Turkey Knob"), old-time classics (notably their ver­ sion of "I've Endured"), early country (jimmie Rodgers' "Peach Picking Time in Georgia"), and A Cold Frosty even pop evergreens ("Just Morning Because" and "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon"). Among the ROSIN IN THE AIRE album's high points are with Denise Glover, visit­ three selections from the ing assistant professor of soundtrack of the docu­ comparative sociology mentary film Big Water Run­ Audio CD ners of the Colorado River: Rita Records "Natalia's Waltz," "Bonny At Morn," and the album's title track "Cold Frosty Morn­ Rosin in the Aire's eclectic ing." Glover is the band's sound is based in main­ Word play mandolin player. stream bluegrass while high­ — Bluegrass Unlimited lighted by enjoyable forays Clear a Place for Good New Poems 2006-2012 graphical snapshots of her HANS OSTROM, professor of English and African American studies interesting life.

150 pages, soft cover 5T/x/Oi/j€T cS/tW/7 of JXy £>ife The title story, "Eden and '■ Congruent Angle Press Mama* Cdxa Bmnxan Guimne* the Siege," recalls Glessner's Available at amazon.com 1972 return to the Pine Ridge Reservation, the site Hans Ostrom's "How To Write a Poem" opens with the line "First, clear the area of crit­ of Wounded Knee in South ics." I'll simply put on my reviewer's hat and say that this collection of more than 100 Dakota. She had attended poems is a delight of astute observations, whimsical stories, and stark realities told in a Gordon Bible College and variety of poetic modes, forms, and voices. served in a missionary posi­ The poems are populated with famous people, from Duke Ellington and Langston tion on the reservation 30 Hughes to Neil Armstrong and Gertrude Stein. Wild animals and inanimate objects also years before, and made her inspire the poet, as do dirty laundry, rhinos, a compost heap, bears, insurance, were­ only return in the midst of wolves, and crickets. Ostrom gets intimate with his reader as well—but leave it to the the high tension that would English professor to be conjugating erotic verbs—in the "tense present"—in his head eventually lead to the oc­ during a pun-filled amorous encounter. — Greg Scheiderer Eden and the cupation of the town. Other stories touch on growing up Siege And Other during the Great Depression, Stories of My Life marriage, children, and pets. Dead Man ■ i book of the same name MARIAN EDNA Glessner says that pub­ Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, BRANNAN lishing these stories, many DEAD her memoir as counselor of which she had written MAN with PHILIP CUTLIP *88, GLESSNER ’66 of a death-row prisoner in long ago and filed away in a r WALKIN t baritone 152 pages, softcover Louisiana's Angola State green metal box, is the ful­ Audio CD Prison. On this recording, CreateSpace fillment of a lifelong dream. Virgin Classics which has received superb lntp://edenandthcsiege.net Her daughter, Jenny, tells us notices, Joyce DiDonato that Puget Sound alumni This contemporary and plays Sister Helen, Cutlip Marian Glessner celebrated and parents receive a 10 per­ L t *'• controversial opera by Jake is Joseph De Rocher, the her 93rd birthday in April cent discount on the book Heggie, first produced on condemned murderer, by publishing these stories. when it's ordered from the stage in October 2000, and Frederica von Stade is While a few are short fiction edenandthesiege.net. Use tells a story based on the DeRocheris mother. or poetry, most are autobio- code GHCWZUN3. — GS

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The competition seeks Mantha believes human- opening pages of Chakoda's came to her during the is a work of fiction, Neil Mo­ to identify fresh new voices symbiotic germs deserve Ghost, while on security course of everyday work. loney has taken his tale from in poetry, and Fredson is status as a vital organ. detail at the Port of Tacoma, After decades of scribbling family lore passed down certainly a discovery. Western medicine often he busts up what appears handwritten instructions over the generations, as well After graduating from takes a warlike approach to be a simple burglary but and drawing stick figures as painstaking research into UPS, Fredson served in the in which antibiotics are turns out to be part of a ter­ to explain the exercises she the history of the Civil War. Peace Corps in a village in the nuclear weaponry. In rorist plot to build a nuclear recommended for patients, The story follows a family of Ivory Coast during a time of All About Bacteria Mantha bomb and blow up the Port she decided to put them all immigrants who lose their revolution there. The experi­ argues that we should ap­ of Seattle. Chakoda over­ in one place. farms, homes, and busi­ ence was powerful and last­ preciate our germs more, comes his post-traumatic The result is a head-to- nesses to a corrupt govern­ ing. The cover of the volume offers simple approaches for stress syndrome, earned on toe handbook for health. ment in Ireland and flee for depicts a variety of ghostly enhancing health and heal­ two tours in Iraq and one Starting with headaches and America. They arrive in New assault weapons filling a ing common ailments, and in Afghanistan, and leads working down to the tips York in 1863, in the middle room and floating in the air. gives tips about sanitation, the team that thwarts the of the toes. Your Body Book of anti-draft riots as the war The moving and passionate hygiene, vitamins, and the scheme. covers a variety of aches rages across the nation. The poetry sparkles, often shift­ health benefits of kissing. In Syrian Rescue Chakoda and pains and how to pre­ notion of heading west and ing abruptly between beauty Mantha backs up his is back on active duty, lead­ vent or alleviate them. It's starting a new life will have and horror, as when gently views on preventive and ing the liberation of two full of helpful tips on when to wait. Moloney's main waving grass is disrupted by wellness techniques with a Green Berets who have to use ice or heat, good characters are among some the march of a militia. look at both the history of uncovered vital information, posture, nutrition, stress, 200,000 Irish immigrants Fredson studied with Bar­ medicine and the latest in and, in the process, breaks exercise, and sleep. Its ulti­ who ended up in the U.S. ry Bauska, professor emeri­ medical research. Though up an extremist plot to mate goal is to give people Army fighting for the Union tus of English, while at Puget not a scientist—he describes build and deploy biological a little extra freedom by side. Sound. He earned a Master himself as an "inquisitive weapons in the Middle East. helping them maintain mo­ Not all of the The Boys of Fine Arts degree from individual"—he's working to At the end a general gives tion, strength, and balance, From Ireland survive the war, Arizona State University and connect the dots and draw Chakoda a super-secret job and to help them manage but we are cheered as those is now pursuing a doctor­ the big picture that focused out of Fort Lewis—a hint health care costs. who do ultimately unite and ate in creative writing and specialists may be missing. that further adventures are Long lives and practices head west to homestead in literature at the University of — GS to come. — GS in Grants Pass, Ore. — GS Minnesota. — GS Southern California. — GS

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It's a conflict that's all too familiar these days: Human settlements expand, overlapping

animal habitat. Pretty soon there's a bear at the bird feeder or deer munching on the prize

roses. But what about when the animal weighs 12,000 pounds and comes around night after

night, desperate to eat the food you need for your own survival? Or it steps on and collapses

your well? Or it wanders the lanes near your house, preventing your children from walking

to school? Fences can't keep it out. Nothing scares it away. You could shoot it, but doing

so pushes a beloved species closer to extinction and reduces a resource your country needs

badly to help generate tourist income.

Living with elephants in Botswana

by Rachel DeMotts

A MODEST CROWD OF PERHAPS 30 people “I am going to tell these people they can come its people live in the southeast, in and around stood waiting in the sun, but it was far from in,” he said, and walked slowly out into the sandy the capital city of Gaborone. The north is a dif­ certain that a meeting was really going to hap­ road, wearing his mesh-and-leather cowboy ferent landscape entirely, sparkling with the lush pen until the chief arrived. Waiting is something hat that looked more Australian Outback than wetlands of the Okavango Delta and the flood- of a vocation in rural Botswana, so the purpose Botswanan floodplain. In only a few minutes peo­ plain of the Chobe River, providing habitat for of this particular waiting was unclear. Chief ple began filing in, mostly women, talking quietly a stunning array of wildlife. It is a world-class Morgan approached and greeted me,“Dumela, and settling themselves on plastic chairs near the safari destination for tourists. The people are mma,” and I extended my hand, replying front of the concrete-floored meeting room. mostly members of minority ethnic groups like “Dumela, rra,” cupping my right elbow in my left After introductions—mine lasting far lon­ the Subia, Kalanga, Yeyi, Hambukushu, and San, hand as a sign of respect. ger than anyone else’s, which caused some culturally connected across borders to Namibia, When I had first met the chief several weeks amusement—the sub-chief stood. “As we say in Zimbabwe, and Zambia, but far from Gaborone before to ask his permission to come into Setswana, the dogs are tightened,” he informed in both kilometers and politics. In a public meet­ Kazungula to do research on the presence of me, smiling. “We mean, you are welcome here, ing in a remote village in the Delta a few years wildlife in the village, he suggested calling a kgot- and you are safe.” But the discussion that followed ago, it was suggested that a thousand elephants la meeting. The kgotla is the chief’s compound, indicated anything but welcome for me or safety be relocated to the area around Gaborone, so with offices and a public meeting space, where for those in attendance. that city dwellers could get a taste of having the community comes together to talk about Botswana is roughly the size of Texas but wildlife for neighbors. important issues. It is also a locus of dispute has a population of only about 2 million people. As Botswana’s elephant population has 5 resolution. Much of its land is Kalahari Desert, and most of nearly tripled in the last 20 years, reports of O

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Iu C£ summer 2013 arches 19 ! a growing wildlife population in proximity to sation for a woman in the village of Mabele, an­ people. Living with elephants can be dangerous; other wildlife officer reported, “The field was de­ a bull can destroy a household’s entire annual stroyed, the field is disaster.” In Kazungula most harvest in a single night’s snacking. Elephants people have stopped planting, and yet DWNP break water pipes, damage fences, push over records do show repeated claims by the same ! trees, eat maize and watermelons and pump­ small number of farmers each year, bringing into SOUTH AFRICA kins, and frighten people who sometimes have question the efficacy of a policy that reacts to to share the same walkways with them. While damage rather than preventing it. it happens relatively rarely, elephants do kill I visited one of the farms near where the ele­ people if they feel threatened, and when this phants were shot. A young man in bright blue happens the loss is imprinted on families and coveralls named Absalom welcomed me into the communities not just as a past event but a per­ field, where most of the sorghum had already sistent spectre of what likely will happen again. been harvested but the front edge along the road In early April a man was hospitalized in Kasane was lined with rows of maize. conflicts between people and elephants have after apparently being struck on the head by a “We need an electric fence. We have tried to multiplied, and not just in remote villages. young bull’s trunk. make one, to connect it, but it’s not working,” Kazungula is about five kilometers outside of “Even when an elephant kills someone, the he explained as we picked our way around the Kasane, a small town best known for riverfront wildlife department says it is for tourism; they brittle dead plant stalks toward the small shelter hotels offering easy access to neighboring Chobe can’t do anything,” said one local resident. along the back edge of the plot. The standing National Park. Elephants are regularly seen at fence consisted of periodic tree branches stuck the garbage dump, on the main road, near the LAST OCTOBER, TWO FEMALE ELEPHANTS in the ground with a few strands of wire hung airport runway, and at the only traffic light in were shot and killed near several agricultural between them. “But come, you can meet the old town. Tourism is an increasingly important part plots on the Kazungula riverfront. Botswana’s man,” he said. of Botswana’s economy; while diamond revenues wildlife compensation policy—designed to He introduced Kgopa, the apparent owner of have developed infrastructure, the supply of help mitigate the losses of crops, livestock, the field. “Are you from government?” he asked gems is running low. Recent national political and property by allowing local residents to immediately, edgy with suspicion. discussions frame elephants as a natural resource claim payments when damage occurs—allows I promised not; Absalom explained who I just like diamonds—wealth that belongs to ev­ people to protect their lives and property when was and what we’d been talking about. eryone and not just to those in proximity. threatened. Often, however, what constitutes Glancing away, Kgopa said, “I don’t want to At the same time, poaching is escalating in an immediate threat becomes arguable in the shoot them, but what can I do?” response to China’s insatiable demand for ivory, aftermath. Three calves—two very young, and His statement felt like neither admission nor which can fetch as much as $1,300 per pound a third about 7 years old—stayed for days in an explanation. It brought to mind a comment a in Beijing. It is estimated that more than 90 per­ area where their mothers had died, mourning friend had made a few days before: that seeing cent of ivory in China is illegal. Stories abound and disoriented. Eventually, despite one local young elephants just makes farmers think of how in Botswana about the role of the Chinese in resident trying to help them by putting out cab­ big they will be when they grow up. Still, DWNP black-market ivory. For example, chunks of bages to eat and water to drink, they wandered records of Kgopa’s compensation claims indicate tusks hidden in construction equipment being too close to crops again, and all three were shot. a pattern; wildlife officers once advised him “to shipped back to China after completion of rural One died immediately; another ran off and was not always shoot.” development projects like road building or hos­ not seen again, but the injured third calf stayed “I want your number; I will call you when pital construction. The Born Free Foundation, put. The Department of Wildlife and National elephants come,” Absalom said. He slid a dirty, a conservation NGO in Kenya, estimates that Parks (DWNP) and Elephants Without Borders, rough board back from the top of an aged black 32.000 elephants were poached from the be­ a research organization that studies wildlife mi­ plastic container about the size of a footlocker, ginning of 2012 until this past March. With a gration and population dynamics, tranquilized reaching inside for a tiny notebook. I glanced remaining global elephant population between and moved the young elephant for treatment, down, my eyes flicking over the burnished 470.000 and 690,000, this is hardly a sustainable but it died several days later. dark wood of the shotgun butt inside. I quickly rate. The problem in recent years is the explosion Controversy over what constitutes a threat turned to look for a pen in my bag. of commercial poaching—organized, often para­ ensued. A local wildlife officer was angry, argu­ Ten days later, Absalom called, audibly upset: military, with the networks and the means to get ing that one of the farmers in the area claims “They are here in die field, the elephants, they ivory out of remote areas—rather than village- compensation for damage over and over again. are eating my maize!” The field was clearly dam­ level “hunting for the cooking pot” that occurs in Most claims come from remote areas further aged, but most of the crop remained. many parts of Africa. west and south, where elderly women plow “April and May, it is the season for bullets,” But focusing on idyllic safaris and black- fields and fight to keep elephants and hippos his friend stated, staring at the maize stalks market ivory overlooks the struggles created by away from their crops. Recommending compen- bending gently in the breeze.

20 arches summer 2013 Reports of conflicts between people ABRAHAM WAS THE FIRST TO OFFER Standing in her garden on the edge of and elephants have his views at the kgotla. He also was collecting Kazungula, she pointed to flattened maize stalks multiplied, and not signatures to get on the ballot for a new ward from the last time elephants had entered her yard. councilor seat, but for a budding politician he The midday sun glinted off the rectangular pieces just in remote villages. minced no words. Compensation should be of­ of corrugated tin she had stuck into her fence; a Kazungula is about five fered when people are killed, not just livestock, sudden flash of light sometimes scares elephants kilometers outside of he argued. He questioned the usefulness of re­ away at night. She indicated an ashen pile: “After search, of someone coming from outside when last time I burned it. I burned my garden so they Kasane, a small town don’t come,” she said. “And my kids, some days problems are already known. But toward the best known for riverfront end of his comments, he relented a bit; “I will they don’t go to school. They can’t walk out when be happy if you take my view to government,” the elephants are here.” hotels offering easy he concluded. In some ways Elinah is fortunate; she bought access to neighboring “She is wasting my time,” commented an her own plot last June and built a small house on Chobe National Park. old woman quietly. it to save renting two small rooms for five people. “Research is for nothing,” added a young But living with elephants has increased her vul­ Elephants are regularly nerability in other ways. Available plots are scarce, man seated near her. seen at the garbage Tshenyo, a commercial farmer whose plot is and Elinah’s is among the most recently allocated next to Kgopa’s, was angry. White people only pieces of land in a forested area popular with el­ dump, on the main come when an elephant dies, not a person, he ephants but without running water or electricity. road, near the airport said. “It is not for you to be here. The minister Elinah carries large plastic containers back and should be here. The government does not need forth from the nearest standpipe to get water, a runway, and at the only you to tell them what is happening. They al­ dangerous endeavor when elephants are also on traffic light in town. ready know. You should see what is happening the road where she must walk. “Sometimes, we at my place,” he said bitterly. just stay thirsty,” she said. -----———-----^ “I would like very much to see your farm,” I A neighbor of Elinah’s tries to make a living replied. “Will you show it to me?” selling seedlings, but elephants like to break off know, our parents stayed here with elephants, He looked taken aback and vaguely pleased and eat the tops of the young trees before she can too. We like the elephants. We don’t want to kill at the same time. That afternoon, we walked sell them. I asked if she has reported her prob- them, but government must put something be- past mangled fence poles and over crushed lems to DWNR She replies, “Ah, but they say, you tween us and them.” maize plants. are the ones who followed the elephants here. I thought about how differently everyone “I have loans to pay; this is my business. What did you think was going to happen?” around me understood the allocation of space— What can I do?” he asked, echoing his for people, for elephants, for crops, for tourists. neighbor. THERE IS AN OLD INDIAN FABLE IN WHICH The blind men in the story were asked, “What Most of his crops were intact, but even his blind men are asked to describe an elephant. Each is the elephant like?” Their answers depended electric fence did not protect everything. With touches a different part of the creature, and by on which part of the great beast they touched. DWNP’s assistance, he had hung strips of cloth turns they say they feel a pillar, or a rope, or a tree In Kazungula, it seems, the answers depend on soaked in oil and ground chili peppers on his branch, or a wall. In some versions of the story what part of the elephant is experienced—and fence to burn; the smoke irritates elephants’ the men fight over who is right, but in others they how close it comes to home and livelihood, sensitive olfactory systems. are all correct, depending on which part of the “It doesn’t work,” he said plaintively. If the creature they touched. wind blows the wrong way, or if the smell is Trying to discern what had happened to the Rachel DeMotts is Andrew W. not intense enough, or if it isn’t done every day, elephants in Kazungula was like acting out a ver­ Mellon Associate Professor of the effect is lost. sion of this story: One of Tshenyo’s farmworkers Global Environmental Politics said that when the elephants were shot they were at Puget Sound. She spent the ELINAH DOES NOT LOOK NEARLY HER by the gate to Kgopa’s fence. But one of Kgopa’s 2012-13 academic year on sab­ 47 years. She has a quiet demeanor, not quite assistants asserted they were on Tshenyo’s side, batical as an affiliated researcher shy, but with a tendency toward waiting to feel 30 to 40 meters away. Meanwhile, wildlife officers with Elephants Without Borders, an NGO based in out an unfamiliar person before saying too remain frustrated by repeated incidents on both Kasane, Botswana. much. At first she spoke only Setswana. Later, farms, and conservationists continue to cham- it became clear that her English was more than pion Botswana’s hunting ban and push for the Professor DeMotts will give the annual Phi Beta up to the task of talking about being a single protection of more space for elephants. Kappa Magee Address on Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m. on mother with four kids trying to protect her Sitting near a standpipe waiting for water to campus in Trimble Forum. Her talk is called “The family from elephants. come out one morning, Abraham observed: “You Elephants of Our Imagination.”

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THROUGHOUT MY FIRST WEEK of teaching, WE ALL ARE SUBCONSCIOUSLY writing our Writing this on the josding bus ride to our which went about as well as a first week on any own narratives, and, especially going into an baseball team’s state championship game, as job can, I kept getting asked the same question: experience such as this, it is tempting to cast my players anxiously—hopelessly—attempt to “You’re going to the football game Friday, right?” oneself in a generous, selfless role. Time and time get some sleep, I realize that it has been almost l I nodded while visualizing the mounting again, however, I have been amazed and hum­ exactly a year since I shook President Thomas’s stack of papers I had to grade, and the lesson bled by the people I’ve met, from students to hand and received my diploma on Peyton Field. plans to write and initial parent phone calls to parents to coaches to community leaders. Their What a year it has been. make. But I nodded, since it was easier than ex­ hospitality, their generosity, has taught me—not President Thomas welcomed us to Puget plaining why I didn’t think I had the time. the other way around. Sound assuring us that after four years we would Then Friday arrived, and I gave in to the A couple of months ago, a day after a class come to call the place “home,” and he was right. gravitational pull of football in southern discussion that briefly visited the question “Why A year ago I had two homes, one in Newport Arkansas. As I walked through the stadium gates do bad things happen to good people?” [in the and another in Tacoma. with a couple of other new teachers, the band— context of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar juxtaposed Now I have one in Fordyce as well. which had its own covered section—let forth a against Hurricane Katrina and the Newtown, chorus: “Mr. Walter! Ms. Anderson! Mr. Luther!” Conn., shooting], I found one of my students We waved back and made our way to the waiting outside my classroom door before the Marcus was assistant coach for the Fordyce main section of bleachers (in the background, first bell. High baseball team, which had a 26-3 record I swear I heard someone yell, “Look! They “Mr. Luther, I was thinking about our discus­ this past spring, won the district and regional own normal clothes, too!”), just as the kickoff sion all afternoon and night, and I couldn’t sleep, championships, and lost in the finals of the state brought the entire crowd to its feet. so I just wrote down what I was thinking.” championships. Marcus says that in a football town, it was great fun to see thousands of fans Nestling into one of the few nooks of space What she handed me—a piece of prose I will make the four-hour drive to Fayetteville to left, I watched as our Redbugs marched up and never forget—was a brilliant, honest, self-discov­ watch the championship game. down the field, scoring at will, but I also was ering explication, ending with, “Maybe things fall I fascinated to see how the entire community apart so that later they can fall together better.” I participated. From the enthusiastic band to the was floored. well-rehearsed cheer squad to the standing- r room-only crowd, all of Fordyce seemed to THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING breathe collectively. Looking back, I should have I could have hoped for and then some, and the known that it was only a matter of time before gratitude I felt for my four years at Puget Sound I figured out the pattern to that breathing and has kept right on overflowing through my first joined in. year as a high school English teacher in southern Arkansas. Making Commencement,

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Jake’s speech, then after conferring quietly with The students finished filming Commencement by Soren Andersen Jake, steps back. in May, just before finals, and it will be edited “And, action,” he says. Jake begins to speak and completed this summer. Its makers plan to photos by Daniel Peterschmidt ’15 anew, in a process that is repeated half a dozen premiere the picture during Homecoming in times this afternoon. October. A t Kilworth Memorial Chapel on a sunny In the first few rows of pews to the left of the Sunday afternoon in March, Jake Bisuut stage, about a dozen students, some in period Commencement was conceived a year ago, when jL 16, in a tie and gray suit, stands at a costumes, listen intently. One of them is Airiel Airiel and Romene Davis T3, who would be- lectern, center stage, and speaks in solemn, Quintana ’13. She is an extra on this day, but she come its producer, got to talking about what it measured tones: “Members of the student body, was like to be black students on a predominantly faculty, and the administration of the College of white campus. Puget Sound: We have at last come to the place They were classmates, working toward de­ where we must part.” grees in communications. Romene said their Outside, it is 2013, but inside the chapel for conversation that day in late spring was “about a brief time this afternoon it is 1942, and Jake is how awkward it can be to be the only one of speaking the words of Shigeo Wakamatsu ’42, something in a classroom. If I ever were to miss a one of approximately 30 Japanese-American class,” she said, “everyone would notice.” Puget Sound students who, along with more Both perceived themselves to be, at times, on than 100,000 other U.S. citizens of Japanese de­ the margins of campus society. Which seemed scent, had been ordered to internment camps by paradoxical because Airiel in particular was the U.S. government in the wake of the Dec. 7, deeply involved in all kinds of university activi­ 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. ties. She was a resident assistant, she had a job Standing beside Jake as he speaks is Daniel working in the registrar’s office, she belonged to Peterschmidt ’15, who films the scene with a the Black Student Union, and she was a member digital SLR camera attached to an apparatus is also the person who wrote the script for this of an on-campus sketch comedy troupe. And as of his own design that allows him to move the movie. It is called Commencement. Written, pro- the capstone of her time at Puget Sound, she was camera in a steady fashion. Greg Martineau ’14, duced, directed, shot, and acted by Puget Sound student speaker at this year’s Commencement headphones clamped to his ears, holds a boom students, it’s a kind of tour through the universi­ ceremony. mic to capture Jake’s words. Surveying the scene ty’s past, portrayed through social issues on cam­ Yet, like Romene, Airiel had endured what is Liam Tully ’14, who calls “Cut!” at the end of pus during three distinct time periods in history. she termed “negative experiences” related to race

24 arches summer 2013 Facing page: On a moody Tacoma morning, shooting a scene on the old Yakima Avenue bridge. Above: Romene, Airiel, Liam. Below: Paige Maney '15, who plays Margaret in the film, the main character in the 1940s segment. at Puget Sound. “Often, the kinds of prejudices ideas throughout the summer. The final shoot- ship between a gay student and his heterosexual here occur in the form of microaggressions,” she ing script has three interconnected storylines set roommate. A fourth, eventually dropped because said, “these kinds of subtle nuances in, for ex­ in three eras. “There are bits and pieces of me in of difficulties scheduling shooting around cast ample, someone’s nonverbal cues.” every single segment,” Airiel said. members’ academic schedules, was set in the They had recently taken a course in film The story that opens the movie is the one present day and told of a female Hispanic stu- criticism from Professor Susan Owen, and it with the scene that was being filmed that March dent’s struggle with issues related to her ethnic gave them the idea of making a movie, one “re­ day in the chapel. Set in the 1940s, it dramatizes identity, ally showing the interaction of students of color actual events leading up to the internment of With script in hand, Romene went to work. or students of sexual difference in context and Puget Sound’s Japanese-American students dur- She had interned at a Seattle TV station, had relationship with the people that they meet,” taken a film-production course at an area com­ Airiel said. “I really wanted to give voice to those munity college, and had made a short film on people.” campus in 2012, so she had a little background The women decided the structure of their in production. And she was determined to re­ film would incorporate elements of the 2002 cruit the best possible actors and crew. “Like a drama The Hours, which they had studied in shark in the water, I targeted my talented prey Owen’s class, and the 2004 Best Picture Oscar and sought them out,” she said. winner, Crash. Both films have multiple story For the role of the black female student lines focusing on different sets of characters, and romantically involved with a white male stu­ The Hours]umps back and forth between several dent, on Facebook she found Olivia Perry ’15, time periods. Using those pictures as inspiration, an English major who had performed in chil­ Airiel decided her screenplay would have a “mo­ dren’s theater productions in her hometown of ment to moment” structure, “where there is less Phoenix, Ariz. She found her cinematographer of an emphasis on narrative and more emphasis Daniel, a Chinese studies student and self-taught on specific instances in moments.” photography buff, on the microblogging site The 2012 school year ended and they went ing World War II. Another, set in the ’70s, tells Tumblr, where he had posted some of his still their separate ways. Airiel went home to write the fictional story of an uneasy romance between photos, the screenplay, drawing on her own experi­ a white male student and a black female student She found her director, Liam, whose major ences and those of friends and classmates. She in an era during which such pairings were much is politics, when she was asked to shoot a video and Romene kept in touch via Skype, email, less common than they are today. A third, set of a performance of the student circus club, text messages, and Google Docs, and exchanged in the ’90s, focuses on the conflicted relation- whose members’ acrobatic routines are in the

summer 2013 arches 25 style of Cirque du Soleil. Liam was guiding them through their performances and Romene ad­ mired his take-charge style. “You know what you want, and you’re not afraid to say it,” she told him. Then she added the kicker: “Would you like to direct this film I’m producing?” He’d never directed before but said it sound­ ed like a great idea—and so he was in. Romene contacted the theatre department and got permission to use some of its props. She petitioned ASUPS for funds to buy a digi­ tal camera. The university owns the camera, and students can rent it for other projects, said cinematographer Daniel. As for the homemade Steadicam-like device on which the camera was mounted, Daniel said he and his father designed and built it using $15 worth of materials pur­ chased at Home Depot. Romene also sought, and got, support from Dean of Students Mike Segawa. “I think it is a project well worth highlighting. Efforts that bring visibility to issues of diversity and equip our community to place them in a historical as well as present-day context are,” Mike said in an email, “invaluable to our goal of fostering a more inclusive learning community.” Finally, in February, filming began. Everyone worked for free, and the students spent months setting up scenes all over campus—in Kilworth and in the SUB, among other places, even in director Liam’s residence-hall shower. Filming took so long because it had to be sandwiched in between the students’ many other commitments. “Our studies come first,” Romene said. Finally, they finished. And Romene is satis­ fied with what she and the other students have created. CAST AND CREW Top, from left: Sound man Greg Martineau '14, director Liam “It’s been a great process." Tully '14, Schiff Adelson '13 (playing Derrick), producer Romene Davis '13, and It turns out the moviemaking bug has bitten cameraman Daniel Peterschmidt'15. Bottom: Greg Martineau, Greg Reeser'15 Romene hard. After graduation, she moved to (playing Ryan), lighting designer Michael Anthony Mulay '15, Daniel, Liam, Schiff, Romene, and production assistant Emily Bjarke '16. Los Angeles to try to break into the entertain­ ment business. She said she plans to contact Puget Sound alumni who are working in the film industry in hopes they’ll help her get a foot in the door. “I would be very happy working in develop­ ment, looking through scripts, and deciding what [movies] should be made,” she said. Commencement will be her calling card.

Freelance writer Soren Andersen is a movie critic for the Tacoma News Tribune.

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Adam's first thought was ■ by Jordan Hanssen “Be safe out there,” said Adam. that he was unable to Pat began to reach out of the cabin to shut April 6,2013.1 woke 12 minutes before my 6 the hatch that would make the cabin watertight breathe water, followed by a.m. rowing shift. We had been at sea, rowing 24 and help maintain the boat’s self-righting ability. a more visceral realization hours a day for 73 days, one day more than I had Just then, two waves, no bigger than the others spent in this same 29-foot rowboat while cross­ that day but squared off at the top, materialized that neither could Patrick, ing the North Atlantic seven years ago. off the stern. The crests of most waves are trian­ and he instinctively pushed m In the last month we had swum with whales, gular in shape and roll under the hull. But the seen rainbows at midnight, and eaten flying first of these freakish waves engulfed the stern Pat through the hatch. He squid and fish that had landed on our deck. Even and poured over the gunnels, filling the deck rose to the dwindling air after our wind generator failed we managed to area with thousands of pounds of water. In the keep our science instruments working and con­ 160 days I’d spent on this boat at least a million pocket above him, took tinued to film, take pictures, and write blogs to waves had passed under it, some in a tropical a breath, and followed send to our website and education program as storm. I can count on two hands how many part of the Canadian Wildlife Federations Africa times I’d seen waves like this—and never two at Patrick out of the cabin. to Americas Expedition. a time. They popped to the Adam Kreek, Canadian Olympic gold med­ Ten holes along the edge of the deck called alist in rowing in Beijing; Markus Pukonen, scuppers—functionally, 10 3-inch-diameter surface on either side of adventure filmmaker; Patrick Fleming ’05, drain pipes—struggled to shed the water. Markus. wilderness EMT and whitewater rafting guide; Overwhelmed by the weight, the boat listed to Greg Spooner *01, D.P.T.TO; and I had planned starboard as it fought to surge out of the swell. "Everyone OK?" we this project for four years. Greg had rowed the When the second wave hit, it pushed the bow yelled in unison. North Atlantic with me. Now he was on land—a into the back of the first wave, driving us like a one-man mission-control staff—responsible for peg into a wall of water. transmitting information from the boat to the Adam had put in his earplugs to go to team website and to universities and schools in­ sleep, when he heard a swirling crash. The boat volved in the project. He also was responsible for pitched, and he rolled onto Patrick, who was managing a potential emergency—a job he never scrambling to seal the cabin. Too late. Water hoped to do. dumped into the hatch, and our world literally Markus still snored peacefully in the humid­ turned upside down. ity of the tiny cabin when I made my way out on Adam’s first thought was that he was unable deck. to breathe water, followed by a more visceral Adam and Patrick had been rowing since realization that neither could Patrick, and he in­ 2 a.m. They looked tired but focused. Twenty stinctively pushed Pat through the hatch. He rose knots of wind had whipped the water into 6-foot to the dwindling air pocket above him, took a swells, about half the size of waves we had surfed breath, and followed Patrick out of the cabin. earlier that week. They popped to the surface on either side of “It’s picked up over the last hour,” said Markus. Patrick. “If it gets worse we should think about “Everyone OK?” we yelled in unison. sea anchor.” “Buddy up!” I shouted. “Get the PLBs [per­ Since breaking two oars in our first month sonal locator beacons]. Everyone on the top of we had become conservative about rowing in the boat. Keep an eye on me—I’m diving for the rough weather. We often chose to set the sea an­ life raft!” chor, a kind-of underwater parachute attached to Unable to dive under the gunnels with so the bow that steadies a boat and reduces drifting. much buoyancy, I took off my life jacket with the According to our science team, this year’s PLB attached and handed it up to Pat. trade winds were uncharacteristically unfavor­ “How many PLBs should we turn on?” he able, and we had spent almost 14 days on sea asked. anchor. But now we were rowing at full speed, “All four!” I ordered. 3 knots downwind toward Miami—weather we had been waiting for the whole trip. I relieved The phone rang and went to voicemail. “Hello, Adam in the bow, and he made his way into the you've reached Greg Spooner with OAR Northwest. cabin for a two-hour nap. Markus switched with If this is a maritime emergency, please leave a Pat. message here and dial 555-629-8043 to have me paged” U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris The life raft was the size of a carry-on suit­ “I look good in purple,” I said, then acquiesced. Harper was on the line. Harper checked the clock case, in a green waterproof bag. I ripped the I watched Markus and Adam as they ferried in his Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, office, almost bag open with the knife and began pulling an supplies to the life raft before clambering in. With 375 miles south of where the beacons had gone off exposed red rope that triggered the inflation the extra weight the buoyancy of the raft changed, It was 4 a.m. in Seattle. He dialed again. device. With a hiss and a pop it came to life, and and the bow of the boat began to crash into us. I tied it off to the rowboat. Adam collected the I flopped back into the water, swam to the rope The daggerboard reached skyward from our flotsam drifting around the hull before crawl­ connecting us, and lengthened the slack. overturned gray hull, making the boat look like ing into the tiny raft that he alone nearly filled. In the raft we folded over each other like pup­ a giant shark in the waves, with Adam, Pat, and From the top of the overturned boat Pat kept pies in a basket. After warming up, drinking, and Markus holding on to the bucking structure like a lookout. Markus removed our oars from the eating we would again attempt to right the boat unwilling participants in a bizarre rodeo. The rowboat so they would not damage the sides. later that afternoon. We began assessing supplies. 77-degree water felt warm—for now. I crawled up on the boat with Pat to catch my Out of the raft’s bag of survival gear came a knife, I locked eyes with Pat. breath. Waves seemed much bigger from our water sachets, energy bars, a flashlight, a fishing : “I’m going for the knife.” overturned boat. kit, and a blue book the size of a large postage Pat nodded. He had been designated look­ stamp. In silver letters its cover read The Mini out while we dove for equipment. Lt. Donovan Burns, commander of the HC- Bible. Beneath the water the world was calm and 144A Ocean Sentry, sal in the cockpit. He was eerie. The fluorescent knife handle dangled in looking for a rowboat in the Atlantic. That sound­ The white Sentry aircraft tore over the Atlantic. its place tied to the deck. A thin nylon string ed crazy. On his phone, he scanned the "About” Twin turboprops cranked nearly 4,000 horsepower, kept it from sinking to the seabed three miles section of oarnorthwest.com to find a picture of pulling the aircraft along at 236 knots. It had been below. 1 looped the line around my wrist and the strange-looking vessel. in the air for almost two hours when Lt. Burns saw cut it loose. "Multiple PLBs have been activated almost his instruments pick up a signal. 400 miles north of Puerto Rico. Here's the boat Greg had sent everything he could think of that The phone vibrated on the nightstand. Greg we're looking for,” he said as he showed the picture might aid the search. In addition to the aircraft, the reached for it. He did not recognize the number. to his crew. Coast Guard had diverted two civilian ships to the "This is Greg. Hold on.” “This is for real,” he said and began his pre­ scene—the 550-foot Tanais Leader and the 590-foot He moved out of bed gently, not wanting to flight check. Heijin. Greg began drafting a press release—some­ I wake his girlfriend, and walked to the office and thing he would not be able to finish until he heard shut the door. Harper introduced himself and got For three hours we wrapped the boat in from Harper how many survivors there were. to the point. rope and tried to right it by placing our bare "Emergency beacons linked to the vessel feet on the smooth hull and throwing our bod­ Markus passed around The Mini Bible. James Robert Hanssen have been activated.” ies toward the sea. Each time, the boat would “We should read it,” said Adam. Greg grabbed a pen and legal pad and noted stand almost horizontal to the water until the Markus looked around. the time as he hung up. rope ripped from our grasp and the boat rolled “Can’t hurt.” Greg didn't bother to put on clothes as he for­ back into place. Adam began to sing a sea shanty warded the boat's specs, descriptions of our com­ he had made up about our boat, which was The signal's strength continued to grow, and munication devices, and make of our life raft and named after my father, who died when I was 3. Lt. Burns dropped the aircraft to 300feet—close PLBs. Harper tried to contact us on the VHF and We joined him, and, summoning all we had left, enough to see individual whitecaps. Something satellite phone while Greg texted. Without actual tried once again to right the craft. Two storm orange caught his eye. contact they could not know if everyone was alive. petrels appeared and flitted above us in silent The phone rang again. It was Harper. witness. The boat rolled up past 90 degrees and Markus cleared his voice to a holy octave. ‘7 tried to raise them and was unsuccessful. held. Water spilled out of the cabin. We let out a “The Lord watch between me and thee when we You heard anything?” cry of victory. Then I slipped. Pain shot through are absent from one another.” "Nothing,” replied Greg. my body as my knee met the boat. With one less I cocked my ears at a distant noise. My eyes "I've given the order to scramble an HC-144A person on the ropes the boat rolled back to its widened as I pulled down the inflatable roof of Ocean Sentry airplane. Do you want me to con­ unnatural state. I felt cold. Pat made his way into the life raft. White wings with the orange- tact the families?” the life raft. He and Adam had not slept in seven and-blue United States Coast Guard logo tore "No,” Greg replied. "I'll do it.” Sons, broth­ hours. Markus dove under the boat and into above us. ers, and a father were on the boat. Their families the dark submerged cabin to look for things we “We’re going home!” cried Patrick. needed him to be on point. He took a deep breath, could salvage. Adam joined him. I did not want Markus and Adam, the Canadian contin­ tamped down any negative thoughts, and opened us to split up and told them to get into the life gent of the crew, began to chant, “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! the emergency contact list. Adam's wife, Becca, raft. Adam gave me a look. U.S.A.!” was the last one listed. She was seven months “You’re purple. Go to the raft. Markus and I I pulled down the roof again and watched the pregnant and looking after a 2-year-old son. will be in soon,” he promised. aircraft bank back in our direction.

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Using the high-powered observation camera, Inside the raft we sat in a lukewarm puddle BK Lt. Burns and the crew of the Sentry confirmed at and waited. The rumble of the Sentry’s turbo PrS|Si| least two survivors. They radioed Harper in San prop was a comforting reminder that, while not •1 Juan, and Harper called Greg. "They deployed yet rescued, we were no longer lost. Helicopter flares and a barrel with survival gear, including a f7?fi , . i VHF radio. We will know more once they open it "Whateveryou do, make it obvious,” said Lt. ;r Lt. Donovan > up and establish contact,” he said. Justin Aaronson, the commander of a C-130 sent looking for a Greg took notes from Harper on a whiteboard to relieve the Sentry. rtf? in his kitchen. Two confirmed survivors was not They had been told about the unopened barrel. in the Atlantic, . .■ the news he wanted to hear, but he assumed it That wasn’t going to happen again. Dropmaster sounded crazy. would be hard to count people through the roof of Ryan Foster stood in the back of the C-130 and the life raft. examined what he had written with a permanent "Multiple PLBs have Greg thanked Harper and hung up. marker on the barrel. | been activated almost Uncertainty• had started to cloud his mind, and "I may have overdone it,” he chuckled into the everyone was waiting for his call. The press release radio. ' | miles north of Puerto remained unfinished on his laptop. Rico, Here's the boat we're Barrel number two came down with a splash. Wf The four of us conferred on the edge of the Within five minutes the yellow nylon rope float­ •—i-:-g for" he said as he raft, examining the large orange barrel the air­ ed close enough to pull in. “OPEN ME!!!” was he picture to his craft had dropped a mere 50 feet from our boat. written three times with garish swirls around the We could see this list of contents on it: wool words. mm " blanket, water, survival rations, glow sticks. “I guess that first one had a radio in it,” I said. mhe said “We have all that in the raft,” I said. The four of us adjusted ourselves in the raft IB “Should we open it?” asked Markus. to make room for the barrel. I found the radio I looked at the latch and doubted we could and switched it on. - pra close it watertight again. Keeping the barrel in “Life raft. Life raft. Life raft hailing United the already cramped rubber raft was not an op­ States Coast Guard,” I called. tion. We were 375 miles from land—too far for a helicopter evacuation. Only a ship could pick Greg's phone rang. He knew it was Harper and ■ m us up. How long that would take was anyone’s walked over to the whiteboard to take notes. guess. If we didn’t need the barrel’s contents im­ "The second canister was dropped and re­ mediately, it seemed prudent to conserve them. trieved by the life raft. We were able to establish “Let’s tie it to the boat, and if we need it we communication. All four souls are confirmed can always get it.” onboard.” It took a moment to realize this was good news. Lt. Burns looked on incredulously from the He set down the marker and went outside, pulled cockpit. He could see that one of the rowers the phone away from his head and whooped before had swum 50 feet to where the barrel had been bringing the phone to his ear again. dropped. The swimmer brought it over to the life "Now what?” he asked Harper. raft. But instead of opening the barrel and using "We have to get them on a ship. Tanais Leader the radio the rescue crew had stuffed inside, he tied and Heijin are still several hours away. We'll stand it to the bow of the overturned rowboat. by till then.” "Do you have any idea what they might be Greg thanked him. It was 12:36 p.m. PST. i thinking?” asked Harper. It was indeed bizarre behavior. Greg could not imagine the logic the crew had applied. After 12 hours adrift, the crew of the James Robert "The Sentry is running low on fuel. They will Hanssen was picked up by the vehicles-carrier ship have to head back, but a C-130 will be on-scene Heijin and, 25 hours later, delivered to San juan, soon and they have another barrel to drop.” Puerto Rico. Greg, the support crew, and the guys' Greg's mind was taking him to bad places. He families were there waiting on the dock. On April 17 an oceangoing tug recovered the ]RH. You can tried to imagine how he would tell parents or a read more about the expedition, and the rescue and spouse someone had died. recovery, at www.oarnorthwest.com.

30 arches summer 201 3 72 days on a bobbing platform about the size butts was vital. Pardon the indelicacy: They were of four double beds laid end-to-end; and even a plagued by ingrown hairs, the result of rowing lesson or two in marine biology and meteorol­ and sweating in unwashed clothing. "The slight­ ogy- est pressure unleashed a sting akin to some ma­ The facts of the trip are by now familiar to levolent nurse plunging a hypodermic syringe Arches readers: College friends, former members into the offending area," Hanssen writes. "Greg of the Puget Sound rowing team, get the crazy confessed this was the closest he had ever come idea to sign up for a 3,290-mile rowboat race to crying from physical pain since grade school." across the ocean from New York to Falmouth, Lesson: To get dry, take your clothes off. England. During the crossing they ride out And then there was the food. Hurricane Alberto; dodge 800-foot container The guys had calculated they would be ships; endure endless two-hour shifts of rowing/ burning about 6,000 calories a day, and those sleeping, rowing/sleeping; and experience by calories needed to be replaced to maintain fits tedium, misery, and euphoria. They win the physical strength and mental acuity. But on day i race and set three world records, including be­ 17 the team realized that at the speed they were ing the first Americans to row unassisted from proceeding they would run out of food before mainland U.S. to mainland U.K. they ran out of ocean. Spoilage in the eternal In this book we learn a lot more. First of all, damp wasn't helping matters. After only a brief and perhaps this should come as no surprise, discussion all agreed not to request assistance Book review the guys' success had much to do with humil­ (which would have disqualified them from the Rowing into the Son: ity about what they knew and didn't know, race) and to ration provisions for the remaining Four Young Men Crossing and good preparation. In the months leading three-fourths of the trip. Privately they some­ up to the race they rented a Seattle house that times struggled with their anger over such an the North Atlantic became dormitory, headquarters, workshop, oversight. JORDAN HANSSEN ’04 and warehouse. By living together the rowers Which brings up morale. Close quarters, 256 pages; paperback began a process of team building, which would constant discomfort, physical exhaustion, sleep The Mountaineers Books be immensely important later when solving the deprivation, and starvation are not exactly con­ wmv.inountainecrsbooks.org inevitable unanticipated problems their adven­ ditions under which one would expect always- ture would spring on them. They sought out cheerful crew interaction. It must have been review by Chuck Luce experts, asked questions relentlessly, listened uncomfortable for Hanssen to write about the eagerly, and tested ideas. Repeated evaluation (surprisingly infrequent) less-than-triumphant Back in 2006, when Hanssen; Dylan LeValley of equipment resulted in modifications to gear behavior he and his friends displayed, but he '05; Greg Spooner '01, D.P.T.'IO; and Brad that made their craft more efficient, reliable, does what good writers do. He tells the truth, Vickers '05 were making their epic trip across and safer than their opponents'. Again and and in so doing gives the reader a cinematic rep­ the North Atlantic in a rowboat, it was obvious again they went back to mentors. "The project resentation of quotidian highs and lows. from the journal posts they were making to the was our Siren," Hanssen writes. "During mo­ In keeping it real Hanssen also does his best team website that the guys not only possessed ments of clarity we dreamed of a future without to relate his thoughts. A couple of months in astounding mental and physical stamina, they obsession." a rowboat allow a lot of time to think, and we managed in spite of their many hardships and They called their collaboration Ocean Ad­ accompany Hanssen on a parallel epic jour­ distractions to write about the experience like venture Racing Northwest, and they voted to ney—that of having two fathers and his lifelong poets. name their boat the James Robert Hanssen, after struggle reconciling conflicted feelings of loyalty Well, of course they did. They're Puget Hanssen's birth father, who died when Jordan between men to whom for different reasons he Sound grads, and that's the way they were was 3. More on that in a bit. is immensely grateful, and whom he loves very brought up. The book's cadence quickens and it be­ much. But it's one thing to describe events in real comes hard to put down when the guys hit After everything we're left with one question: time; it's another to reflect, evaluate, and di­ the water. I've had a little experience myself on Was the sacrifice worth the reward? Hanssen vine the meaning of such a huge undertaking. long, stressful journeys—days and days stuck in concludes that it was, and not just for the re­ It took trip leader Jordan Hanssen five years to a wind-drummed tent on a freezing mountain­ cords or the pride in accomplishment or the wild write Rowing into the Son, and in it we get the side waiting for the weather to clear, for ex­ emotions or the jaw-dropping things they saw. full backstory of the crew's plodding 18-month ample—but Hanssen describes hardships l can In the end the enduring value of the OAR North­ preparation; astonishing, terrifying, sometimes scarcely imagine. We learn about all manner of westers' adventure is a well of resolve. Later in heartbreakingly beautiful descriptions of an maladies brought on by constant damp, numb- life, when they are faced with, say, unpleasant environment realized with a rare tactility; the ingly repetitive tasks, and conditions that permit tasks at work or tough family decisions, can not-always-happy interactions of four 6-foot-tall scant hygiene. Apart from their hands, the those possibly be harder than crossing an ocean men doing all the things that life requires for rowers found that caring for the health of their one oar stroke at a time?

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Patricia Hlldeb- final scene, practically all of the as advisor to the chancellor of hand management from the Bob Emerson randt Owen was characters are dead by sword the University of Washington VO HS Medical College of Virginia ■ sends this news: born in Tacoma and raised in or poison. I can't quite imagine Tacoma. Lyle is co-chair of the Hospitals, and a Master of "After 23 1/2 years with the (Z a little house on North 29th doing some of my characters Tacoma-Pierce County Black Public Administration degree Port of Tacoma I took an early E Street According to a May in by those means on the Ore­ Collective, chair of the Black from Western Kentucky Uni­ retirement in 2009. Mary and vo 26 News Tribune article, her gon coast in 1937. So, I am Education Strategy Roundta­ versity. He earned his doctor­ I then spent 16 months travel­ vo son, Kurt Owen, wanted to probably going to finish them ble, a member of the Executive ate in public health at The (Z ing North America in an RV, surprise his mom for her 90th off with a car crash." Happy Committee of the NAACP, and U University of Texas. Scott has looking for a new, warmer and birthday by getting her inside writing, Fred! a trustee for Puget Sound. He written more than 25 journal sunnier, home. We covered 44 the house she grew up in but has received local, state, and articles or book chapters and states and two provinces. We hadn't been to in 50 years. He national honors. has chaired several programs loved Sedona, Ariz., but settled contacted the current owners, H Mort iames'prin- and associations in the occupa­ on the Sarasota area of Florida. cipal of Morton who were happy to host a par­ tional therapy field. We recently moved into our Safford James III AIA Architects Dick Boushey ty for his mom, and invited her new home in Palma Sola, just in Olympia, Wash., won the was the subject best friend growing up. Other north of Sarasota and west of Thurston County Chamber of a feature article in Yakima Michael than a kitchen remodel, the Bradenton. We found we liked of Commerce green business Magazine’s April wine edi­ interior of the house reportedly O'Mahony was the west coast of Florida much award in April, in the small tion. Dick was among the had changed little since Pa­ unanimously appointed to the more than the east coast, and business category. Notable first to grow wine grapes in tricia's dad bought the house Law and Justice Council of Is­ an added bonus is that the sun projects by Mort's firm include Washington state, planting in 1922, the year after it was land County, Wash. He is a re­ sets over the ocean (gulf) like it the Olympia Farmers Market vines in 1980. He was one of built. After Puget Sound, Patri­ tired Seattle Police Department should." cia went to graduate school at building and the Washington the earlier growers of Syrah assistant chief with 30 years of State Parks and Recreation grapes, now his biggest seller. Mills College in California. She law enforcement experience. Ty Morris, athletic director Over the years he's won sev­ studied fine art and continues headquarters building, a LEED Michael attended the U.S. at R.A. Long High School in eral awards, including the to teach painting in Federal Gold project. According to Secret Service protection pro­ Longview, Wash., was named The Olympian, Mort attended 2002 Erick Hanson Wine Grape Way, Wash., where she now gram and is an alumnus of the to the school's hall of fame in Grower of the Year award from lives. Patricia and her late hus­ high school in Tacoma, went FBI National Academy. He is March. The announcement the Washington Association band, Bill, raised four children. to Puget Sound, earned his one of six citizen-members on stated that after graduating architecture degree from the of Wine Grape Growers. In the council, along with judges, from UPS, Ty was drafted by 2007 he won the Walter Clore University of Washington in police chiefs, prosecutors, the Montreal Alouettes of the Award from the Washington 1968, and opened his business public defenders, and elected Canadian Football League. State Grape Society, and in Seattle Metropoli­ in 1975. See more projects at officials. He played two seasons before www.msjaia.com. 2008 Dick was honored with a knee injury sidelined his tan article titled “An the Washington Association of career. Ty married his col­ Wine Grape Growers' Industry A Seattle Metropoli­ Oral History of Al­ lege sweetheart, Anne Popp Jerry Walden's Service Award. Dick sits on sev­ tan magazine ar­ Morris, and began teaching two novels, Cha- eral boards, including those of ticle titled "An Oral History most L i ve” cl troni cl ci I and coaching in Longview, koda’s Ghost and its sequel, Welch's National Grape Coop­ of Almost Live" chronicled the while also working as sports the long-running local Syrian Rescue, are reviewed erative, the Washington State long-running local sketch com­ director at KEDO&KLYK radio. in this issue of Arches (page Wine Commission, and the edy show that originally was sketch comedy show In 1982 he became assistant 17). More from Jerry at www. Auction of Washington Wines, hosted by Ross Shafer from athletic director at R.A. Long, that was hosted by theworldofwalden.com. which raises money for Seattle 1984 to 1989. Ross brought and two years later assistant Children's Hospital. Dick sells on Jim Sharp as head writer Ross Shafer '75 from principal and athletic director his grapes to more than 30 for the show. Jim also was for the school. Ty has served Lyle Quasim executive producer of the pro­ 1984 to 1989. wineries in Washington and was one of 16 on the board of the National Oregon, and his name appears gram between 1992 and 1993 thinkers and achievers from Interscholastic Athletic Ad­ on bottles for a variety of win­ and is now senior vice presi­ the greater Puget Sound area ministrators Association and eries. Cheers, Dick! dent of original programming in the WIAA Representative to speak at this year's TEDx and development, West Coast, }Ji Fred Holmes On July 1 Scott McPhee ac­ Assembly. He was named a Tacoma event on May 3. TED for Comedy Central. SiM kindly wrote to (Technology, Entertainment, cepted the position of dean of Washington Secondary School thank us for the review of Design) is an annual multi­ Indiana Wesleyan University's Principals Distinguished Assis­ Tumbili, the book he and wife disciplinary conference that School of Health Sciences. Alaska Gov. Sean tant Principal of the Year, and Grace (a PLU grad) wrote, aims to inspire discussions and Most recently he was an as­ Parnell appointed a Washington DECA Support . which we printed in the spring facilitate new connections in sociate dean and chair of the Arthur "Toby" Allen to Administrator of the Year. Con­ issue of Arches. Fred also communities. Lyle has served School of Occupational Ther­ the State Historical Records gratulations, Ty! j mentioned that he has a new as Washington state direc­ apy in Belmont University's Advisory Board. Toby is the e-novel titled Salmon Bay, a tor of mental health and as College of Health Sciences and records management supervi­ romance-mystery. And he's secretary of the Department Nursing. Scott has more than sor in Anchorage and former 40 years in the OT field and in nearly through with a sequel of Social and Health Services, document-control specialist ' chosen to take over as execu­ ■ to that book titled Ophelia, and was a cabinet officer for education, including 21 years at Access Sciences Corpora­ tive director of the Port of Oak­ i described as "a bent version two governors. For the past 13 in the U.S. Army. In addition tion. He also is past president land, Calif., after a four-month of Shakespeare's Hamlet set on years he has worked as chief to his bachelor's in OT from and treasurer of the Greater global search. He started his the Oregon coast in 1937." He of staff for the Pierce County UPS, he holds a bachelor's in Anchorage Chapter of the As­ new position in July. Previously adds: "If you remember Ham­ county executive, as president psychology from the University sociation of Records Managers he was executive director at let you will know that, by the of Bates Technical College, and of Washington, a master's in and Administrators. the Port of Long Beach, Calif.

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THE CAMPAIGN fOR UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

GRILL TEAM There's Bob (in the Jack Daniel's apron), his wife, and barbecue-team member oaoers!uu Jim Erickson P'12, a former Wilson High student of Bob's.

Your support and participation First-person in our regional campaigns in Denver and San Francisco The two lives of Bob Lyon '48: helps to ensure that the educator and champion barbecuer next generation of Loggers I like to say that I became a barbecuer as a boy still distinguishable after the editor expanded are able to build the best and of 60.1 actually started out in cooking contests the book to its present size and scope. I’ve even brightest future imaginable. by entering chili-making competitions. In the brought barbecue to my Issaquah retirement late 1980s I recruited an old student of mine home, giving pulled-pork and brisket sandwich Next stops: Tacoma and Seattle! from Wilson High School, Jim Erickson, to be parties. My final Puyallup Fair demonstration the head cook for a team to compete in barbe­ occurred in 2010, giving away pulled-pork and cue events. (Jim and his wife, Lois, are the par­ brisket sandwiches for 45 minutes each in the ents of twins Justin and Jessica, who graduated pavilion. An 87th birthday is a good time to from UPS in 2012 and whose careers at the col­ retire. Participate in your lege my wife and I have followed closely.) Our barbecue crew became known as “The Road Bob graduated from Tacoma’s Stadium High regional campaign. School in 1943. He then entered an academic ■ Team of the ’90s” because we’d fly out of Seattle, Volunteer. Make a gift. ! pick up equipment, meat, and maybe a team program that resulted in a degree in naval science Join us for a One [of a Kind] member, and compete all over the Midwest, and tactics, and a commission in the Navy Re­ evening as we continue our Southeast, and Texas. We were the only team to serve. Returning to college in Tacoma, he fitiished qualify every year for the American Royal and a Bachelor of Education degree at Puget Sound in national tour celebrating the Jack Daniel’s invitationals the first 10 years of 1948 and taught briefly at Auburn High School. people of Puget Sound: i their existence. In 1994 we won the Oregon and After an 18-month diversion during the Korean North Carolina state championships on con­ War aboard the USS Lenawee, he began teaching Tacoma - September 21,2013 secutive weekends. in Tacoma in the fall of 1954, progressing through I started writing about barbecue and got Lincoln and Mount Tahoma high schools. Seattle - September 28,2013 better at it after I kissed the Blarney Stone in He created the humanities program at Mount Honolulu - March 29,2014 1990 on my way to judging a barbecue competi­ Tahoma in 1962, then was a John Hay Fellow at Portland - Autumn 2014 tion in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. I’ve covered bar­ Columbia University during the 1964-65 school Los Angeles - Autumn 2014 becue for the KCBS Bull Sheet and the National year. In 1967 he received a Master of Arts in lib­ BBQ News, and from Singapore to New Zealand, eral studies at Reed College. Other academic for­ including 17 years at the American Royal in ays took him to the University of Massachusetts For more information, visit Kansas City, 11 at the Jack Daniel’s Invitational, (Amherst), the University of HawaVi, Western pugetsound.edu/oneofakindevening. and 20 at the Bob Roberts Memorial Barbecue Washington University, and Cambridge Uni­ in Terlingua, Texas. Along the way I co-founded versity. Following his wife’s retirement in 1988, the Pacific Northwest Barbecue Association and the two began participating in the International U M its newsletter, Drippings from the Pit. I’m co­ Society for Contemporary Literature and Theater m © and traveled to the Netherlands, Germany’s Black author of Paul Kirk’s Championship Barbecue, t < now in its 12th printing. Most of the photos in Forest area, northern Spain, France, and Poland Ui the book are mine, with some of my rhetoric during summers from 1999 to 2004. 1 i r- ! alumni news and correspondence

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Chris first joined the Port of an April 23 Canada NewsWire Valley First Tee Open at Pebble faced when the 787 Dreamlin­ Long Beach as a managing on the National Health Ser­ press release. Brad is on the Beach, Sept. 24-29; and the er project was grounded earlier vice Corps website in April 0> director in 2006. He then was board of directors of NC Ser­ Big Sur Food & Wine Festival, this year. promoted to deputy executive in a story about helping to fZ vices Group and is a member Nov. 7-10. Check out the provide primary-care services director and chief operating of its audit committee. He also cheesy goings-on at www. E officer in 2008 before taking in the Navajo Nation for the VO is on the board of Warwick & thecheeseshopinc.com. Paige Werlech vo past decade. You can see a on the port's top leadership Kent Holdings Ltd., a private Cabacungan was

What we do: Brad Andonian ’90 Small-scale farmer (and rug-shop owner)

It seems like the last thing someone in the busi­ near Toledo, Wash., that hadn’t been farmed in can be tricky on the farm. Brad said he can ness of raising rabbits should have to worry decades. plan for a certain level of predation, but there about is supply. Yet that’s the problem Brad “It was pretty worn out, but the nice thing are often surprises such as infertile rabbits or Andonian faced last summer. The bunnies at was that it didn’t seem to ever have been hit sickness. Despite the challenges, Abundant his Abundant Acres Farm fell into a breeding with any pesticides or industrial chemicals, so it Acres has become a successful niche business. slump caused by “heat sterility.” was somewhat clean land,” Brad recalled. “That At Christmas two years ago he sold about 200 Brad doesn’t have that sort of concern on suited what I wanted to raise as product, which geese, which made him the largest goose pro­ his day job. He’s the third-generation proprietor is naturally sourced meat.” ducer in the state. of Pande Cameron, a Seattle-area carpet retailer The animals at Abundant Acres are pasture “The money is how you keep score, but the that has been in business since 1924. He started raised, except for the rabbits. They are caged. challenge of creating it is what has really driven Abundant Acres several years ago as a side ven­ “It’s completely different than industrial agri­ me,” Brad said. “The satisfaction from the cus­ ture and raises rabbits, geese, ducks, turkeys, culture,” Brad said. tomers is the end goal.” and chickens. He uses no chemicals or antibiotics on the He says there is a robust urban forming The idea to start a form formed out of a love farm and is working to become as vertically in­ movement in the Seattle area and hopes more of gardening and a greater awareness of what tegrated as possible, raising his own feed crops. people get a chance to grow their own food. he was eating. Brad did a lot of research before The rabbits supply a lot of fertilizer. “I think it would be fabulous if more people jumping into agriculture. He took courses at the Brad sees parallels between his two ven­ gave it a go; it can be a rewarding experience,” Washington State University extension center in tures; both, he said, serve customers who value he said. “It doesn’t mean they’re going to turn Puyallup, and he learned about rotational graz­ quality over price, and he applies similar busi­ into ConAgra, but they’re going to learn a lot ing at Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm, which is fea­ ness principles to each. about how life works and about the agony and tured in Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore's “I set my margin, and I’m pretty steady on the ecstasy of small-scale agriculture.” Dilemma. He eventually bought a 39-acre plot my price points,” he said. But that calculation — Greg Scheiderer

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a master's degree from the turned to the UO in 2002, and Shriners Hospitals for Children religion correspondent from the varsity softball team. She £ is director of the Oregon Eco­ UO University of Essex in the U.K. in Lexington. He received his 2006 to 2007, and won Best was named to the All-Eastern msi Herald noted re­ Choi Halladay was named to play softball and was named Clauson will start Jason Werts was cently that Leonard Liptack's vice president for administra­ First-Team All-Northwest as principal of Saltar's Point promoted to chief book, Bible Reading Survival tive services at Pierce College m Conference and Second-Team Elementary School in Steila- operating officer for Unitus Guide, is in its second print­ in Tacoma. He most recently All-West Region in 2000. After coom. Wash. He previously Community Credit Union ing. Len, a pastor, designed was the assistant city manager graduation she was interim was assistant principal at Se­ in Portland, Ore. He joined the book from notes and of Finance and administra­ sports information officer at quoyah Middle School in the Unitus in 2006 and previously other information compiled for tion for the city of Lakewood, Puget Sound, and she worked Federal Way school district, served as the credit union's Bible classes he's taught and Wash., overseeing the mu­ with the media at the Olympic where he also held positions vice president of member ser­ continues to teach. The book nicipality's S90 million annual Games in Sydney. She then as dean of students, middle vices. Before Unitus, Jason was provides a big-picture view of budget. Choi holds a master's became media relations as­ school math teacher, and a longtime vice president at the Bible and four options for degree in economics from sistant at the University of elementary school teacher. Al­ Wells Fargo, and he has more reading it, varying in depth The University of Iowa. Previ­ Massachusetts for a couple exander also taught fourth and than 20 years of financial- and based on the amount of ously he was vice president of seasons before taking the fifth grades in an international services industry experience. reading a person wants to do. of administration, director of assistant director of media rela­ school in Latvia. He earned his He holds an M.B.A. from Port­ The article also mentioned that technology, and a tenured tions position at the University master's degree in educational land State University. he received proofing and edit­ mathematics instructor at of Washington. Misty and her administration at Heritage ing suggestions from his wife, Wenatchee Valley College. husband have two sons. University. Sharra Wall Liptack '98. The two live in Black Hammer Jn^jYQVT j! In March the SBlSRSS. Township in Minnesota with (OMfjll Kristy Maddux lyS^TumwaterCity interviewed Mariner Kem­ their three children. r-'V- was promoted to per. The article follows UMB Council appointed Christo­ associate professor in the De­ We preview Todd Financial Corp's advancement pher Coker to a municipal partment of Communication from the time Mariner took We preview Todd Fred son's (*98) first court judgeship. Filling a at the University of Maryland. over as chair and CEO of the Fredson's first col­ seat left by a retiring judge. Her first book, The Faithful company in 2004 to the pres­ lection of poetry, The Crucifix- collection of poetry, Christopher will serve the Citizen: Popular Christian Media ent. Of local note. Mariner's Blocks, in this edition of Arches remainder of the term, which and Gendered Civic Identities The Crucifix-Blocks, great-grandfather founded Ro­ on page 17. Todd will be on expires Dec. 31. He earned his (Baylor University Press, 2010), man Meal in Tacoma. campus the first week in Oc­ in this edition of J.D. from Gonzaga University won both the Organization for tober for a reading of his work School of Law and has served On May 20 Jon Matsubara the Study of Communication, Arches on page 17. and to visit classes. as a clerk with the Washington appeared on a live segment Language, and Gender Out­ Todd will be on state attorney general's office of the Today show, filmed Laura Kalinski Opstedal standing Book Award and the Religious Communication As­ and the U.S. attorney's office. on Waikiki Beach outside the '98, M.P.T.'Ol, D.P.T.'04 and campus the first Christopher is a partner in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Azure her husband, Chris, added a sociation Book Award in 2011. Restaurant, where Jon is execu­ son to their family on Sept. 10, Kristy has published articles in week in October for Olympia, Wash., law offices of Younglove & Coker PLLC. He is tive chef. He demonstrated 2012. Finn Christopher joins Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Critical a reading of his work married and has three school- how to make two popular three sisters: 5-year-old twins Studies in Media Communica­ age children. dishes, black magic ahi and Eva and Emma, and 3-year- tion, Philosophy & Rhetoric, and and to visit classes. smoked Hawaiian moonfish old Libby. Laura (who had Feminist Media Studies, among tartare. Watch the demonstra­ never lived outside of Tacoma!) others. Congratulations, Kristy! i?* I In March Todd tion at www.today.com/video/ and family moved to Bozeman, ^ Milbrandt was today/51939772#51939772. Mont., in April and are enjoy­ Richard Frey was Tim Duy is a regular contribu­ elected to the board of the ing all the outdoor activities a guest conduc­ tor to the EconoMonitor blog. American Academy of Or­ and scenery Montana has to SS tor at the West Point Concert He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. thopaedic Surgeons at the ■mC ^hel Martin offer. She is a part-time physi­ Band Conducting Workshop, in economics at the University group's annual meeting in • became the regular cal therapist at Bridger Ortho­ April 1-3. He currently is a of Oregon. After graduate Chicago. Todd specializes in host of NPR's Weekend Edition pedic and Sports Medicine. Doctor of Musical Arts candi­ school Tim worked in Wash­ pediatric orthopaedic surgery Sunday. She had been interim date and graduate teaching ington, D.C., as an economist and currently is the program host of the program since fall assistant in the department of for the U.S. Department of the director and an associate 2012. Rachel was, since 2010, bands at Michigan State Uni­ Treasury and later with the G7 professor in the Department NPR's national security cor­ Bfisrst,,"’. versity College of Music. Rich­ Group. While with G7, he was of Orthopaedic Surgery and respondent, covering defense Paradise [Calif.] High School ard holds a master's degree in responsible for monitoring the Sports Medicine at the Uni­ and intelligence issues and of­ Athletic Hall of Fame on May wind conducting from Indiana activities of the Federal Reserve versity of Kentucky College of ten reporting from Afghanistan 18. She played varsity girls and currency markets. Tim re- Medicine. Todd also works at and Iraq. She served as NPR's basketball and also was on University.

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What we do: Kevin Kurtz ’97 Okay, nobody likes to get stuck making such ! Head of mobile product marketing, Zynga predictions, but he takes a stab at it. “We’ll have movies and entertainment where and when Like most kids, Kevin Kurtz dreamed of work­ phone. For years, games have been the stepchild we want—in eyeglasses, in our head, instant ing in the movies. Unlike most, he did. Three of entertainment, but now they’re cutting edge.” streaming,” he says. “But the future isn’t about years after graduation Kevin landed at Skywalk- Kevin’s movie days are behind him (for what new thing technology can deliver. It’s er Ranch, just west of his Sacramento boyhood now), but he still flirts with Hollywood. He about better experiences. It all goes back to sto­ home, managing the marketing of the Star Wars tweets (@colonelkurtz) with the likes of Ed­ rytelling. As George Lucas said, ‘Technology is and Indiana Jones brands for Lucasfilm Ltd., in­ ward Norton, Kristen Bell, and Eva Longoria, in service of story and character.’ Whatever the cluding theatrical releases, video/DVD releases, relationships developed during his brainchild medium, the future is about delivering enter­ TV airings, and video games. Words With Friends Celebrity Challenge in tainment that inspires and connects.” Today he’s working even smaller—on the which eight celebrities played for their favorite It’s clear that Kevin is serious about the im­ 2-by-3-inch smartphone screen—at Zynga, the charities and raised $500,000. portance of entertainment, and he has plans to game giant headquartered in San Francisco. His “It’s part of our mission to make games someday develop a media business that draws goal: bring great content to consumers, wher­ matter,” Kevin says. “Entertainment is not a on his broad expertise. “I love how entertain­ ever they are, whenever they want it. substitute for news, but it is another platform ment has become a common language, spoken Forget the introvert pecking away in lonely for discussing issues. For example, during the and experienced globally on a variety of plat­ isolation—Kevin is all about connection, and disasters in Haiti and Japan, we developed forms,” he says. “Soon I’d like to start a company doing that via Words With Friends, Zynga’s people’s awareness and allowed them to help.” and contribute something creative of my own to wildly popular Scrabble-like game that is played Through Zynga.org, players have raised more the lexicon that could inspire and delight audi­ with others online. The game has a live-conver­ than $13 million for world social causes. ences around the world.” Kevin pauses, then sation feature. “Players can connect, chat be­ So what will entertainment look like in adds, “You know, I’ve always been in the enter­ tween moves, send messages within the game,” 2025? Kevin smiles a smile that says, “Who tainment business, but I’ve never lived in L.A. he says. "Games are conversation starters; they knows? Technology changes so fast it’s almost ...” his voice trailing off as he glimpses a future build an intimacy beyond just talking on the impossible to imagine what’s next.” he can imagine. — Lynda McDaniel

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KAMI Cyrus Brown '03, tor's Award at the Highline was a graduate assistant at for two seasons. He started his Street lournal article about the wo Bagaafli M.A.T/06 was Public Schools Second An­ Washington State University coaching career as the offensive world of editorial app develop­ a; one of the 16 speakers at this nual Scholar-Athlete, Coach and completed his master's in coordinator at Tacoma's Lincoln ment. Follow Kevin and co­ (Z year's TEDx Tacoma event and Community Recognition higher education administra­ High School and helped lead editor Nick Martens at www. E on May 3. TED (Technology, Banquet on May 21. She is a tion in 2009. Nick started his the Abes to the playoffs in two bygonebureau.com. uo Entertainment, Design) is Highline High School graduate coaching career as an assistant consecutive years. oo Derrick Moyer, business an annual multidisciplinary and member of the Highline coach at Curtis High School A3 Jonee Winnick sends this up­ partner in Tacoma's Wing- conference bringing together Schools Foundation board, and in his hometown of University U date from Ohio: "I've been the man Brewers, celebrated the lecturers and interdisciplinary was the group's president in Place, Wash. Web content manager at Ohio brewery's second anniversary presentations to help inspire 2010. Maya earned a J.D. from State's Fisher College of Business in April. Wingman is on Arches' discussion and create new the University of Washington for over a year, and Wayne's list of Tacoma-area, alumni- connections in communities. School of Law in 2007 and Emily Crawford still working as an engineer at owned establishments to visit Cyrus is the head of the math practices law in Burien, Wash., BBS '05, M.A.T/06 was American Electric Power. We on this year's summer road department at Tacoma School with her father. selected by the Rotary Club of have decided to settle down in trip, for an article in the au­ of the Arts and is a member of Renton, Wash., as a Teacher Columbus, and just bought a tumn edition. See you soon, the Tacoma District Mathemat­ of the Month in May. She is a Andy Davis gave house in April." Derrick. ics Instructional Leadership third-grade teacher at Tiffany Team. He enjoys trail running IB a travelogue pre­ Park Elementary School in sentation about his trip to Renton. Emily also has taught and mountaineering in the Michael Melin Argentina at The Mountain­ kindergarten and second- Olympic and Cascade moun­ graduated from St. Mr:!,... eers' Tacoma Branch meeting grade classes at Tiffany Park, tains, and draws inspiration for George's University School of analyst for Chicago-based on May 17. According to the where she began her teaching teaching from reading about Medicine on the island of Gre­ Heritage Capital Management. News Tribune announcement career seven years ago. ultramarathon runners and nada this spring. He will begin He also co-manages about his program, Andy mountaineers. He lives in Taco­ an anesthesiology residency StateoftheMarkets.com, a participated in wine tours in ma with his wife, Abbie Ste­ this summer at the University of website designed to help Mendoza, worked on a farm, Esther Morgan- vens Brown '03, M.A.T.'OS, Washington School of Medicine. individuals become successful and reached the summit of Eliis graduated their son, and dog. investors, and he's written for from Yale University in May Lael Wilcox won the women's 22,837.3-foot Mount Acon­ the Market Intelligence Center cagua, the highest mountain with a Ph.D. in music history. division of the Cedro Peak Ul­ online. Donald lives in Denver This summer she is teaching tramarathon 45, a 45-kilometer in the Americas. Andy's pre­ and is an avid snowboarder. sentation included a slide show at Interlochen Summer Arts trail race run in the Cibola Lad Wilcox 'OS won and talk about the challenges Camp in Michigan, after which National Forest in New Mexico. she will return to New Haven, She completed the 4,000-foot the women's division of the climb, the terrain, and Harpist Margaret the culture of Argentina. He's Conn., to pursue a singing vertical gain and descent in 4 Shelton and cellist career. Esther returned to her of the Cedro Peak taught outdoor-education hours, 56 minutes, and 6 sec­ Rachael Beaver played rock hometown of Port Angeles, classes at UPS and leads cours­ onds. Lael completed the race band Queen's "Who Wants Vltranuirathon 45, es for the National Outdoor Wash., in April to participate more than 25 minutes ahead of to Live Forever" on The Bob as an alto soloist with the the second-place finisher in her a 45-kilometer trail Leadership School. Rivers Show (KJR FM), June 10. Peninsula Singers and the division! She is a resident of An­ She also accompanied Spike race run in the Cibola Nick Edwards is a co-founder Port Townsend Community chorage, Alaska, and, according and the Impalers at the Tulalip of Boomtrain, a made-for- Orchestra in their performance to the Anchorage Daily News, Casino on June 28. Margaret Motional Forest in the-Web video platform with of Bach's Mass in B Minor. She has biked all over the world won a Watson Fellowship in a social-media component. Sew Mexico. first sang the mass in 2009 as since college. Lael teaches yoga 2011 and explored the harp's The San Francisco-based start­ a member of Yale Schola Can- and works as a waitress to fund cultural role in 14 countries, up allows viewers to easily torum, a chamber choir, tour­ her adventures. spanning four continents. find, watch, follow, and share ing China and South Korea. Throughout her Watson year, made-for-the-Web shows. Nick Aaron Mainer was one of she interviewed harpists, at­ founded the award-winning five guides with International tended harp festivals, took magazine The Internationalist Mountain Guides who led the lessons, performed, and even and worked as a contractor season as the varsity boys soc­ U.S. Air Force Seven Summits aastssu built her own harp. You can to Microsoft before attending with a Master of Architecture cer coach for Steilacoom High team to the top of Mount see her travel albums at www. Harvard Business School. He degree from the University of School in Steilacoom, Wash., Everest on May 18. Aaron has nwharpist.com. also worked for Ooyala, a vid­ Cincinnati's College of Design, this spring. He's played for the worked with IMG since 2006 eo technology company. More Architecture, Art, and Plan­ Kitsap Pumas Soccer Club in and has guided more than 100 at www.boomtrain.com. ning. He received a distin­ 2009, 2011, and 2012. The trips on Mount Rainier. He has m V Andrew guished research award for his Pumas were the United Soccer summited Mount Aconcagua Nick Lucey joined the football ffiSOIl Kittrell was cast thesis focused on community Leagues national Premier De­ in Argentina, Denali in Alaska, staff at Simon Fraser Univer­ as Algernon Moncrieff in the participation and online col­ velopment League champs in and Vinson Massif in Antarctica sity in Burnaby, B.C. He most Lakewood Playhouse produc­ laboration tools and their 2011. as part of the Seven Summits recently was the offensive tion of Oscar Wilde's The applications in open-source quest. Aaron is an American coordinator and assistant Kevin Nguyen, co-editor of Importance of Being Earnest. architecture. Mountain Guides Association head coach for Western New the award-winning website The The show ran from June 14 certified rock and ski-moun­ Mexico University's football David Myers is the new head Bygone Bureau, which "exam­ to July 14. The role is his first taineering guide. He lives in team. Nick previously served football coach at Interlake ines modern life through per­ outside-of-school performance Enumclaw, Wash. as head coach for the Esbjerg High School in Bellevue, Wash. sonal essays, cultural criticism, since graduation. The produc­ Hurricanes, a semi-professional He previously coached at humor pieces, and comics," was tion also included Cassle Jo Maya Mendoza-Exstrom football team in Denmark. He Garfield High School in Seattle mentioned in a March 17 Wall Fastabend '15 and was di- was awarded the 2013 Direc-

40 arches summer 2013 rected by Marilyn Bennett, would shape the rest of his life. Flying Cross in 1944. After tinued to travel and built a log his family to Olympia, Wash., UPS visiting assistant professor His family returned to Milwau­ the war John and his family cabin vacation home in Door in 1929. George graduated of theatre arts. You might also kee, where John completed moved to Urbana, III., where County, Wis. They were active from Olympia High School remember Andrew from the high school. He then attended he earned a master's degree in the Wesley United Method­ in 1932, attended Pacific ! cover of the 125th Anniversary the University of Wisconsin- in music education and was ist Church in Urbana. A few Lutheran University briefly, edition of Arches. He gave an Milwaukee, earning his tuition president of the concert band years after Erma Jean's death in and graduated from Puget outstanding performance as a by playing his horn at various before being selected as direc­ 1998, John married a former Sound. He began his 40-year 1930s college man, sporting venues in town. He met his tor of bands at CPS. John was student, Anna Kinrod Watts career in education in the a letterman's sweater. Thanks future wife, Erma Jean Huhn, in called back to active duty dur­ '49. The two divided their time Shelton schools, then taught again, Andrew! a poetry class at UWM. Out of ing the Korean War, serving as between her home in Oakland, and coached in the Olympia college, John directed elemen­ a communications and air traf­ Calif., and his home in Cham­ School District for 33 years, tary school bands in Shreve­ fic control officer. He remained paign. When Anna passed retiring in 1976 as director and port, La., and was a founding in the Air Force and retired in away in 2011, John moved to vice principal at then-Jefferson In Memoriam member of the Shreveport 1967, then became an associ­ Seattle and continued to play Junior High School in Olympia. •! Symphony. In 1941 he joined ate professor of music at the his trumpet. Survivors are six In retirement George worked the Army Air Force, attended University of Illinois at Urbana- children, nine grandchildren, for two years as a carrier for Faculty flight school, and was commis­ Champaign. John was academ­ and four great-grandchildren. The Olympian and part time John O'Connor, Puget Sound sioned as a second lieutenant. ic coordinator of instruction for The family set up a memo­ with the Employment Security band director from 1946 to He married Erma Jean in 1942. the Illinois Summer Youth Mu­ rial website for John at www. Department for Washington 1950, passed away on May |ohn served in World War II sic program, taught university- Legacy.com. state. He was a member of the 28. He was 96. John was born flying anti-submarine patrols sponsored courses throughout Olympia Elks Lodge No. 186, in Milwaukee, Wis., but grew in the Gulf of Mexico, and he the state, and played in many Y's Men, and the Washington up in California's east Bay later flew a B-24 bomber in groups, including the Cham- Alumni Education Association. George Area and enjoyed Boy Scouts Italy as part of the Fifteenth Air paign-Urbana Symphony. He M. George Brockway '36 received a life membership in his youth. He learned to Force. He flew 50 missions and retired from the university in died at the age of 98 on Oct. from the Washington State play trumpet at age 10, which was awarded the Distinguished 1987. He and Erma Jean con­ 11, 2012. He was born in PTA for excellence in educa­ Pueblo, Colo., and moved with tion. His first wife preceded

About classmates Trustee Emeritus Booth Gardner Hon.'87 died at his Ta­ coma home, from complications of Parkinson's disease, on i March 15. He was 76. Booth was a longtime friend and sup­ The Classmates editor Scrapbook porter of the college. He led the School of Business and Eco­ : is Cathy Tollefson '83, High-resolution digital photos or prints nomics from 1967 to 1972 and served as a trustee from 1976 P'17. You can call her at preferred. Kindly identify alumni in the snap­ to 1994. Booth was a two-term governor of Washington state 253-879-2762 or email shot. Also, please, for baby pictures, include and championed education reform, health services, social ! ctollefson@pugetsound. alumni parents in the photo. justice initiatives, and the state's Growth Management Act. edu. Prior to his tenure in Olympia, Booth was a state senator and i Publication deadlines a Pierce County executive. His public service concluded with Aug. 15 for the autumn issue, Nov. 15 for Where do Classmates his appointment by President Bill Clinton as the chief U.S. winter, Feb. 15 for spring, May 15 for entries come from? trade ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. t summer About half come directly In recent years Booth campaigned for a "Death with Dignity" from you, either in letters To send Classmates entries law. The law, which allows terminally ill adults with six months or in email updates. Some reach us when or to change your address or less to live to request a legal lethal dose of medication from alumni volunteer for the ASK Network and Electronically: www.pugetsound.edu/ their doctors, took effect in Washington state in March 2009. grant permission for the information they infoupdate or email Classmates Editor Cathy A documentary titled The Last Campaign of Booth Gardner was provide to be published in Arches. The rest Tollefson '83 at [email protected]. nominated for an Academy Award in 2010. In the same year, are compiled from a variety of public sources John Hughes '64, chief historian for the secretary of state's Post: Arches, University of Puget Sound, such as newspaper and magazine clippings, Legacy Project, authored the governor's biography, Booth Office of Communications, 1500 N. and press releases sent to us by employers Who? The title was taken from a campaign slogan used during Warner St., Tacoma WA 98416-1041. when, for example, a Puget Sound grad at Booth's first run for governor. the company gets a new job. We publish When submitting a change of address, Booth was born in Tacoma. His parents divorced when he Classmates information both in the print edi­ please include your old address. was 4 years old, and his mother later married Norton Clapp, tion of Arches and on the Web in the online former chair of the Laird Norton Company and president and A note on names and abbreviations version. It is our policy not to publish preg­ chair of the Weyerhaeuser Company. Norton Clapp served the Undergraduate class years appear as numer­ nancy or engagement announcements, or University of Puget Sound as a trustee for 62 years, including als preceded by an apostrophe (e.g., 73). For candidacies for political office. However, we 19 years as chair of the board. Booth's mother and younger graduate degrees, "M.S." = master of science are happy to print news of births, marriages, sister were killed in a plane crash in 1951, and in 1966 his degree; "M.B.A." = master of business admin­ and elections to office. Classmates submis­ father fell to his death from a hotel room balcony in Honolulu. istration; "MAT." = master of arts in teaching; sions are edited for style, clarity, and length. Norton Clapp remained active in Booth's life, and although "M.Ed." = master of education; "M.P.A." = mas­ he was a Republican, made significant donations to Booth's We put a lot of effort into making sure en­ ter of public administration; "M.M." = master tries are accurate, but sometimes we slip up. gubernatorial runs. Survivors are Booth's son, Doug; his of music; "D.P.T." = doctor of physical therapy; Please let us know if you see incorrect infor­ daughter, Gail; and eight grandchildren. A public memorial "J.D." = doctor of law. "P" = parent. "GP" = for Gov. Gardner was held on campus March 30 in Memorial mation published in Classmates. grandparent. "Hon." = honorary degree. Fieldhouse.

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him in death. Survivors include the campus chapel, officiated tion National Installment Credit to Philadelphia. After Tim re­ Merle was a member of Lamb­ uo his second wife, June Doyle by then-President R. Franklin School and was appointed by tired the two traveled across da Sigma Chi, now-Alpha Phi a Brockway. Thompson. The two had been —1 Gov. Dan Evans to the Wash­ the country visiting family sorority. She also met her fu­ (Z Elizabeth "Betty" Simpson introduced by their friend Allen ington state Higher Education and friends. They settled in ture husband, George Wehm- E Lingley '37, M.A/38 died T. Miller '41. The family used to Student Assistance Authority. Grants Pass, Ore., and bought hoff '49, on a blind date at a uo on April 9. Betty was born tease A.T. about the great job John also served as chair of the 160 acres, where they built a sorority dance. Merle taught rz June 20,1915, in Tacoma. She he did—the couple's daughters board of the Northwest Educa­ house. The two returned to business and language arts remember their parents as the u graduated from CPS with tion Loan Association. He was Tacoma for a period of time at Clover Park High School in degrees in English and drama. happiest married people they a member of the Fircrest Golf before moving to Spain for Tacoma before she and George Her aunt and mentor, Lyle have ever known. Pegge was Club and Nile Shrine Golf Cen­ a year. They also traveled to moved to Bellevue, Wash., and Ford Drushel '12, was one of active on campus and had fond ter, and was a member of the France, the Netherlands, Eng­ then to Anchorage, Alaska, in the first deans of women at memories of her years at CPS. city of Fircrest Planning Com­ land, and Ireland. They were 1965. She worked for major the College of Puget Sound. She served as vice president mission, among other commu­ very active in the Methodist distributors there until 1985, Some of Betty's fond early and treasurer of Kappa Sigma nity service and youth sports Church and after moving to and then went to work for the memories included walking Theta and class secretary. She activities. His wife preceded Tillamook, Barb volunteered Anchorage Opera. Merle was the high cables atop the was a member of the Central him in death. Three children, at the senior center and at the involved with her children's first Tacoma Narrows Bridge Board, Spurs, the War Coordi­ four grandchildren, one great­ Grub Club making sandwiches activities as a Cub Scout den and a weeklong all-woman nating Committee, Otlah Chap­ grandchild, and his longtime for underserved youth, and she mother and as her daughters' rowing trip throughout the ter of Mortar Board, and Who's partner and friend, Katherine helped with church rummage Brownie leader. She also was South Sound. She was one of Who, and she maintained her Lonsbery, survive John. sales and bazaars. Survivors are president of Girl Scouts Susitna GPA to retain her scholarship. her stepdaughter and her part- Council and a national Girl the first women to receive a Gail Drake Vanzant '45 died Later in life Pegge was involved ner. Scout volunteer. Merle received master's degree in marketing on March 21 at the age of 90. in Girl Scouts, AAUW, the the Alaska governor's volun­ from New York University. In She was a Stadium High School Doris Mitchell Seelye '49 Episcopal church, quilt groups, teer award. George and Merle 1956 she went to work for graduate and one of the first was born in Tacoma on Oct. and bridge groups, and she were avid bridge players. Her Frederick & Nelson, became civilian women to participate 28, 1926, and died on March enjoyed art. In her 67 years of husband of 54 years preceded a very successful senior in post-World War II recon­ 25, 201 3. She was a Stadium marriage, she lived in 12 states Merle in death. Three children buyer, and retired after 20 struction in Japan. Gail later High School graduate and met and traveled to Hawai'i, Alaska, including Steven Wehmhoff years. She was a strong de­ worked as an area director for her husband-to-be, Wesley Australia, New Zealand, and '77, four grandchildren, a step- fender of women's rights and the American Cancer Society. Seelye '49, at CPS. The two Europe. Two daughters, five grandchild, five great-grand­ was an outspoken Republican She was a member of a gar­ married in 1954 and moved to grandchildren, and three great­ children, one sister, and several and passionate about support­ den club, P.E.O. International, Mercer Island, Wash., where grandchildren survive Pegge. cousins, nieces, and nephews ing our military. Betty traveled and Christ Episcopal Church. they raised their family and Her sister, Betty Simpson Ling­ survive Merle. on her own to Indonesia, Gail's husband preceded her lived until 1990. When Wes ley '37, M.A/38, preceded her Australia, Alaska, Hawai'i, and in death. Survivors include a retired they moved to Hood Lee Bowden '50 died on Feb. in death on April 9 (see notice through most of the United daughter, two grandchildren, Canal and enjoyed fishing, 2 in Spokane, Wash. He was above). Pegge and Betty's par­ States. She was an expert at and her sister. boating, and shrimping with 86. Lee was born in Belling­ ents were Ralph '34 and Myra bridge. In 1940 she married family and friends. Wes passed ham, Wash. He retired as an '13 Ford Simpson. Pegge and Gertrude James Gish '46 William Lingley and had three away in 1992. Doris moved insurance underwriter and en­ Betty's aunt, Lyle Ford Drushel passed away on April 2, 2012, children, Hattie Dixon, Lyle back to Tacoma in 2000 to be joyed summers at Priest Lake, '12, was one of the first deans 10 days past her 90th birthday. "Libet" Gardner, and William closer to family. She enjoyed Idaho, and winters in Queen of women at the College of Trudie spent most of her life Lingley Jr., who survive her. playing bridge, reading, and Valley, Ariz. Lee was active in Puget Sound. in the Battle Ground, Wash., She also is survived by five travel. Doris is remembered for the Greater Spokane Elks Lodge area. She was dedicated to grandsons. Betty's sister Mar­ John Batt '44 passed away on her fun-loving and adventurous No. 228. His wife of 64 years, her family and to continuing jorie Simpson Martin '43 died Sept. 27, 2012, three months spirit. In addition to Wes, a son Roberta; three children; five education, and was a devoted on July 11. before his 90th birthday. His preceded Doris in death. Two grandchildren; and four great­ member of the United Method­ family moved from Laurel, children, three grandchildren, grandchildren survive him. Betty June Leaman Won­ ist Church. Trudie willed her Mont., to Tacoma when John and two great-grandchildren ders '39 died on May 3 at the body to the University of Jacqueline Smith Davila was still an infant. He attended survive her. age of 95. B.J. enjoyed daily Washington in support of Al­ '50 passed away on Dec. 20, Stadium High School and visits to the YMCA, time with zheimer's research. Survivors Merle Stevens Wehmhoff 2012. She was 88. Jackie was played clarinet in the school's her family, and trips to the are her husband, four sons, '49, P'77 died on April 12 at born in Paris, France. Her father band. John also was the catcher Oregon coast. She also found seven grandchildren, and six the age of 85. She was born was from the U.K., and her on Stadium's city champion­ joy in her church fellowship. great-grandchildren. in Olympia, Wash., and raised mother was born in Algeria. ship baseball team in 1939. He B.J. was a member of Pi Beta in Rainier, Wash., graduating She married Waldo Davila '50 enlisted in the Navy and served Barbara Jean Hodges Phi sorority during her time as valedictorian of her high in 1948. Their first daughter in the Pacific Theater during McKernan '49 passed away at Puget Sound. Her husband school. During World War II, was born in 1949. The fam­ World War II. When he returned at the age of 85 on March 23, of 48 years, Roy Wonders '38, Merle worked manufacturing ily moved to Paris and then from the war John was a truck at her home in Tillamook, Ore. preceded B.J. in death. Five airplanes and enjoyed USO to La Paz, Bolivia, where their driver before starting a career Barb graduated from Tacoma's children, five grandchildren, dances—she was a jitterbug second daughter was born in in banking. He worked for Na­ Lincoln High School. In 1957 and four great-grandchildren enthusiast. Merle attended the 1953. They returned to the tional Bank of Washington and she married James Timothy survive her. University of Washington, ma­ U.S. in 1955 and settled in its successors for more than "Tim" McKernan. The two joring in engineering. She later New Orleans; their son was Marjorie "Pegge" Simpson 30 years. John was a pioneer were married for 45 years earned a bachelor's in educa­ born there in 1959. Jackie Martin '43 died on July 11 in student-loan financing. He before his passing in 2002. tion and a bachelor's in busi­ taught French and Spanish at at the age of 91. She married served as a faculty member of Tim's Navy career took them ness administration at Puget the Isidore Newman School, LL John H. Martin in July of the American Bankers Associa­ to Bremerton, Wash., later to Sound. During her time at CPS, Ursuline Academy, and Mercy 1943. The ceremony was in Long Beach, Calif., and then

42 arches summer 2013 Academy. She also taught at Mary was the firstborn child spouses; and three grandchil­ certs and plays. He remained performed with the Roanoke ; Berlitz Languages school, at of Croatian immigrants. She dren survive him. active in church and Kiwanis and Lynchburg symphonies, the International House World attended Tacoma-area schools International and is remem­ Larry Hoover '52 died on the Blacksburg Community Organisation, and at The In­ and was a Stadium High bered for his sense of humor. Band, Blacksburg Community April 19 at the age of 82. ternational House of Languag­ School graduate. Mary double- His wife of 56 years preceded He was born in Tacoma and Strings, and the Summer Musi­ es. The latter she later owned majored in accounting and fi­ graduated from Stadium High him in death. Two adopted cal Enterprise. John published and operated. |ackie served as nance at Puget Sound. In 1956 children, four grandchildren, : School in 1948. Larry earned a book on the life and teaching a New Orleans tour guide for she met Burton Joyce '65, a and two great-grandchildren his M.D. at the Chicago Col­ of string educator George Bor- visitors from Europe, Mexico, soldier at Fort Lewis. The two lege of Osteopathic Medicine survive Dick. noff, along with numerous ar­ and Canada, jackie and Waldo married in 1957 and raised in 1956. He was a beloved Yvonne Kauffman West- ticles and choral arrangements resettled in Dunwoody, Ga., their family of six children doctor in Edmonds, Wash., wood '55 died on April 2 at that sold more than 20,000 after Hurricane Katrina in in Ruston, Wash. While Burt where he practiced for 44 the age of 88. She was born copies worldwide. John's wife September 2005. Her oldest worked for the Tacoma Police years. Larry was a longtime in Toledo, Ore., and grew up preceded him in death. Sur­ daughter, Vivian, preceded Department, attaining the and active member of Shore­ on the Oregon coast. Von vivors include four children, Jackie in death. Survivors are rank of captain before retiring, line Community Church. He earned her bachelor's degree three grandchildren, and many her husband, two children, Mary was involved in com­ students and friends. is remembered for his quick in history at Willamette Univer­ and three grandchildren. munity government and other wit and generous spirit. Larry's sity and studied occupational Mary Egbert Engle '60 was activities. She served on the William Fisher '50 passed youngest daughter, parents, therapy at Puget Sound. In born in Mount Vernon, Wash., board for the Croatian Frater­ away on April 22 in Belling­ and a sister preceded him in 1956, while working at Utah on April 17, 1938, and died nal Union, was an active mem­ ham, Wash. He was 88 years death. Survivors include his State Hospital in Provo, she in Mount Vernon on Feb. 8. ber of the Catholic Daughters old. Bill was born in Hoquiam, wife of 40 years, Sharon; 11 met and married Richard She grew up in Burlington and of the Americas, and was the Wash., and lived in Tacoma children; 19 grandchildren; Westwood. They owned and Bow, Wash., and graduated first and only woman elected for most of his life. He served three great-grandchildren; his operated Westwood's Cafe from Burlington-Edison High to the board of Calvary Cem­ in the Army's 89th Infantry twin brother, Lon Hoover '52, and the adjacent Greyhound School. Mary was a music and etery. Mary was elected to the Division during World War and Lon's wife, Carolyn; two bus station in Provo. The two special-education teacher and city of Ruston Town Council in II and went on to graduate nieces; and a great-niece. raised four children before a social worker. She enjoyed 1969 and served consecutive from the University of Wash­ divorcing in 1975. Von worked music and other performing terms for 38 years. She was a C. Richard Boyd '53 died ington School of Dentistry in at University of Utah Health arts, and being around chil­ lifelong member of Holy Cross on March 24 due to conges­ 1953. Bill was a dentist for 55 Care then returned to Oregon, dren. Mary was an avid reader Catholic Church. Her husband; tive heart failure. He was 81. years and one of the first to where she was a social worker and cook. She also directed six children, including Stephen Dick was born in Leslie, Ark. practice dental implants. He in Seaside and Forest Grove for church choirs and was a mem­ Joyce '82, John Joyce '85, and His family moved to Richland, was a longtime member of 37 years. A son preceded her ber of Allen United Methodist Thomas Joyce '91; and 18 Wash., during World War II; his the Rotary Club of Tacoma, in death. Three children, seven Church in Bow. At various grandchildren survive Mary. dad worked on the Manhat­ and he served as president of grandchildren, and nine great­ tan Project at Hanford. Dick points in her life, Mary lived in grandchildren survive Von. the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Paul “Sam" Whitcomb '51 was valedictorian of Richland Colorado, on the Isle of Man Foundation for many years. died in his sleep on March 28 High School's Class of 1949. John Howell '58 died on and in Huntingdon in the U.K., Bill enjoyed gardening, jew­ at the age of 83. He grew up He attended Puget Sound for May 3 at the age of 77. He and in Skagit County, Wash. elry making, and cooking. He in Seattle and Mukilteo, Wash., two years before receiving a was born in Everett, Wash., Her husband, David Engle '58; loved cats and always had a graduating from Queen Anne scholarship to attend Stanford and earned a Master of Music three sons and their families; home improvement project High School in Seattle. Sam University. After earning his degree in choral conducting and many cousins, nieces, and he was working on. His first­ attended Puget Sound on a bachelor's degree at Stanford at Indiana University's Jacobs nephews survive Mary. born child, a son, preceded football scholarship and was in 1953, summa cum laude School of Music, specializing Robert Jones '60 passed Bill in death. Survivors are his a member of Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa, Dick en­ in pre-1700s music. John also away in his sleep on March 13. wife, five children, and two fraternity. After college he rolled in the Boston University pursued doctoral studies in He was 75 years old. He was grandchildren. attended the Navy Officers School of Theology, where he musicology in choral conduct­ born in Longview, Wash., and Candidate School in Newport, Edward Fielding '51 died earned his master's degree ing and viola performance. began a lifelong love of music R.I., and served in the Navy for on Feb. 27 at the age of in sacred theology in 1956. He was an entertainer and in the third grade when he four years during the Korean 89. He was born in Winton, He received a postgraduate music arranger with The Four started piano lessons. Bob was conflict. Sam grew up on the Minn., and moved with his fellowship to study at The Saints barbershop quartet in a member of the Adelphian water and got his first dingy family to Orting, Wash., University of St Andrews in the 1960s, performing world­ Concert Choir at Puget Sound at age 10. After the Navy and where he lived for 78 years. Scotland. Dick married his wide and on television variety and completed his degree in having worked for a short time Ed graduated from Orting high school sweetheart, Laura shows. In the 1970s John education at the University in industrial sales, he started High School and served in Berry, in 1956. When they directed the All-American Col­ of Washington in 1966. Bob a career in the boat business. the Army during World War II returned from Scotland Dick lege Singers at Disneyland and was a music teacher in the Sam purchased an old marina in the Philippines. He retired was ordained in the United Walt Disney World, and the Shoreline Public Schools for on the Spokane River in 1966 from Champion International Methodist Church. He was a Pro Arte Quartet at the Aspen 27 years, retiring in 1993. He and successfully turned it into Timber Co. Ed's hobbies in­ pastor in various congrega­ Music Festival. He joined the served as choir director for River City Marina. Sam was cluded hunting, fishing, hik­ tions in Washington and Idaho Virginia Tech music faculty in several area churches. In 2000 an elder of Opportunity Pres­ ing, and snowmobiling. His from 1957 until his retirement 1979 and directed the school's Bob began as director and byterian Church in Spokane wife of 66 years, Grace; two in 1995. Dick and Laura then choral group until 1993. John pianist for the Sound Singers Valley and later a deacon for children; six grandchildren; moved to Walla Walla, Wash., founded the Virginia Tech Early of Edmonds, Wash., sponsored First Presbyterian Church of and two siblings survive him. to be closer to their children Music Ensemble in 1996 and by the Edmonds Senior Center, Spokane. Sam's wife of 60 and grandchildren. Dick en­ directed the group until 2012. where he was board president Mary Krillch Joyce '51, years, Janet Erickson Whitcomb joyed the outdoors, reading, He was active in the Blacks­ at the time of his death. Bob P'82, '85, '91 died on April '53; three daughters and their and attending symphony con­ burg arts community and also was a former president of 10. She was 83 years old.

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children were grown, Marion the Sno-King School Retirees several church congregations. honor society at Puget Sound. a member of the Kappa Alpha returned to college to earn and took part in Bible study Kathy's husband preceded her A memorial service was held at Theta sorority. In 1946 Ruth un her bachelor's in education at (V fellowship. Bob's wife of nearly in death. Her sister, Gini Drum­ the Christ Episcopal Church in married Charles Bogue. The UPS. She taught at Thompson 51 years, Patricia Haugland mond, of Tacoma; and Gini's Puyallup, Wash., on May 11. two had three children to­ CZ Elementary School in Tacoma Jones '63; their four children; children survive Kathy. Included among survivors is gether before divorcing. After for more than 18 years. Three E and seven grandchildren her brother the Rev. Guy Sher­ nearly 10 years as a Gig Harbor oo Charles Bush '63 died on children, nine grandchildren, survive him. Last summer Pat man '62. city councilmember, Ruth was March 1 after a four-year battle and 11 great-grandchildren (Z appointed the first female and Bob celebrated their 50th with cancer. He was 72 years Jane Jansen Jobe ’65 passed u mayor of Gig Harbor in 1978. survive Marion. wedding anniversary with old. He grew up in the Magno­ away on June 9 from com­ She was elected to a full term Raymond Lottier '70, a dinner date at the Space lia and Mount Baker neighbor­ plications due to cancer. She and served as the city's mayor M.B.A/73 passed away on Needle. They later took a trip hoods in Seattle, graduating was 71. President Emeritus R. until 1985. Ruth returned to March 19 in Tacoma. He was to the Oregon coast with their from Franklin High School. Franklin Thompson married college, first at UPS and later 86. Ray was born in Pulaski, children and grandchildren. Charley earned a J.D. from Wil­ Jane and husband Tom Jobe completing her degree at The Va., and attended Virginia Roy LHJebeck '61 passed lamette University College of '62 in Lynden, Wash. The two Evergreen State College in State University. He was a re­ away on April 16 at age 75, Law and worked for the state celebrated their 50th wed­ 1979. Outside of her interest tired U.S. Army major who with his family by his side. He attorney general's office. He ding anniversary in February. in local politics, Ruth enjoyed served in World War II and the was born and raised in Tacoma then practiced law with Pres­ Jane's husband, son Brendan, photography, skiing, birding, Korean War in the 761 st Tank and was a 1955 Stadium High ton Gates & Ellis LLP and with daughter Jennifer, and three and travel. Her second hus­ Battalion and the 119th Field School graduate. Roy served in Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara grandchildren survive her. band, Gus Baker, preceded her Artillery Regiment. At Puget the Army for two years before LLP. Charley sang in the choir Nancy Werner Mathews in death in 1992. Survivors are Sound Ray was a member of attending UPS, where he met at Epiphany Parish of Seattle '65 died on March 9 at home her three children: Neil Bogue; Alpha Kappa Psi professional and later married Bonny Lee for 30 years and participated in Anacortes, Wash. She had Janet Bogue '75, Hon.'03; and business fraternity. He worked '63. After Roy's graduation the in a weekly prayer group. He been diagnosed with cancer in Ross Bogue '79. as a self-employed CPA. Ray's two moved to Seattle and Roy contributed many hours to December 2012 and was 70 Rose Parkinson '66 passed wife preceded him in death began his career with the ac­ community projects. He also years old. Nancy was born and away peacefully on Feb. 24. in 2001. Survivors include five counting firm Touche Ross. In enjoyed rowing on Lake Wash­ raised in Anacortes and gradu­ She was 95. Rose was born children, two grandchildren, 1967 he became an assistant ington. His wife, Linda; their ated from Anacortes High on a farm in Mott, N.D., and numerous nieces and neph­ treasurer at Pacific Air Freight, two children; a grandson; and School in 1961. She attended was the class valedictorian at ews, and many friends. now Airborne Freight. Roy was many neighbors and friends Puget Sound before marrying Bucyrus High School in 1934. appointed CFO of Airborne survive him. and moving to Renton, Wash., David Beba '71 died on Feb. She attended Jamestown Col­ 19 due to pancreatic cancer. in 1984 and retired from the Ronald Waiter '64 died on where she served as a council- lege on a scholarship before He was 63. While at Puget company in 2000. He was in­ April 21 at age 74. He was woman. She later worked for marrying James Parkinson Sound, David played baseball volved with several charitable born and raised in Tacoma and the Kent Police Department in 1936. The two moved to and basketball. He lived in Ev­ organizations, including as a Fircrest, Wash., graduating and helped establish one of Tacoma in 1938 and lived the erett, Wash., and enjoyed fly­ longtime board member for from Stadium High School. At the first traffic safety task forces rest of their lives in the area. fishing on the Methow River. A Seattle Central Foundation Puget Sound Ron was a mem­ in Washington state. In 1983 Rose earned her Puget Sound recent highlight for David was and as a supporter of Youth ber of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Nancy was named coordinator degree in accounting and a retreat organized through Eastside Services. Throughout He went on to the Thunder- of the task force, now known became a CPA in 1971. She Reel Recovery for men coping his life Roy enjoyed sports, bird School of Global Manage­ as South King County Target worked for the state auditor's with cancer. His wife of 27 basketball most of all. In retire­ ment in Arizona and spent Zero Task Force. When she re­ office until her retirement in years, Sharon; his three chil­ ment he continued to water- more than 17 years in El Salva­ tired in 2006, Nancy received 1986. Rose's husband pre­ dren; three granddaughters; and snow-ski and play golf. dor as a trade representative. a lifetime achievement award ceded her in death in 1989. and seven siblings survive him. Bonny and Roy have been for her role in developing the While there Ron became fluent A daughter, three grandsons, members of Bellevue's Glen­ in Spanish. He returned to the now 30-year-old traffic safety Terry Davidson '71 passed and six great-grandchildren dale Country Club since 1982. U.S. and retired as a mortgage program. In retirement she away on April 24 from com­ survive Rose. They enjoyed travel and play­ agent. Ron was a member of returned to Anacortes and plications associated with Marion Foss '70 died on Feb. ing golf with friends. Survivors the Chapel Hill Presbyterian served on the museum board multiple sclerosis. He was 67. 21 at the age of 92. She was are his wife of 53 years, two Church in Gig Harbor, Wash., there. She was very involved in Terry graduated from Douglas born and raised in Seattle and children and their spouses, where he resided. He stayed researching her family's gene­ MacArthur High School in San and four grandsons. in touch with longtime friends alogy. Nancy enjoyed playing earned bachelor's and master's Antonio, Texas, in 1963. He bridge, traveling, discussing degrees in social work at the enjoyed sports and played bas­ Kathryn Paine Lee '62 died from high school and college, politics, and walking on the University of Washington. ketball when he was younger. on Dec. 21, 2012, from ALS meeting at the Ram Restaurant beach. She is remembered as a During World War II, Marion and other conditions. She was and Brewery on Tacoma's Terry served in the Army from dedicated and loving mother. worked for the Tacoma Red 1968 to 1970. After earning 72. Kathy grew up in Tacoma, waterfront each Friday. He is Survivors include two children, Cross. She later attended the his bachelor's degree, he went and she began her musical remembered as a loving father seven grandchildren, and Prairie Bible Institute in Al­ on to earn a Master of Public journey at a very early age. and grandfather. Survivors in­ berta, Canada, for two years. Administration degree from She earned a Master of Sacred clude two daughters, a grand­ many friends. In 1946 Marion married Wil­ Texas Tech University in 1979. Music degree and a Master son, two brothers, and many Ruth Bogue Baker '66, liam Foss and the two settled Terry enjoyed Texas barbecue, of Library Science degree. friends, including his special P'75, '79 died on May 10. in Tacoma. She was a longtime Chinese food, country danc­ Kathy met and married the lady, Arlene Babbitt. She was 88. Ruth was born in member of the Central Baptist ing, and philosophy. He is Rev. Charles Lee in New York Elsie Sherman Ackerman Wenatchee, Wash., and raised Church in University Place, remembered for his easy­ and remained on the East '65, J.D.'81 died on May 4 in Seattle. She graduated from Wash., and supported many going nature. Survivors are Coast. She held deep religious after a long illness. She was 69. Roosevelt High School in 1942 missions with her time and one son, one granddaughter, convictions and shared her Elsie was a member of Alpha and studied at the University with her finances. After her two brothers, and numerous talent as music director for Phi sorority and Pi Kappa Delta of Washington, where she was

44 arches summer 2013 on campus, Scott conducted other family members and in Artesia, Miss. His family Susan Bigelow '75 passed returned to Washington state. with Robert Musser, and dur­ good friends. moved to Tacoma, where he away peacefully in her child­ He worked for the Kent Police ing his senior year he helped attended then-Gault Junior hood home in Woodland, Department for 17 years, retir­ William Moore Jr. '71 was edit Professor Geoffrey Block's High School and graduated Calif., on March 13. She was ing due to an injury received born in La Center, Wash., and from Lincoln High School in 60. Sue graduated from Wood­ while on duty. Jim later worked musical theater text, published died in Tacoma on May 9. He 1970. He ran track and was land High School in 1971, in Tacoma as an investigator in 1988. He completed an was 67 years old. Bill was a internship at Olympia High on the 1969-70 Washington with an early interest in acting, and parole officer. Survivors longtime and well-known busi­ School and began his teaching state championship track directing, and writing. After are his wife, Dorothy; a daugh­ ness owner in Tacoma. Survi­ career in Kalama, Wash., in team. Mai graduated from receiving her degree from ter; and a granddaughter. A vors include his stepmother, Green River Community Col­ UPS, Sue went on to earn her daughter from a previous mar­ 1989. Scott then spent nearly Edith Moore '68; two brothers, lege before enrolling at Puget Master of Fine Arts degree in riage, one stepson, and four a decade in the Aberdeen, including Tim Moore '73; Wash., schools, before moving Sound. In 2001 he completed playwriting and directing at grandchildren in Missouri also daughter Evan; and grandchil­ to the Olympia School District the leadership phase of the Humboldt State University. survive Jim. dren E'lea and D'Malakih. in 2001. Scott earned a mas­ School of Theology and Min­ Sue first founded the Way Off John Kuschell '78 died in his ter's degree at Seattle Pacific Ronald Klein '74 died on istry at Seattle University. Mai Broadway Players and did sum­ sleep on April 21 at the age of University in 2002. While he April 19 at the age of 62. He worked for nearly 40 years at mer stock in Woodland before 57. He grew up in Riverside, was at Aberdeen High School was born in Spokane, Wash., the Centers for Medicare and establishing and managing her Calif., and played baseball, his award-winning jazz en­ and graduated from West Val­ Medicaid Services, previously own theater company, Plays- starting in Little League and semble was twice selected to ley High School in Spokane. known as the Health Care in-Progress, for 20 years in Eu­ then throughout high school. perform at the University of Ron served as a communica­ Financing Administration. He reka, Calif. She was married to John was on the Riverside Colt Oregon Jazz Celebration. In his tions specialist in the U.S. Air is remembered for his knowl­ Clint Marsh during that time; League team that won the role at Olympia High School, National Guard before earning edge of policy and operational they divorced in 2008. Sue co­ World Series Championship in Scott directed musicals, the his degree at Puget Sound. He areas and his ability as a policy wrote a play titled Rose Colored 1972. He received a baseball symphonic band and wind joined URM Stores Inc., where spokesperson for the agency. Class that premiered in Wood­ and football scholarship to at­ ensemble, the jazz and march­ he worked as a purchasing Mai served in various ca­ land's Grand Opera House tend UPS, although he later ing bands, and the pep band. agent for 35 years, retiring in pacities at Bethlehem Baptist and then was presented Off transferred to the University of The Olympia High School 2009. Ron enjoyed boating Church in Tacoma and at Allen Broadway in New York City. Redlands, where he completed Wind Ensemble was several and waterskiing at Hayden African Methodist Episcopal Rose Colored Class has since a degree in computer science. times selected to perform at Lake, Idaho, where he and his Church in Tacoma, including been performed in theaters Both Washington and Oregon the National Association for father had rebuilt a family va­ as past president of the usher throughout the U.S. and the states employed John. He was Music Education and all-state cation home. Ron was a long­ board, as a Bible study teach­ play was sold worldwide. Su­ an avid sports fan and enjoyed conferences under Scott's lead­ time member of St. Paschal er, and as a member of the lay san returned to her hometown jazz music. John was pursuing ership. He was president of the Catholic Church and served organization. Survivors include of Woodland in 2008 during a nursing degree at Olympic Chinook-region Washington in the Knights of Columbus. his wife, Lynda; a daughter; the last days of her father's life. Community College at the Music Educators Association, Survivors are his wife of 37 two grandchildren; and nu­ She re-established herself in time of his death. His family and he played trumpet in the years, a daughter, two grand­ merous relatives, friends, and Woodland and worked as the remembers him for his smile Grays Harbor Symphony, the sons, and many other family co-workers. director of Literacy Services for and sense of humor. Survivors members. the Woodland Public Library, Olympia Symphony, and the D. Marlene Arthur '75 include his mother and six helping build one of the top Tacoma Concert Band. He sub­ Jerry Piper '74 died on Dec. died on Feb. 8 at the age of siblings. literacy programs in the state. stituted with several ensembles 13, 2012, after suffering a 78. She was born in Spokane, Joseph Bayne '86 passed Sue was involved with commu­ throughout Washington and heart attack on Dec. 10. He Wash., and graduated from away on March 21, two weeks nity and charitable programs, Oregon. Scott's longtime was 60. Jerry was the longtime Lewis and Clark High School. past his 49th birthday. He was including a book she co-edited friend Bill Dyer '89 was asked owner of Laguna Beach Auto Marlene attended Whitworth a graduate of West High School t0 give Scott's eu!ogy at a me_ that presented text and art­ Parts in Laguna Beach, Calif., College before marrying Wal­ in Bremerton, Wash., and at­ work by homeless clients morial held at The Washington and was known for being ter Arthur in 1953. The two tended Puget Sound for two in Woodland. She also was Center for the Performing Arts charitable if customers were then moved to Nebraska for years. Joseph lived in Bremer­ passionate about fundraising in Olympia on March 12. Sur­ short on money. He took over nine years. They returned to ton before moving to Issaquah, for United Way. Sue's father vivors include Scott's mother; the business from his father. Washington state in 1963 and Wash. His wife, Gladys, and and daughter preceded her his two sons, Zachary and Kris­ Jerry is remembered as a had lived in Puyallup, Wash., three siblings survive him. in death. Her mother, Betty; topher; former wife, Heather thoughtful, adventurous, and ever since. Marlene earned her brother Robert Bigelow '79; Rodney Scott Pierson '88 Morton Pierson '89; and other loving father, grandfather, and degree at Puget Sound while sister Nancy; and other family passed away on Feb. 28. He family members, friends, and son. He was a car enthusiast, raising four children. She was members survive her. was 47. Scott moved from many students. enjoyed nature and animals, active in P.E.O. International, Iowa to Washington state David Verdirame '02 died and liked to hike and cross­ the American Association of James Towne '76 died on in 1979. That same year he on Aug. 5, 2012, at the age country ski. More than 200 University Women, the Pierce March 26 after an extended began attending Sammamish of 32. He was a resident of people turned out for his me­ County Medical Auxiliary, the illness. He was 66. Jim grew up High School in Bellevue, where Omaha, Neb., at the time of morial service on Dec. 19. His Karshner Orthopedic Guild, in Tacoma and graduated from a Washington Music Educa­ his death. At Puget Sound wife, Jennifer; and other fam­ and the Tahoma Audubon Stadium High School before tors Association Hall of Fame David was a member of Psi ily members and numerous Society. Marlene enjoyed book serving two years in the Army band director mentored him. Chi, the international honor friends survive him. clubs and was an avid bridge in Vietnam. After returning He earned his B.A. at Puget society in psychology, and he player. Her eldest daughter from the war, he received his Malvin White '74 passed Sound in music education and worked with the Kids Can Do! preceded her in death. Sur­ bachelor's degree and went on away peacefully on April participated in Jazz Ensemble, program. Survivors are his par­ vivors are her husband of 59 to earn a master's at Chapman 10 due to colon cancer. He the Wind Ensemble, Symphony ents, a sister, and many other years, three children, seven University. Jim worked for the was three days shy of his Orchestra, and the Red-Tie St. Louis, Mo., police depart­ family members and friends. 61 st birthday. Mai was born grandchildren, and many Brass Quintet. During his time other family members. ment for three years, then summer 2013 arches 45 r1 co > V) (J3

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More than 500 alumni and their families gathered on campus June 7-9 for Summer Reunion Weekend, celebrating classes ending in 3 and 8 and all Greeks. The picture-perfect weekend highlights included a night on the town at the 6th Avenue block party, fascinating Alumni College presentations, a Greek-hosted field day (complete with beer garden), and plenty of time to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. j ME CLASS OF u_> Back for their 50th, front row, seated, from left: Morgia Ritchey Belcher, Marilyn Butler Nelson, Mary Macan Rollins, La Nita Jordan Wacker, Janet Grimes, Pamela Davis Bunning, Gretchen Kasselman Allard-Morris, Dorothy Bosshart Docken, and Lorna McCormick. Second row, seated, from left: Bill Hansen; Larry Nelson '63, J.D. 80; Rod Anderson; Ruth Wagner Sharrard; David Sharrard; Carol DeChant Reeve; Bonnie Austin Wood; Kathy Kinley Maybee; Lee Ann Blessing Johnson; Inez Chock Ritchey; and Bob Arnold '63, M.S/68. Back row, from left: Allen Petrich; Jan Reeder; Pat Haugland Jones; Karen Purchase Robinson; Nancy Chessman Loyd; Linda Eyerly Beecher; Bill Hubbard; Linda Bowman Warren; Alex. Bennett; Kay Lentz Chabot '63, '66; Jon Silvernail '63, M.Ed.'76, P'90, P'93; Shary Shores Gadd; Peter Norman; June Helland Bough; Bill Johnson; Kenneth Gentili; Richard Stolarski; Robert Gibbs; and Fred Wilde.

is going for." So I went in the service. I got out four boyfriend and I didn't want to leave on the weekends years later, and then I came back to school, which was to go visit campuses. And I was being recruited by a a shock to me. I walked into a class in Jones Hall and few different schools for basketball. But my dad insisted. I think the oldest kid in the class was 17—they were Looking back, I am very thankful that my father is that all freshmen—and I was 22. They had just finished 12 way. So we came and we went to admission, and I had years of school. I was pretty scared for a year because a meeting with the basketball coach. On the way home I wanted to be sure that I made it academically and I told my mom and dad, I said, "I love it." Like I want to didn't just fall back into a pattern of horsing around, go there. which was a good part of what I did in the service. I Peter: You did? finished three years, and then I went to Washington for law school. Allison: I knew right away. I loved the coach. I had a really good meeting with admission. The campus, the Allison: You worked your way through school? people—everyone was super awesome. And I had been Peter: Yes. I worked for a furniture store on Tacoma to a few other places, so I had something to compare to. Avenue that was owned by my dad. I drove a delivery Peter: That was quick. truck. I also worked at Pat's Tavern, which is Magoo's now. In my last year and a half I worked at Weyer­ Allison: It was really quick. But my dad said we'll make it happen if you know for sure that's the place. And I haeuser. I started at 1 p.m. and got off at 5. And then said, "yep." A conversation for one semester I was a janitor at a bank. They were right down the street from Weyerhaeuser. So I'd get Peter: I applaud your dad. between Loggers out of Weyerhaeuser, and one of my friends here at Allison: And here I am.... By the time you left did you school was a bartender across the street. I would go have a lot of close friends that you graduated with? At this summer’s reunion Peter Norman '63, over there and get a drink, then I would go down and jan-it at the bank until 9, and then go home and Peter: I was on a committee to call people from my back for his 50th, and Allison McCurdy study. But I didn't have a lot of time on campus. My class and tell them about our reunion. Names started popping off the list. Kalalau '03, M.A.T/04, here for her 10th, fraternity had a house here, but I lived in an apart­ ment So I got some student life, but I was mainly Allison: That you recognized? sat together for an hour or so on a bench in the working most of the time. Now, you mentioned that Peter: That I recognized. The girl that typed all my pa­ West Woods and talked about their lives and you lived in a dorm? pers, for example. I talked to her last night and then we fheir times on campus, 40 years apart. We Allison: My first year was in Todd/Phibbs. Then exchanged a couple of emails. In the summer she lives I moved off campus and just lived in houses with over on Hood Canal and we have got a cabin just below eavesdropped. friends. And I played basketball, too. So that kind of that on Case Inlet, so we are not far from there. So it's kept me on campus a few extra hours a day and it was been fun—I haven't talked to her since I left the campus. Allison: Your 50th reunion. Wow. always easy to eat at the SUB. Allison: For me, I am excited to see people maybe I Peter: I was here for only three years. When I finished Peter: What prompted you to come to school here? haven't met, or haven't seen in a long time. But another high school at Stadium I didn't know what I was go­ cool thing is getting to meet you, or like you said, all Allison: I have a dad who is very thorough, and so ing to do. A lot of my buddies were going to college, these other people start popping up or you start talking had to go visit campuses. Which, now, being older, and I said, "What are you going to study?" And they we to someone, like I met David Watson '92 five years ago would be my advice to everyone—you have to go said, "Well, we don't know. We don't have to declare when I started on the alumni council, and now he is like to visit colleges if you can; it's one of the best ways a major until our junior year." I said, "I can't stand the an old friend. to get a feel. But of course, being 16 and 17,1 had a thought of spending money and not knowing what it summer 2013 arches 47 bn a SIN

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What we learned when Jay Stricherz played his last college game. In 1980 he " & i 77, M.Ed. 75 and Jerry Meyerhoff 72 started the journey to college refereeing spoke at a Sigma Nu alumni gather- when he officiated his first youth football ing during Summer Reunion Weekend: league game. \ "If you can handle Pee Wee football, you can handle anything," Jerry said. The Refs "The parents are unbelievable. I remem­ ber this grandma with a cane came out They grew up playing football. And since on the field complaining." |ay Stricherz' dad was a college referee, In 1990, 10 years after refereeing his jay was tagging along to watch college first youth football game, he reffed his §m football games by the time he was 10. first small-college game. Jerry Meyerhoff played in high school "My goal at that point was to offici- and was a starting center for three years ate at the same level I played at," Jerry THIS YEAR'S ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS Together at Reunion: on coach Bob Ryan's squads at UPS. He said. Jeffery M. Vance '74, Professional Achievement Award; H.C. was named Little All Northwest Honor- In 1999 Jerry was promoted to the "Joe" Harned '51, Service to Community; Linda Federico Peam able Mention in 1969 and 1970. big time when he started reffing in the '66 and Domenick Federico '67, Service to University of Puget So when their playing days ended Pac-10. Sound; Benjamin Shelton '03, Young Alumni Service Award. both Jay and Jerry found another con­ For the past couple of years, Jerry nection to the game they loved—referee­ and Jay were on the same officiating ing. The two UPS alumni ended up offici­ crew. Jerry was an umpire (the position ating in the now-Pac-12 Conference. right behind the linebackers), and always With just 49 officials in the Pac-12, in the lane of traffic. It is a job that re­ they're part of an elite group. quires nimble movement and quick feet. "I got into officiating because of my He figured he was knocked down three dad," said Jay. "I just grew up around it. or four times a season. When I was a kid, I'd get to go to college "He's like a matador," Jay said. games and hear the fans yell and scream "But," Jerry told us, "my skills are not at my dad." what they used to be. The athletes stay Jay got an early start as a ref. Dur­ the same age, get bigger and faster, but ing his junior year at UPS in 1969, his we keep getting older!" So he felt it was dad suggested he start officiating. Just time to retire from the field. Next season six years after refereeing his first Pee Jerry will be up in the booth working Wee football game, Jay began officiating with the replay crew. small-college football and reffed his first They get paid $2,700 a game, which UPS game in 1976. Three years later he covers their expenses. It's the love of the made the leap to the Pac-10. game that keeps Jay (a retired middle- REUNIONS Greek-sponsored events, Including the For the past 33 years, Jay has been school principal) and Jerry (who still y tea and Saturday evening's Reunion Dinner after- on a football field every Saturday after­ works in trucking and transportation noon in the fall, refereeing in the Pac- sales) coming back. Hi Irew members of fraternities and sororities past and ‘ - stayed In their old houses for the week- 10, later the Pac-12, doing 12 games a "If you want to be involved in col­ ' Pi Beta Phi on the Event lawn at season. lege football, you're either a fan, a coach, Jerry, who graduated from Puyal­ or an official," Jerry said. "We're lucky. lup High School in 1967, dabbled in We're the only other people on the field coaching at the junior-high level after he besides the players." — Gail Wood '79

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▲ Fred Hoheim '58 cele­ brated 50 years as a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advi­ sors during the NAIFA state convention in the Tri Cities, Wash., on May 22. Here's our good friend Fred and Jeff Kyle, NAIFA Washington outgoing president. Congratulations, Fred!

A The Zeta Alpha Alumni Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity met for lunch on campus April 20. The group's primary purpose for gathering was to discuss how the alumni chapter could assist in bringing back to campus an active chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. Dean of Students Mike Segawa met with the group, reviewed the current status of fraternities on campus, and answered questions. The group also met with '80s grads the following week. Kneeling in front, from left: Bruce Reid '78, P'13; Barrie Wilcox '62, P'91; and Tom Jobe '62. Front standing, from left: Brian Knutson '66, M.B.A.'72; Steve Green '65, P'94; Dave Stewart '62; Gerry Rapp '62, P'90; Ray Jones '64, Jim Nelson '55, M.A/63; John Ratko '62, M.Ed.'68; and Bill Baarsma '64, P'93. Second row standing, from left: Alan Pratt '76 (partly kneeling), Jim Guthrie '61, John Meredith '64, Dick Peterson '67, and John McKain '67. Back, from left: Jan A Here is Christina Jansen '69; Ordy Nilsen '66; Mike Lantz '68, J.D/77; Jamie Will '69, P'97, Bill Nelson '69, Jim Wilcox '59, P'85; Jack Fals- Maynard Cardenas '69 with kow '59, P'97; and Dele Gunnerson '62. husband Tony Cardenas (UW '70), at her retirement party 4 Karen Robbins from the Kennewick, Wash., M.Ed.'71 was the School District. Christina Gold Winner of the worked as a pediatric occupa­ The Bill Fisher Award tional therapist for 40 years. for Best First Book She practiced in urban and ru­ (children's/young ral New Mexico, including two adult category) in years on the Navajo Nation. the Benjamin Frank­ Christina also directed the lin Awards, for her pediatric occupational therapy book Shoe Print Art: program at the National Jew­ Step Into Drawing. ish Medical and Research Cen­ Award winners were ter in Denver before returning announced at the to Washington in 1988 to Independent Book work for the Kennewick School Publishers Asso­ District. Tony is a Yakima Val­ ciation's (IBPA) 25th ley, Wash., native, and the annual award ceremony held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel couple has retired in the Sun- A From left: Danae Smith '14, Jerry McLaughlin '74, and (former in New York City on May 29. This is Karen's first book nyside/Grandview area. Chris­ Arches intern and columnist!) Lestraundra Alfred '11 at the April 13 as the publisher of Hide and Seek Press. Another Logger tina tells us: "We practice our PR Career Jumpstart, a workshop and networking conference for aspiring alumna, Sally Marts '67, who also is a Delta Delta Delta strong Christian faith through PR professionals put on by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). sorority sister of Karen's, illustrated Shoe Print Art. They en­ involvement in local servant- Jerry, who is a member of the Puget Sound regional PRSA Diversity Com­ listed the help of 55 young artists from across the country leadership, immigration, and mittee, spoke at the gathering about his own experiences in PR and the to contribute to the images—all made from a shoe print community reconciliation growing opportunities for young people from all races and cultures to shape. A percentage of profits from sales of the book will projects. We have lived in 13 join the profession. Jerry is a retired principal of JayRay, a marketing and be donated to Soles4Souls.org. Gibbs Smith books, Part­ states, visited another 28, and communications firm in Tacoma. He now helps youth in the Tacoma ners/West, and Amazon.com distribute Shoe Print Art. look forward to exploring the community. Danae, a current student at Puget Sound, is majoring in remaining nine." communication studies. And Les is a business analyst at Boeing.

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▲ After many years of living their lives in different parts of the country, these Gamma Phi Betas now meet once a year for a week­ end to catch up. In Carmel, Calif., on March 3, from left: Laurie Hallwyler '75, Mindy Vokes Schenck '74, Linda Branson Osborn '74, and Jan Johnstone Rosenquist '75. We love their taste in magazine reading, too!

A During the first two weeks in May, Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers (from left) John Inskeep '77, Ken Johnson '75, Wes Tanac '75, and Dan Stafford '76, P'06 undertook a true Scottish golfing experience complete with beautiful courses; high scores; friendly people; cold, rainy, windy weather; and warm pubs! Off in the distance, in the right of this photo, are the ruins of New Slains Castle, commonly cited as the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The guys explored the castle remains and even stayed at the nearby inn, where Stoker supposedly worked on his book. They deemed the place "spooky."

A In mid-March UPS friends gathered in Las Vegas at the his­ toric Little Church of the West to help Robert Burns '87 and Cynthia Nlms Burns '86 celebrate renewal of their wedding vows on their 20th wedding anniversary. Included were Student Programs Director Sernl Solidarios (best man at the original wedding), Katherine Weaver Kehrli '86, Tim Kehrli '86, Mi­ chael Amend '86, Wende Dwyer-Johnsen '88, and Andrew Johnsen '86. As of this year, Bob has been working at Boeing for 25 years, currently as a computing systems architect. Cynthia's most recently published cookbook Salty Snacks was released in fall 2012. She continues to write and consult on a range of culinary A Another recent Gamma Phi gathering was held in Sammamish, Wash., in April at the home of projects. If you're "epicurious," her website is www.monappetit. Judy Warren Bowlby '82; it was the group's second annual spring reunion. Front, from left: Sandy com. Creek Baker '79, Carol Headden Reid '80, Krista Pearson '80, and Judy. Middle, from left: Jody Bredeson Callan '79, Terri Murphy Gietzen '81, Sarah Schad Giffin '81, and Kathy Spence Schiller '80, P'09. Back, from left: Beth Jensen Chew '79, J.D.'85; Kim Waller Moore '80; Kar­ en Perry Peavey '77; Janet Elzey Sherry '77; Tracy James-Huntley '81; and Amy Ford '79.

50 arches summer 2013 ▲ From left. Jeff Ptolemy M.A.1792, Brad Jones '87, Ed Herbert '85, Car- A Rachelle Blair Huang '91 and husband Victor with sons Nathanael, 8 lena Herd Stroud M.A.T.'04, and Bruce Sadler '83 Snapped at the end of this months old in this photo, and proud big brother Noah, almost 11 years old, at school year, they share their alma mater and their workplace! All are social studies the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon, Wash., in April. Rachelle says: teachers at Henry Foss High School in Tacoma. Have a great summer! "Nathanael is a ball of energy—crawling, pulling himself up, and constantly on the go—keeping his mom and dad more than busy, and Noah is a wonderful help."

A Here are Randall Hopkins '89 and Jennifer Moore Hopkins '91, proprietors of Corvus Cellars in Walla Walla, Wash., at the nation's largest single-region wine and food event, Taste Washington, convened March 23-24 at CenturyLink Field Event Cen­ ter in Seattle. Randall oversees vineyard operations and is chief marketing officer for Corvus, while somehow he contin­ ues to work in talent acquisition for a Fortune 100 company. Jennifer handles daily operations at the winery and hosts A Stacey Wilson '96 and Kris Hunt were married on May 23 at Stacey's parents' home in West Linn, Ore. A reception for 85 the tasting room. The Hopkinses es­ guests followed at Portland's Hotel deLuxe on May 26. UPS alums on hand for the celebration included, back, from left: Christie tablished Corvus Cellars in 2004 along Gove Berg '96, Brent Olson '94, Melissa Benzel Fleener '96, Clay Fleener '96, Pat Abrahamson '96, Kathy Scott with winemaker Stephen Lessard. More Bokenkamp '96, Blair Mus '96, Kenny Kloeppel '95, Angela Chung Patterson '96 with husband Jerrod Patterson, on Corvus at www.corvuscellars.com. Brian Davia '97, and Lara Olson Davia '96, M.A.T798. Front, from left: Lisa Anderson Olson '96; the lovely bride with Photo taken by Sue Veseth, wife of IPE her groom behind her; Susanna Selig Abrahamson '97, M.A.T.'OO (kneeling); Aulanl Silva '96; Nikki Hall Kloeppel '96; Prof. Mike Veseth '72, who enjoyed Emily Peters Mus '96, M.A.T797; and Katie Hurst '96. Stacey is a senior editor at The Hollywood Reporter (and a frequent the event, too. Arches contributor!), and Kris is a comedy writer. The newlyweds live in Los Angeles.

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A Holly Michael Hulscher '99, M.Ed. '02, right, and A A double-deluxe baby shower for Alison Dobson Henry '02, M.Ed.'05 and Katie Meux husband Marty welcomed their daughter, Ann, into the world Thaut '01, M.A.T/02 took place on May 25 in Auburn, Wash. Loggers flew in from Africa, California, on Aug. 9, 2012. This photo was taken close to Ann's three- Arizona, and Oregon to attend the gathering. The babies apparently also were eager to attend the month birthday, with cousin Ashley, 15 months, and aunt festivities, as they showed up early for both Katie and Alison, at 24 and 27 weeks respectively. We're Mandy Michael Peterson '01, at left. Ashley and Ann are set pleased to report that both moms and babies are doing well. Olivia Jean Henry was born on May 16. to matriculate at Puget Sound in 2029 and 2030, respectively, At this writing she was still in NICU, although doing well. Eli Peter Thaut was born on Jan. 5 and is following in the footsteps of their grandparents Suzanne Buell home and looking great. New dads are Paul Henry M.Ed.'08 and Eric Thaut '00 Back, from left: Michael '68, P'99, P'01 and Matthew Michael '67, P'99, Megan Eggers '03, Liz Ball '02, Katie Ryan '01, Stephanie Satre '03, Elizabeth Reed Stock- P'01; great-aunt Georgia Buell Adams '68 and great-uncle dale '04, Teri Long worth Shakal '01, and Elizabeth Dallenbach Wright '03. Front, from left: Edward Adams '67; and Ashley's father, Andy Peterson '01. Carrie Richardson Palmer '00, new moms Katie and Alison, and Bao Le Ng '02.

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52 arches summer 2013 A On June 1, Puget Sound alumni and staff fielded a team in A Ian McFarland '03 and Melissa Fleck were married in Indian Wells, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2012. the 11 th annual, 50-mile Rainier to Ruston Rail-Trail Relay (R2R), A slew of Puget Sound folks turned out for the festivities! Front, from left: the groom's aunts Mari which largely follows the Foothills Trail, the old Northern Pacific Chakirian Beckley '74 and Betsy McFarland Sherrow '74; father of the groom Dan McFarland railroad grade to Tacoma. The race is a fundraiser for completion '69, P'00, P'03; mother of the groom Candi Chakirian McFarland '68, P'00, P'03; the bride of the trail. Here's the crew looking fresh before the start. From and groom; the groom's brother Nick McFarland '00; Nicole Both '04; Stacey Page Keller '02; left: Alanna Johnson, institutional research analyst; Courtney groomsman Ryan "Junior" Keller '03, Alana Hagney East '05, Angella Welch Kriens '99; and Stringer, development officer (a Lute, but we don't hold that Sarah Russell '04. Middle, from left: All Hummels Daniels '02, Peter Collins '02, groomsman against her); Liz Collins '81, board secretary and director of the William Weed III '03, Jesse Draeger '03, Olin Wick '04, Tyler Cooley '03, Greg Anderson Office of the President; Krystle Cobian, conduct coordinator; Kate '97, Nick Momyer '00, and Erik Kriens '00. Back, from left: Jake Werbeck '02, officiant Pastor Cohn '00, institutional research analyst; Evan Marques, Court­ David Avramovich '03, Tom DePonty '03, Brett Schlameus '01, Travis Allen '02, Matt So­ ney's fiance and a Gonzaga man; and Debbie Loomis, associate renson '03, Clint Nohavec (attended 2000-01), Tyler Brown '03, Kevin Cooley '03, and Ben director of annual giving. Bigfoot didn't run. Liz reports that dur­ Wolfe '04. Present, though not pictured: groomsman Ian Courtnage '05, Tiffany Lordan Court- ing her second leg, in Orting, a bicyclist coming her way noticed nage '04, the groom's uncle Bob Sprague '67, and the groom's aunt Voski Chakirian Sprague the team name [Once a Logger...] on her shirt, and as he went by '68, '69. The couple happily reside in Kirkland, Wash. affirmed, "Always a Logger!" Other Loggers who participated in the race included Gretchen Van Dyke '99 and Danielle Har­ rington '99, who participated with a YMCA group.

A Stephanie Wilson '04 married Zan Ferris on Sept. 23, 2012, in Woodside, Calif. Lots of Log­ gers were in attendance. Back, from left: Jon Heide '02; Sarah Strom Reed '04; and John Hines '05, M.A.T/06. (John performed the ceremony!) Middle, from left: Kathy Heimann Manson '02, M.A.T.'03; Kelsey Weidkamp Hines '04, D.P.T/09; Marisa Gillaspie Aziz '04; and Jennifer A Loggers run with Lions! This Rainier to Ruston relay team split Tyree Hageman '04. Front, from left: Brittany Henderson '03; the groom and bride; Stephanie Logger representation with folks from Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep, Alford Dische '04; Liz Calora '03; and Karen Wilson Veitch '90. Zan, a University of North the mascot of which is the lion. From left: Kristin Williamson Carolina at Greensboro grad, works for Univar Inc. as a transportation analyst, and Stephanie works at '02, Kim Hulse, Stefana and Tyson Welker, Dan Hulse '02, and Eddie Bauer in product development. The couple make their home in Duvall, Wash. Chris Bachman '02.

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▲ Stephanie Stockwell '05 and Ross Parker '04 were married on a snowy weekend at Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop, Wash., Dec. 8, 2012. Puget Sound friends in attendance, back, from left: Justin Horton '05, Andrew Marsters '05, Richard Corra '79, Tessa Huson '04, David Anderson '04, Jason Fieman A Matt Salmon '06 and Alissa '04, Maya Anderson Swanes '04, Danielle Cote-Schiff Kolp '05, Ryan Kolp Carlin were married on Oct. 6, 2012, '05, and Jerin Falkner '05. Front, from left: Tyler Thirloway '05, Kathleen at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, Wash. Sullivan '04, the groom and bride, Sarah Parish '05, and Annie Odell '04. Matt has worked at Expedia since 2011. Ross and Stephanie have lived in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle for the The couple recently moved to Chicago. past eight years. Ross is a licensed electrical contractor and owner of Parker Electric. Stephanie works in downtown Seattle for James Farrell & Co., a dairy exporter and distribution company.

A Where else would Puget Sound's A Jennifer Cole '05 and Mat­ volunteer Class Gift Agents meet in thew Campbell were married on July Portland, Ore.? At Rontoms restaurant, 27, 2012, at the Lake Union Cafe in of course! Molly Winterrowd '11 Seattle. Many of their Logger friends (left), Cydney Keller '09, and David were there, including Elizabeth Hol­ Hatch '10 met with Assistant Direc­ lingsworth Wormsbecker '05, tor of Annual Giving Clay Ross '09, Mary Hunn Edry '05, Phil Edry '04, M.A.T.'IO on March 20. As volunteer Ruth Schauble '05, Amelia Peter­ gift agents, the three work with teams A Rob Wellington '11, M.A.T/12 took a position with AmeriCorps at the "I son '06, Ashley Bates '05, Danya in each class to help bring classes to­ Have a Dream" Foundation of Boulder County, Colo. The foundation had its annual Clevenger '07, Erin McKibben gether, raise awareness about university College Day on April 20, during which students compete for the best college-gear '06, Nick Jurkowski '05, and Emily events—on and off campus—and work pictures. Rob sent us this photo of students from his class holding his Puget li­ Miller Wickman '05, M.A.T.07. The with the annual giving office to help cense plate! Classes are cohorts of low-income youth drawn from a particular geo­ couple honeymooned in Jamaica before encourage their classmates to give to graphic area in the community where they live. All of the Iris Class live in a housing returning home to Seattle, where Matt, the Puget Sound Fund. project and range in age from fourth to eleventh grade. "Dreamers," back row, from originally from Australia, is an aerospace left: Steven Bobadilla, Mayra Robles, Melissa Vasquez, Jaime Astorga, Rob, Brian Ro­ engineer at Boeing, and Jenni is an cha, Anthony Gracia, and Jorge Zavala. Front, from left: Program Director Francisco academic advisor at the University of Mejias, Rob's AmeriCorps counterpart Lora Fike, and Samir Karki. Washington.

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A April 1 3 marked the 50th annual Meyer-Lamberth Cup regatta on American Lake. The annual race between cross-town rivals is the oldest annual dual regatta on the West Coast. The competition 2 record to date is PLU-29; UPS-21, with the Loggers winning 12 of the last 12 regattas, including this 2 year's event. Women rowers, from left: Zoey Olbum '15, Carly Schirmbeck '14, Kayla Acott - '15, Leah Shamlian '14, Chelsea Cloud '15, Carly Fox '15, Jovia Manzie '13, Alyssa Ray­ ; mond '13, and Annika LaVoie '13 (kneeling). From left, men rowers Ben Hagen '14, Ted Oja '15, Spenser Percy '14, James Robinson '14, Sergio Espinoza '16, Kama Chock '15, Sam £ Friedman '16, and Stuart Brown '16, with Delany Pelz '14 (on shoulders). 2

► Our man Ross Mulhausen caught these three among newest members of Puget Sound's 37,000 alumni on Commencement Day, and there's a sweet story behind their smiles that we'll let one of the women's parents, Jeff Strong '76, tell: "Helen Edwards '13 [here, at left], Emma Raisl '13, and Laura Strong '13 have been close friends all their lives. They played together as babies in the weekly playgroup in the home of Emma's parents, Lynn Johnson Raisl '77 and Ed Raisl '78. Emma and Laura attended the same schools from preschool through college. All three have family connections to Puget Sound: Helen's dad was UPS religion professor and archeologist Doug Edwards. Emma's mom, Lynn Raisl, is president of the UPS A Britt Atack '90 (top photo, in white and gray stripes) was Women's League; Emma's great selected for the Seattle Rainmakers Major League Ultimate team uncle, UPS Professor of Religion this spring as a defensive handler. A mainstay of the local and Bob Albertson '44, created the regional ultimate club scene since the early '90s, Britt is consid­ college's Pacific Rim study-abroad ered one of the most versatile players in the league. His other job program; and Emma's uncle, is athletic director for The Northwest School in Seattle, where he Ron Albertson '75, worked in spreads his belief that sports is one of the purest ways to express career and academic advising gracious appreciation of others. "I tell my players to shake their at the college for more than 20 opponents' hands with sincerity, because we learn from them and years. Laura's grandparents (Troy they pushed us to be our best, whether we won or lost," he says. Strong '48 and Helen Solid Elliot Trotter '08 also joined the Rainmakers as a defensive cut­ Strong '47) once hid The Hatchet ter. Elliot's day job is editor in chief for Skyd Magazine and business in their apartment. Troy was a director for Rise Up Ultimate, the sport's first professional instruc­ longtime Puget Sound trustee and tional video series. The Rainmakers made it as far as the Western was pleased to present Laura's di­ Conference championship in the league playoffs this year, losing a ploma at graduation. Laura's father tough one on June 29 to the San Francisco Dogfish, 18-17. (that's me) is a senior developer in the UPS technology services department."

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We got a hoot out of this cake Jan Borstein PI 3 made for her daughter Lisa Kant, a geology major, and the other 2013 geology grads. It's a 3-D representation of Washington state assembled from "strata" of cake, nut meringue, and icings, then topped with a munchable Mount Rainier (To the Heights!), the Cascade and Olympic ranges, and the Columbia River Basalt Group. Although not quite to scale, everything was edible except the trees. The project had its genesis during winter break, when Lisa asked her mom, a former pastry chef, to make a graduation cake. Jan was initially daunted by the logistics of getting a cake from their Colorado home to Tacoma, but as mother and daughter looked at cake images on the Internet and experimented with recipes, Jan says she grew increasingly excited about the idea. "I ended up assembling the layers and tracing the map outlines here at home," she told us. "Then I froze the cake and wrapped it in bubble wrap." Thus "lithified" and protected, the cake, along with the cake bits and tools needed to finish the surface decorations, traveled to Tacoma in a carry-on bag. Just before serving, Jan enlisted Lisa, with her knowledge of Washington's geologic features, to do the final sculpting from pieces of cookie, brownies, cake, and icing. Sweet!

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