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You took classes. You took notes. Then, You took on the challenge. 2004 features departments You took root. You took stock of your potential. 12 Purpose, Meaning, Beauty 2 Editor’s Note You took notice of the experience. winter By Rolf Olsen 3 Campus News

The art of the Osage is at once practical and beautiful. TU professor 8 From the U Finally . . . Garrick Bailey coauthored the catalog for a major exhibit of Osage Art at the St. Louis Museum, part of which is previewed here. 11 Research

You took credit for hard work. 24 Athletics You took possession of your diploma. contents 15 Yevtushenko You took charge of your future. 23 Partners in Education By Nathan Halverson The internationally renown poet and activist is an icon of modern lit- 26 Alumni News erature. He is also a filmmaker, actor and the Henry Kendall Professor of English at TU. 27 Class Notes And now . . . 18 Morgan in Mexico 31 In Memoriam It’s time to give back. 32 Calendar By Morgan Paulus BA ’99 Luckily, you were able to take advantage of Trade in a cushy, good life for la vida loca? Alumna Morgan Paulus has 33 Book End everything TU had to offer because someone done just that as revealed in her e-mail “journal” to friends and family. like you made a gift to the Annual Fund – which bridges the gap between the actual cost of a quality TU education and the price of tuition. Today, you can return that favor. With a checkbook or credit card. To direct your gift to a specific college or department, contact Kerry Willmann at (918) 631-3514 or [email protected]. You The Annual Fund. can take pride in your pledge because it’s Your new take on giving. more than giving; it’s giving back. Visit us online at www.utulsa.edu/development/giving.

p.8 p.12 p.24 The University of Tulsa ’Tis the Season Magazine University The end of winter heralds more than the beginning of spring here at TU. Volume 8, Number 1 This is the time of year when prestigious academic awards bloom all over cam- Winter 2004 pus right along with the pansies and crocus. Since the spring of 1997 (when editor we had two Goldwater scholars), the cure for our winter doldrums usually The University of Tulsa Magazine ISSN 1544-5763 is published four comes in late March, when award announcements are made. We’ve already times a year by The University of

the learned that senior basketball standout Jason Parker was named Academic All- Tulsa, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189. America by the College Sports Information Directors of America. We live in Publication dates may vary happy anticipation of what will sprout from now until June. according to the University’s calendar, events and scheduling. That awards and scholarships signal spring at TU is a large part of Periodical nonprofit postage is from President Bob Lawless’s legacy. When we first interviewed him in 1996, he paid at Tulsa, Oklahoma, explained that the way to let the world know about TU was through its stu- POSTMASTER: Send change of dents — high achievers become exceptional alumni; exceptional alumni have address to The University of Tulsa Magazine, Office of Development, an impact on wherever they are in the world. The University of Tulsa, 600 In a message to the faculty and staff of the University delivered soon after South College Avenue, Tulsa, his arrival, Dr. Bob described his job as creating an atmosphere where achiev- Oklahoma 74104-3189. ing excellence was possible for each member of the TU family. UNIVERSITY RELATIONS His philosophy, of course, extended to students and resulted in the cre- ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT Barbara Sorochty ation of the Presidential Scholarship program, which continues to attract out- EXECUTIVE EDITOR standing students to The University of Tulsa. (See back cover.) Deanna J. Harris Most likely, in the next issue of this magazine, we’ll be bragging about CREATIVE DIRECTOR another crop of stellar young scholars — students whose hard work is helping Leslie Cairns, MFA ’99 raise the University’s burgeoning national profile. Thanks Dr. Bob. Mission PHOTOGRAPHER The University Plans a New Front Door accomplished. Walt Beazley A major new entrance and plaza from East 11th Street between Evanston and College Avenues is proposed for TU. Deanna J. Harris, Executive Editor CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Stephanie Farris An oval drive that will define an open green view area will emphasize the proposed Visitors/Student Services Building. Doug Fishback Nathan Halverson The new vista also will feature Sharp Memorial Chapel and the relocated Kendall Hall Bell Memorial. Patterned or Rolf Olsen textured pavement at pedestrian crossings, landscaping and tree planting are also planned. The entrance, which will Don Tomkalski how about a When 1,200 college-bound Jane Zemel include a large stone identifier, a garden and green plaza, is part of TU’s amended Master Plan. students nationwide were PROOFREADER big hand Rhonda Burke asked to evaluate nearly CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS ConocoPhillips Continues Tradition of Support for the students Carrie Martin 3,000 admission websites, Daniel Tideman, BFA ’00 Last fall TU received $250,000 first since the merger, represents a dents attending the University. This who voted our they were told to look for Sandy Willmann, Director, Alumni from ConocoPhillips in support of welcome continuation of corporate program will help ensure that TU Relations more than just another Janis Zink, Vice President of the SPIRIT Scholars program. A generosity that has enabled many will continue to attract and educate admissions Institutional Advancement portion of the donation is unre- deserving students to earn degrees at some of the most highly qualified pretty home page Robert W. Lawless, President, The University of Tulsa stricted support of the College of TU. We sincerely appreciate this business students in the nation.” website (although graphics Engineering & Natural Sciences and latest expression of support for our The SPIRIT Scholars Program #1 The University of Tulsa does not discriminate on the basis of personal status the College of Business Admini- students and faculty.” offers students field trips, intern- counted too). or group characteristics including but not limited to the classes protected under federal stration. The funds will also provide The program expanded this year ships, mentoring, guest lectures, and state law in its programs, services, aids, Instead, the emphasis or benefits. Inquiries regarding implementa- for a petroleum engineering fellow- to include students majoring in study groups and social events. Of tion of this policy may be addressed to the ship and computer lab upgrades. finance, accounting, marketing and the student participants who have was on navigating the site Office of Legal Compliance, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104- Current SPIRIT scholars are management information systems in graduated, two currently work for and easy access to 3189, (918) 631-2423. Requests for accom- modation of disabilities may be addressed to majoring in chemical engineering, the College of Business ConocoPhillips. Another student the University’s 504 Coordinator, Dr. Jane information. Corso, (918) 631-2315. To ensure availabil- mechanical engineering, petroleum Administration. will begin working for the company ity of an interpreter, five to seven days notice is needed; 48 hours is recommended engineering and geosciences. A. Gale Sullenberger, dean of after graduating this May. Visit the #1 site at for all other accommodations. “Individually, Conoco and the college notes: “Inclusion of the Expansion of the SPIRIT www.utulsa.edu/admission Phillips Petroleum have supported College of Business Administration Scholars Program and Conoco- CONTACT US: students in the College of in the ConocoPhillips Spirit Phillips’ renewed commitment to Source: National Research Center for (918) 631-2309 Engineering and Natural Sciences Scholars Program is greatly appreci- TU will allow for the continued College & University Admissions, E-MAIL: for decades,” says Steven Bellovich, ated and will provide generous sup- development of highly-skilled, well- 2003. [email protected] dean of the college. “This gift, the port for outstanding business stu- qualified future professionals.

2 3 TUwinter2004 Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences College of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Best-selling Journalist is Scholes, will be co-directed by Sean Lewis and Clark Portfolio A Little Insight for

news 2004 O’Brien Lecturer Latham, assistant professor of Donated to McFarlin Mechanical Engineering English and editor of the James If it gets to you through a cut, Joyce Quarterly at TU. Latham was For the bicentennial of the Lewis A Honda Insight gasoline- the spot on your skin may look like a former project manager of the and Clark expedition, the Library of electric hybrid automobile that an insect bite. The spot might swell MJP at Brown. Congress created a national exhibi- ConocoPhillips recently donated to and be uncomfortable, but you “The project is an exciting tion, “Rivers-Edens-Empires,” which TU will be put to good use in probably won’t die if you’re treated. was curated by James P. Ronda, TU’s engineering courses and research

campus opportunity for us to share the If you eat the undercooked meat of riches of McFarlin Library’s Special Barnard Professor of Western projects. an infected animal (very rare in the Collections while enhancing TU’s American History. In conjunction The two-passenger hatchback U.S.), you’ll be nauseous and lose long-standing reputation as a vital with the exhibit, the Library asked coupe is powered by a three-cylin- your appetite. You’ll be sick, but center for the study of modern lit- Ronda to select 20 items from the der, 1-liter, 67-horsepower gasoline your chance for survival is still erature,” Latham says. exhibit for limited edition portfolios engine assisted by a 10-kilowatt good. But if you breathe it, you’ll The MJP will also make avail- that were presented to select mem- electric motor-generator. have cold-like symptoms that will able digital editions of other bers of Congress and historical soci- ConocoPhillips used the Insight worsen in a few days. Breathing will Representatives of ConocoPhillips Joseph W. Kaufman, manager, fuel and vehicle resources useful to students of eties along the Lewis and Clark trail. to gauge consumer reaction to become difficult, you’ll go into trends (3rd from left) and Mark Abbott, supervisor, utilities and services (2nd modern culture and media. All of Last November, the Library of hybrid vehicle technology and pro- shock, then most likely, you’ll die. from left) deliver a Honda Insight to TU mechanical engineering professor John the editions will be displayed on the Congress also presented a portfolio mote the company’s advanced fuels “It” is anthrax, the topic of Henshaw (left) and retired professor Robert Strattan (right) on Dec. 16, 2003. MJP site at Brown (www.mod- to TU’s Special Collections in recog- technologies. The Insight has the Richard Preston’s best-seller, The journ.brown.edu) as they are com- nition of the exceptional support of highest fuel economy rating of all Demon in the Freezer. The nonfic- I’m doing. I bring them up on stage pleted and will be backed up at TU. the Chapman Trust to McFarlin cars: 60 miles per gallon for city Apollo 17 Astronaut tion book goes inside national Library. driving, and 70 miles per gallon on and have them help me.” Visits TU biodefense at USAMRIID for a the highway. McCoy says he gets regular Harrison Schmitt, a geologist rare, in-depth look at biological Writer of the Year At TU the Insight will be used requests to present the show to all TU Professor Named who was an astronaut with Apollo espionage and military intelligence. Nimrod editor Francine for hands-on teaching and experi- ages of students. Each show Distinguished Scholar 17, the last manned mission to visit His investigation reveals the dan- Ringold, recently named Oklahoma mental studies of advanced fuel and includes demonstrations of funda- the Moon, presented the free pub- gers of bioterrorism and how scien- Poet Laureate by Gov. Brad Henry, Hermione de Almeida, Pauline engine technology. TU students mental physics principles, such as lic lecture, “Lessons from the tists are finding ways to protect has been tapped by The Writer Walter Professor of English and have designed and built three conservation of momentum, and Moon about Earth and Mars,” last people. magazine as one of six authors who Comparative Literature, was awarded hybrid electric cars in the past Bernoulli’s Principle. One of October 16. A display of rocks and Preston, whose other best-sell- “. . . have made significant contri- the 2003 Distinguished Scholar decade and have participated in McCoy’s personal favorites is a minerals was also featured. ers include The Cobra Event and The butions to the field of writing.” Award (for Lifetime Achievement) by nine national competitions, winning demonstration of the kinetic theory Schmitt’s 1972 mission resulted Hot Zone, is the 2004 Darcy O’Brien Ringold, who has edited Nimrod for the Keats-Shelley Association of the Tour de Sol contest twice. of gasses. “I pour liquid nitrogen in the largest sample of lunar rocks lecturer. He will speak in the Great 35 years, launched the Nimrod/ America. The award was presented at over a balloon to shrink it. Then I — 249 pounds — returned to Hall, Allen Chapman Activity Hardman Awards, and initiated the the December meeting of the blow on it and the heat of my Physics to Go: Rave Earth. He spent nearly 302 hours Center, at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, annual Nimrod Writer’s Confer- Modern Language Association in San breath expands it.” Reviews for Road Show in space, including 22 in extrave- April 19. The talk is free and open ence held on TU’s campus. Diego. And then there’s the automatic hicular activity on the lunar sur- to the public. Preston will sign In its January 2004 edition, The Ben Preston Robertson (TU Thousands of area students, toilet paper dispenser — technically face. copies of his books from 5:30 to Writer notes that Ringold received Ph.D. 2003), a former doctoral stu- parents and teachers have been cap- an application of Bernoulli’s Schmitt, who earned a doctor- 6:30 p.m. For more information, the award for “her dedication to dent of Professor de Almeida now on tivated by Jerry McCoy’s physics Principle — where McCoy says, “I ate in geology from Harvard call (918) 631-2309. encouraging new writers and new the English faculty of Troy State shows in the past two years. use a high-power shop vac blowing University in 1964, joined NASA voices.” University, delivered the encomium “It looks like a magic show air out at a roll of toilet paper. As it in 1965. NASA said Schmitt was “There is no point in learning and presented the award at the ban- because sometimes nature can be so blows over the top of the paper, it TU and Brown Will Put invaluable in providing Apollo and creating if we don’t reach our quet ceremony. TU English faculty unusual and so unexpected, but it’s lifts it up into the air stream and Journals Online flight crews with detailed instruc- hands over the footlights and the members Lars Engle, George Gilpin, not magic,” he says of his hour-long blows it out. It shoots a whole roll tion in lunar navigation, geology TU and Brown University have borders of the book,” Ringold notes and Laura Stevens, as well as TU show. “It’s a rapid-fire presentation of toilet paper up about 15 or 20 and feature recognition. Schmitt, announced a joint research project in The Writer article. “If we don’t doctoral candidate Victoria Chance, of several interesting and captivat- feet, and unrolls the whole thing in who served one term as a U.S. sen- to create fully searchable digital go out into the community, reach were present at the event hosted by ing physics demos. I explain each of four or five seconds.” ator from New Mexico from 1977 editions of journals from the early out, put our bodies where our Professor Stuart Curran of the the demonstrations in a way that Whole rolls of toilet paper to 1983, is an adjunct professor of 20th century. The Modernist words dare to go, we will not find University of Pennsylvania and spon- makes physics accessible to a non- shooting up into the air in rooms engineering at the University of Journals Project (MJP), founded the people and the talent that is out sored by the Catherine Morris technical audience. The kids love it, full of sixth-graders? What’s not to Wisconsin in Madison. and directed at Brown by Robert there.” Wright Foundation. because I involve them in all that love about that?

4 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 5 College of Business Administration College of Law

TU Nursing Bats 1000 in Friends of Finance Presents Banking Executive Professor Joins EDGE news Program Reviews Jamie Dimon, J. P.Morgan Heir-Apparent R. Dobie Langenkamp was Two recent reviews of TU’s appointed by Governor Brad Henry Banking executive Jamie Nursing program returned unequivocal trillion. to Oklahoma’s Economic Develop- Dimon, known for shrewd acqui- approvals with no recommendations for Since the late 1980s, Dimon ment Generating Excellence sitions and tight operations, change. has established himself as a mas- (EDGE), chairing the Energy spoke at the Friends of Finance The Oklahoma Board of Nursing ter of acquisition and integra- Expert Team. EDGE combines the campus luncheon April 1. sent representatives to review the tion. With Citigroup President innovative technical strength of Currently CEO at Bank One program last fall and recommended Sandy Weill, he acquired a Oklahoma’s colleges and universi- Corp., Dimon is expected to be no changes, said Susan Gaston, string of companies, including ties with the practical experience of appointed CEO of the merged J. director of the School of Nursing. Travelers, Salomon Brothers economic development profession- P. Morgan Chase & Co. and In addition, last fall a report from the and Citicorp. During these als. The group’s ambitious goal is to Bank One. The $58 billion deal, National League for Nursing deals and in his subsequent develop an integrated, innovative The Women’s Law Caucus held a bake sale to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen announced in January, is expected Accrediting Commission made official management at Bank One, and focused action plan to provide Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. Laurie Brumbaugh (left), the 2004 chair to be finalized in midyear, making the six “excellent” rankings and one Dimon made cost cutting, Oklahoma with a new competitive of the Tulsa Race for the Cure, accepts a check for $510 from Sherry Walkabout, J. P. Morgan the nation’s second “adequate” ranking the program streamlining and standardization edge in the global economy. 2L (left) and Donna Ward, 3L (center) at a pizza luncheon meeting of the WLC. largest bank, with assets of $1.1 received during a seven-category his hallmarks. review last spring. The NLNAC report Students Collect “This recognition proves that “We provided registration mate- also recommended no changes. Household Pollutants our top students can excel against rials as well as information on voting College Adds Four Professors The Environmental Law the best in the nation,” said procedure and polling place loca- JD/MTAX Joint Degree Society collected household pollu- Marguerite Chapman, director of tions,” said Bruce Shalon, president Regains Active Status The College welcomed four new faculty members to its tants, which, if used or stored TU’s health law program. of the local ACS chapter at the staff last fall. improperly, can be dangerous and A second TU team won its College of Law. “Regardless of party Following a year in administrative cause serious environmental dam- oral advocacy rounds in preliminary affiliation or views on the issues, we limbo, TU’s law and master of taxation Akhilesh Bajaj, who earned a Ph.D. from the University age. The organization provided competition and placed eighth in encouraged everyone to participate joint program (JD/MTAX) once again of Arizona in 1997, is associate professor of management receptacles for such everyday prod- the nation with its brief. Both in our democratic process.” is available to students. information systems. He comes to TU after a six-year term ucts as oil, antifreeze, disinfectants, teams were coached by Bruce The American Constitution The College and the College of at Carnegie Mellon University. Bajaj’s primary research pesticides, lawn chemicals, batter- McKenna of Holden & McKenna. Society is a national organization of Law had shelved the program in the interests include enterprise models, IS consumer decision ies, paints and paint thinners, law students, law professors, practic- spring of 2002 when the CBA con- models and database systems. household cleaners, smoke alarms, Midwestern Book Series ing lawyers and others who seek to verted its stand-alone MTAX program metal cleaners, rug deodorizers, Edited by TU Professor revitalize and transform the legal to an online offering, a move that com- John Caruso, assistant professor of exercise and sports sci- wood polish, mothballs and bleach. Ohio University Press has debate — from classrooms to court- plicated the joint program’s standing ence, received a Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the announced it will publish a book rooms — by countering what they under the American Bar Association’s University of Miami. He was previously an assistant TU Team Wins National series on law, society and politics in consider to be the dominant conser- (ABA) standards, which did not award professor at The University of Nevada. His current the Midwest under the general edi- vative vision of American law today. credit for distance education. research focuses on preserving muscle and bone in zero Health Law Competition torship of Paul Finkelman, TU’s During the summer of 2002, the gravity. Mia Johnson and Pansy Moore- Chapman Distinguished Professor Oklahoma Court of ABA instituted Standard 306, allowing Shrier won the 2003-04 National Jan L. Drummond, of Law. Criminal Appeals in Price- schools to award up to 12 hours of associate professor of athletic training, Health Law Moot Court Competi- earned an Ed.D. in higher education and an M.S. in health Turpen Courtroom credit for distance courses, subject to tion — a first-time win for TU in American Constitution conditions. and physical education from Oklahoma State University. this contest, which involves oral The Oklahoma Court of TU’s JD/MTAX program is a 103- Prior to joining TU, she was an associate professor at the and written skills on a simulated Society Registers 70 in Criminal Appeals heard appellate hour curriculum that imparts both the University of Southern Mississippi. appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. January arguments in the cases of Charles Wesley Hines vs. State of Oklahoma JD and MTAX degrees. Under the cur- Millicent Nelson is a visiting assistant professor of man- First place receives a prestigious The American Constitution and State of Oklahoma vs. Terry rent plan, the College of Law applies agement. Nelson recently earned a Ph.D. in organizational scholarship award. Society (ACS) registered 70 new Dale Hill on Oct. 30. The newly three online MTAX courses (9 hours) behavior and human resource management from Oklahoma “The success of the health law potential voters and gave registra- remodeled venue serves as an active, toward the credits required for the JD, State University. Her research includes support networks, competition team reflects the hard tion cards to an additional 30 peo- working courtroom as well as a stage and the College of Business Admini- compensation and leadership. work of the students and their fac- ple at its voter registration drive, stration applies two Law courses toward ulty advisors,” said Martin Belsky, held January 28, in the Allen for Moot Court practices and com- the MTAX degree. dean of the College. Chapman Activity Center. petitions.

6 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 7 In principio creavit Deus Wind Weighs in as Fuel Initially Johann Gutenberg’s most famous work was with the Physical Plant. U simply called the 42-line Bible. Noted in its own time “There were 495 copies of this Gutenberg Bible fac-

by Rolf Olsen for its precise imitation of Gothic hand lettering, simile produced by a Swiss printer in the 1970s,” says the Gutenberg’s Bible was printed on paper and vellum. Booth, president and general manager of H.S. Boyd, Inc. Two TU students have an idea Fuel cells are Save for the type, however, the pages were devoid of “The pages were printed on a Heidelberg press one color research that they believe could help ease much more effi- art. Each page had two 42-line columns with enough at a time so the resolution and definition are exact.” U.S. dependence on foreign oil and cient: A fuel cell space surrounding the text to accommodate elaborate Booth acquired a copy in the 1980s. from gas, cut greenhouse gases and works like a bat- illustrations. In Gutenberg’s time, when a copy of the In the Mainz edition of the Gutenberg Bible, the reduce pollution: a wind-to-hydro- tery (it has elec- Bible was sold, the buyer would employ an illuminator; opening pages of both the Old and New Testament are gen plant. And an ideal place to put trodes), but does so, no two of the original copies are alike. The impact elaborately illuminated. Genesis (shown here) begins with their plan into action is western not run down or of the Gutenberg Bible on Western Civilization is well a 15-inch capital “I”. Circles within the “I” depict the Oklahoma, where the wind really need recharging. documented. Although the Chinese and Koreans seven days of creation overseen by a shadowy, blue figure does come sweeping down the Hydrogen and air invented moveable metal type nearly 500 years before of God in the background. As was the Medieval practice, plain. (Woodward, Oklahoma, for are fed into it to Gutenberg, the German goldsmith’s press opened the the artist continued the illuminated letter with an elabo- example, is noted as one of the create a flow of door for the common man in the West to have access to rate scroll with birds nestled among flowers and a finely windiest regions of the nation.) electricity. The the written word. wrought peacock at the bottom of the page. The project is the work of Tom only byproducts Across the centuries, the original Gutenberg Bible The Bible’s leather bindings and brass cornerplates are Young, a mechanical engineering are heat and water, has been copied innumerable times, and today’s tech- also exact replicas of the Mainz original. student from New York who is created when the nology enables precise facsimiles of the 49 remaining “Not only is this a stunning facsimile edition of doing an internship at TU, and hydrogen recom- first editions. Gutenberg’s famous 42-line Bible, and a pleasure to Josh Biberdorf, a sophomore from bines with oxygen. This year a two-volume facsimile of the Mainz copy own,” said Lori Curtis, head of Special Collections and St. Louis majoring in biochemistry. For best efficiency, of the Gutenberg Bible was presented to Special Archives. “It is an important addition to our collections in They are being helped by TU a very pure form of Collections in McFarlin Library by Richard Booth (BS that it enables us to show students a book that had such a chemistry professor Gordon Purser. hydrogen is ’74) in memory of his parents, Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Booth, tremendous impact on history. We no longer have to One disadvantage of wind as a needed — free of Jr. His father worked for the University as an engineer speak of it in the abstract.” power source, Purser says, is that impurities that can

“the wind blows when you don’t foul a fuel cell’s Photo courtesy of Dixie Johnson, Perry, Oklahoma Energy Office need it and doesn’t blow when you proton-exchange do.” That’s where the two students membrane. reliance on fossil fuels, particularly see the practicality of using wind The hydrogen-making process imported oil and gas, and the energy to make hydrogen, a fuel, would use wind energy for electrol- reduced emission of greenhouse and store it until needed. Hydrogen ysis, which uses electricity to split gases. gas burns cleanly and produces no water into hydrogen and oxygen. Purser sees the current status of carbon byproducts, however, it Hydrogen could then be com- hydrogen as a fuel as a sort of doesn’t exist naturally on Earth. pressed and piped into storage chicken-and-egg dilemma: no one Hydrogen gas can be produced tanks. has tried to make hydrogen inexpen- from methane (natural gas), which The computations by the TU sively because there is no demand, is the current practice, or from investigators put production of but there is no demand because it is water through the use of electricity, hydrogen — using wind power and not available cheaply. “Someone has as proposed by the TU students. water — at about 40 to 46 cents per to break that cycle,” he says, and The students point out that pound of hydrogen gas, compared make hydrogen more attractive to when current fuels are burned to to about 34 cents for a pound of key industries that don’t use it now create electricity, half or more of hydrogen that is produced from — such as transportation and resi- the fuel is wasted. In a power plant methane. Costs include a wind tur- dential. fueled by natural gas, nearly 50 per- bine, which can range from Portions of their research were cent of the fuel value is lost — $50,000 to $600,000, and electroly- presented in June at the Western evident by the steam clouds seen sis machines costing $50,000 to Athletic Conference Academic rising at those facilities. Even in $100,000. They believe the higher Alliance conference, “Symposia on batteries, 60 to 70 percent of the cost might be accepted by the pub- Energy & Water Issues in power put in never comes back out. lic given the benefit of decreased Homeland Security and Health Disparities,” in San Jose, California.

9 8 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 Good Chemistry Between TU and Media Getting to Know America U TU students had the chance to get out of the lab and Last fall, TU students formed into the field last year when two Tulsa television stations International Student Outreach the called upon the expertise of the chemistry department. (ISO), an organization that promotes KTUL Channel 8 requested that assays be performed awareness of traditional cultures on 12 samples they’d collected from area nail salons for the from around the world and helps

from presence of methyl methacrylate (MMA), which has been international students adjust to life banned by the Oklahoma Board of Cosmetology because of in Tulsa. ISO also sponsors an potential health risks. Professor Ken Roberts conducted the English conversational group and testing and found that seven of the samples contained works with foreign students enrolled MMA. As a result of the project, it’s expected that the in the English Institute on TU’s Oklahoma Board of Cosmetology will strengthen punish- campus. ments for salons that use products containing MMA. ISO members help international A few months later, Channel 2 KJRH requested that students adjust to life in the United water samples from area swimming pools be tested for Living with States through a variety of events, acceptable pH, chlorine and bacteria levels. Chemistry Crate Expectations including ice skating, picnics, a trip Professor Gordon Purser and student Todd Hoppe per- to the zoo, badminton, Ping-Pong, formed the chemical studies, while Biology Professor Members of TU’s chapter of basketball and volleyball. The group Color Me Caring. The School of Nursing is planting seeds for a William Rosche and students analyzed coliform bacterial Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) are cosponsored a Halloween party with future generation of nurses with a new coloring book that is finding its concentrations. learning just how hard it can be to do a TU’s Language House, a residential “We spent two days traveling with the news crew, col- good deed. facility for students interested in way into Oklahoma schools. • Nursing Director Susan Gaston teamed lecting 10 to 12 samples at public and private pools — Last spring, SIFE members heard improving their foreign language up with alumna Michelle Montgomery-Miller (BSN ’03) to produce some at hotels and apartment complexes in Broken Arrow that book shortages at the University of skills. “Picture Yourself in Nursing,” a homemade, 8-page booklet featuring and Tulsa,” said Purser. “What we found generally was that Nairobi had sparked student riots. TU senior Mollie Hightower, nurses in all their roles, from hospital care to health education. Gaston the Tulsa public pools and Big Splash were in excellent According to the TU team, their ISO president, said 71 countries were provided the direction, and Montgomery-Miller drew the pictures. • Kenyan counterparts have long-standing condition. The pH and chlorine concentrations were all represented on campus when the Gaston gave away 2,000 copies of the book at the “Encyclomedia” edu- frustrations with limited and dated good.” organization was established, and cators’ conference in Oklahoma City last September. About 200 people library holdings. Results aired in a two-part broadcast report on July 31 there were 32 students from 13 coun- visited TU’s booth, including teachers, librarians and school counselors. and August 1. “After hearing about the riot, we felt tries enrolled in the English Institute. compelled to help,” said SIFE team • Future plans include posting the book online for download. member Craiger Mento, a senior management major. The team held a book drive, Taming an F3 Hurricane Deciphering the Air You Breathe collecting about 600 volumes from fellow Just what is clean air? TU students. TU’s original 330-pound fighting “Hurricane” robot built by the This spring, a new introductory course on how to Now, however, the project faces a Women’s Robotics Team to compete on Comedy Central’s “Battlebots” identify, assess, remediate and control indoor air prob- double roadblock: shipping costs of was trimmed down and tamed so it could give a delicate ride to a full- lems, including mold made its debut at TU. $1,000 and the temporary shutdown of length mirror in Tulsa Ballet’s 2003 production of “The Nutcracker.” Participants enrolled in “Introduction to Indoor Air Kenyan universities following contract The remote-controlled robot shed its bullet-proof panels and steel Quality” studied basic investigation methods, sample disputes between employees and the spikes to carry a 7' by 3' mirror on and off the stage, enabling the mir- data collection, and how to interpret results in order to government. ror to interact with the dancers. remedy indoor air quality problems. In light of the sticker shock, SIFE To create a gentler and kinder ride, the students used only the The course was taught by internationally recognized members even appeared on KJRH behemoth’s circular 4 foot aluminum base, powered by two half-horse- experts and led by Richard Shaughnessy, program man- Channel 2 in Tulsa, where they power motors. A joystick controlled the robot’s route around the stage. ager for indoor air research at TU since 1987. presented their dilemma during a In addition, the ballet choreographers also used a basketball-size Shaughnessy, who teaches air quality courses across noon news segment. stuffed toy “mouse” that the TU students adapted to ride on the chas- the nation for the Environmental Protection Agency, SIFE member Mark Graddy hopes sis of a remote-controlled toy car. The Tulsa Ballet requested the says there are few courses like this offered in the nation, and believes the community will rescue devices, which were created by students in the electrical engineering but the need is growing. He says studies indicate that the effort. “Tulsans are a key part of our department’s Robotics Lab and by the TU Women’s Robotics Team. contaminated indoor air is “one of the top three envi- project,” he said. “We feel that our Project advisors were Gerald Kane, chairman of the department, and ronmental risks to human health.” community will rally around this project Doug Jussaume, electrical engineering instructor. and help us help others.”

10 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 11 Purpose, meaning and beauty are the words that TU Anthropology Professor Garrick Bailey uses to characterize the art of the Osage peo- Bison ple on display in the Shoenberg Exhibition Headdress Galleries of the Saint Louis Art Museum bison hide, horn, from March 13 to August 8, 2004. feathers, beads, Purpose, Meaning, Beauty Bailey wrote much of the text of and brass the 216-page catalog that accompanies the “Art of the Osage,” the first major exhibition of the art and culture of the Osage people. The exhibition, which coincides with Roach Spreader bicentennial observances of the Lewis bone and Clark expedition, features more than 100 works from 1750 to the present. Lewis and Clark began their journey in St. Louis. At that time, Bailey says, the Osage were the major indigenous people in Missouri. They controlled nearly half of the region’s fur trade and dominated the natural resources Moccasins within the Missouri, Mississippi, Osage and Red rivers. hide and glass beads Bailey, who started teaching at TU in 1968, special- izes in Native American Indian culture and the impact of European contact on indigenous people. He has worked extensively with the Osage. Bailey wrote the catalog’s introduction and four of its seven chapters. Three chapters span 1670 to 1900 and cover Osage economic and political history, traditional Osage tribal religion, and daily life in the early and mid- dle part of the 19th century. The other chapter discusses the Osage’s growing wealth and its effects on their lifestyle. Another contributor to the catalog is Daniel Swan, formerly curator of the Gilcrease Museum and adjunct professor in TU’s anthropology department. Swan now directs the Chucalissa Museum in Tennessee. Objects on display, borrowed from private collections and museums, range from engraved pipes and quirts to decorated blankets and shields. Most are utilitarian items, but all were chosen for their aesthetic qualities. “Most of their art is incorporated into objects of daily or religious use,” explains Bailey. “Osage artisans tried to make all objects as beautiful as possible.” The Osage did not produce art for art’s sake, he says. “Art was inseparable from their material culture and The was an expression of their religious beliefs and practices.” “Everything in Osage life had meaning and pur- Art pose,” explains Bailey. They believed that Wakonta, an

Hide, feathers, cloth, metal and pigment. invisible force, created the universe in which all naturally of the occurring things were endowed with unique physical and behavioral qualities. OSAGE Wakonta provided humans with the ability to rearrange different elements of the universe to create new

Osage Shield. Photography by Rinby Garrick things to serve their needs and purposes. In turn, each By Rolf Olsen Shield hide, feathers, cloth, TUwinter2004 12 metal and pigment Belt newly made object had its own meaning and purpose — incorporat- yarn and ing the qualities attributed to the elements that were used to make it. glass beads For example, Bailey says, the wood of a cedar or willow tree represented everlasting life; a hawk feather symbolized courage, a crow feather, destruction; the color white represents life; black is death and red symbolizes the sun or the source of life. Bailey says nearly all aspects of Osage lifestyle changed following contact with the French in the late 17th century. In the 19th century, the Osage ceded their lands in Missouri, and eventually settled in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Key present-day Osage locations in Oklahoma are Hominy, Pawhuska, and Grey Horse, near Fairfax. Yet Osage art survived. The tribe maintained its strong cultural continuity in part because there was never a major war between the Osage and European or American peoples. In addition, says Bailey, Osage art was preserved because it was never commercialized, although it is one of a declining number of indigenous artistic traditions in the United States. Also maintained was the practice of making items only for members of the Osage community. The Osage have always been a relatively wealthy people, possess- ing furs, buffalo pelts, and then, oil. In dealing with those who sought these possessions, the Osage acted as equals — and were treated as such, Bailey says. This engendered pride and confidence in themselves, which fostered continuity of their culture and art. The exhibition encompasses two major periods of Osage art: the Old Era, 1750 to 1900, and the New Era, from 1900 to the present. Works of art from the Old Era include objects cre- Yev-tu-shen-ko ated for child rearing, hunting, domestic poet, industry, and warfare. The New Era is represented through the defining activities of writer, the modern Osage, including the E-Lon- filmmaker, schka dances, weddings, the War Mother’s Society, and the Native American Church. political dissident, In its description of the exhibit, the museum says the arts of the Osage “reflect faculty member at the sense of continuity and purpose that The University of Tulsa, has long united the Osage people in the values of spirituality and community. and dictionary entry Characterized by aesthetic vigor and exquis- (see for yourself). ite simplicity, Osage arts have always embraced a purposeful beauty that is rich in meaning and reflects a highly by Nathan Halverson refined artistic tradition.” Additional information Scanning through the Y’s of any major dic- is available at the tionary, after yeti and before Yggdrasil, museum’s website, one finds the Siberian-born poet, www.slam.org/. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich.

But a dictionary entry doesn’t begin Cradleboard Head Effigy to define the man who defied wood, paint, Pipe Bowl Stalin, inspired Shostakovich, brass, studs, catlinite befriended Ginsberg, and bells, beads, yarn and rayon

14 TUwinter2004 15 became a voice for freedom and poet for the world. from his poetry class. Yevtushenko himself read in From Yevtushenko’s home, one can hear the carillon help in discovering it. We’re born with poetry, and we Like many artists, he is greater than the sum of his Russian and English, though he is often reluctant to per- of Utica Square, which played a part in convincing him can lose knowing how to use it, but kindness is poetry, parts. Yevtushenko, to echo Walt Whitman, contains form in English because he feels so much is lost in trans- to come to Oklahoma. compassion is a poetry. It is as Dostoevsky said: multitudes. lation. Perhaps it was necessary and only natural to go to “I was visiting Tulsa and coming from out of the air, ‘Beauty will save the world.’ I try to transform people The fourth-generation descendant of Ukrainians the loftiest extremes to honor someone of Yevtushenko’s it seemed from nowhere, I heard ‘Lara’s Theme’ from into faithful readers of poetry, to help build some kind exiled to Siberia under Stalin’s reign, Yevtushenko stature, which is just what the Russian Academy of Dr. Zhivago, and I knew it was a sign,” he says. He says of chapel inside with values that can’t be shaken.” published his first poem at 16. His first book followed Sciences did for his birthday in 2000 by naming a planet Russia is still his first home, but that Tulsa now feels like At age 70, Yevtushenko’s schedule is that of a three years later in 1952. In 1960, he became the first after him at a ceremony in Moscow. home as well. young person’s, or rather, a young celebrity. In the Russian poet to break through the Iron Curtain and If Russia had a Mount Rushmore, Yevtushenko most The University of Tulsa has become another kind of spring semester of 2003, he taught two classes at TU

recite his poetry in the West. In 1961, he gained inter- likely would be on it. home for him, and the duty of teaching is something he on Mondays, flew to New York to teach during the national acclaim with the poem “Babi Yar,” a moving That’s the public version of Yevtushenko; the more takes very seriously. An immensely popular teacher, week at Queens College and often gave performances indictment of anti-Semitism and of Russian complicity private one lives with his family in Tulsa’s midtown. Yevtushenko is concerned for young people today. in between. In December, he was honored with a birth- with the Nazis. Spanning one wall of the living room is a series of “Some are less engaged with the world,” he says. “It day celebration in New York, which included a perfor- Yevtushenko has written novels, directed and acted large black-and-white photographs that show heavily is an international problem, in Russia, as well as in the mance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, in films, and has become a serious photographer, all lined, weathered faces. “My family,” Yevtushenko says. United States. I asked students in my film class if they which is based in part on “Babi Yar.” He was scheduled while continuing his political activism. He served in His father was a geologist who read him poetry. “Not had seen Citizen Kane, one of the greatest films of all. in Chicago the next day. He returned to Russia for the the first freely-elected Russian parliament from 1988 just those poems for children. He encouraged me, pushed Not one person raised their hand,” Yevtushenko says holidays, also visiting the Ukraine and Poland, before to 1991, during which time he introduced readers to me to learn,” he remembers. “He was a lover of poetry.” with amazement. “The next class, I changed my schedule returning to Tulsa to teach again in 2004. many poets who had been repressed by communism. Below the pictures on the same wall is a small gold to show Citizen Kane.” Yevtushenko blames, in part, “Last year was a very special year. I did not call it He also helped place a monument to the victims of plaque engraved almost entirely in Russian. A row of budget cuts in education and less value and attention my birthday celebration. I called it my special anniver- Stalinist repression opposite the headquarters of the telescopic coordinates reveals it as the birthday card of given to the arts. “It is very dangerous when the first sary because I don’t feel 70, and I have so much still to KGB. During the attempted coup by right-wing lead- sorts, bestowing a planet upon him (or him upon it). On casualties of budgets effect young people’s education.” do.” ers in 1991, he voiced his opposition by reciting poetry opposite walls in the same room are framed posters, the Yevtushenko’s solution to the apathy of youth is, not Yevtushenko would like to see a performance of from the balcony of the Russian “White House” kind you see for rock concerts for the Beatles or Bob surprisingly, the arts. He says he does not teach ‘how-to’ Symphony No. 13 in Tulsa. If the money could be before a crowd of 200,000. In 2001, Yevtushenko’s Dylan. These are for Yevtushenko’s performances at classes in poetry and film, but his teaching is dominated found to produce it, he would do it for no fee, he says. childhood home was dedicated as a permanent Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. by an artist’s perspective. “What I try to teach is not He’s now working on a new compendium of 10 museum of poetry. Over borscht and wine, Yevtushenko provides a tour exactly poetry, or cinema, but compassion, non-indiffer- centuries of Russian poetry, which will fill three sepa- Yevtushenko has toured more than 90 countries, through the Anthology of 20th-Century Russian Poetry, ence, responsibility for everything. I try to make the rate volumes and include short biographies for each and his poems have been translated into 72 languages. which he compiled with funding help (in the end) from world borderless. Everyone has troubles, but we must poet, as well as responding poems written by Yevtu- The poet of many lives and many faces celebrated his TU. Published in English in 1993 and in Russian in find the courage for confession, for openness. In my shenko himself. 70th birthday last year with poetry readings in 1995, Yevtushenko says he began work on the book as far class, we try to know each other.” “For this work, Tulsa is a good place for me. It is Moscow, St. Petersburg, and at TU’s Kendall Hall. back as 1960, but that work went slowly under commu- Through his poetry and other artistic endeavors, quiet, and I am very happy to work on this project for The event also marked his 10th year as the Henry nism even after Warren Beatty helped him get one manu- Yevtushenko still hopes to make a difference that reaches future generations, but I have many Yevtushenkos Kendall Professor of English. The reading was so script out of the Soviet Union in the 1970s. beyond the classroom. inside me. I am a performer, a wanderer, a writer, an crowded that students overflowed from the chairs and “At that time, it was not easy to get information out “The world changes slowly, not as fast as we would explorer,” he says. “I had to set aside a novel, I have a aisles to sit at the poet’s feet as he prowled and floated of Russia,” he says. “The customs did not look for drugs like. People have less and less hope, so we need poetry film I would like to make, but I need more across the stage. The evening included rousing recita- as much as they looked for manuscripts. It was intellec- more,” Yevtushenko says, pausing before continuing his Yevtushenkos for this. I need clones of myself to do it tions of Yevtushenko’s poems in English by students tual censorship.” thought. “No one can truly dislike poetry, but some need all.”

16 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 17 based Career Exploration Program. I will be teaching a few classes (art history, philosophy and literature) to the women who enroll in the program.

AMATE HOUSE - LITTLE VILLAGE, AUGUST 2001 My first year at Amate is over, and I decided to do another. I’m living in an almost 100% Mexican neighborhood in Chicago called “Little Village (La Villita).” I’m working at a Latino community-based organization, The Resurrection Project, with mothers and their children who are homeless and survivors of domestic violence. I never thought I would like working with kids this much, but they are great — so full of life and energy despite all the harsh things they have been through. My Spanish is improving, but it is still pretty rough! Young. Talented. Ambitious. Former University Relations work-study Morgan Paulus (BFA ’99) SUMMER 2002 My service year is over at Little Village. I love the neighborhood, the people, the landed a cushy job in corporate Tulsa after language, the culture. I’m so excited that I will be able to keep my job working with the families and actually earn a salary. graduation. JOBLESS IN JANUARY 2003 Sad news. The Supportive Housing program at the She left it to follow her dream of making a Resurrection Project is losing its funding, and I have been laid off. They’re going to have to shut difference in the world: First stop, a shelter for down the entire program. I’m worried about what will happen to those families without the homeless women in Chicago, then a lay off, support of the Resurrection Project. I guess this is just the push I need for change. I’ve been thinking about challenging which was the springboard for her work in myself in a new way, and I’m looking for another opportunity. I’m looking into three inter- Mexico. Morgan’s e-mail notes to family national programs: one in Mexico, one in Ecuador and another in Guatemala. I’ll go to and friends form a 21st century journal of any, but the opportunity in Mexico really appeals to me, probably because I feel so com- adventure, fun and fulfilling work. fortable in La Villita. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • AUGUST 2003 The Mexican program seemed the best fit for me and guess what? After I was interviewed, I was accepted. So here I am in Mèrida, in the Yucatan peninsula, which is directly south of New Orleans. The program is called Mission of Friendship, and you can look them up on the Internet at www.eriercd.org. I am here for a total of 15 months, but may stay longer. I’ve been assigned to the Nueva Vida (New Life) Shelter for Girls, which provides a group home environment for girls whose family situation is not too good. The Shelter provides schooling, supervision and loving care as well as tutoring, additional classes, special activities and field trips.

ORIENTATION My first week was orientation, spent getting to know AUGUST 1999 I can hardly believe that college is over, and that after my summer the different programs of the Mission. I was able to visit some of the internship in the Creative Services department at PennWell, I am working full-time there nearby villages with the Mission’s doctor in the medical dispensary. What as a graphic designer. It seems like only yesterday that Lauren and I were hosting TUTV an adventure — riding through what seemed to be almost, but not quite or sharing a pitcher at the Hut before some event in ACAC. actual roads in a giant bus-turned-mobile-medical dispensary. The doctor is amazing: He has dedicated a great portion of his life to serving the peo- APRIL 2000 I enjoy my work at PennWell, but something is missing. I feel like ple in the villages outside of Mèrida and rides all day in that hot bus with- there is more out there, and I really want to serve and work with people. I read about out a single complaint. I was about to pass out after the first hour. We Amate House in Chicago from the Connections guide at the Newman Center at TU, and it had a clothing sale (1 peso per article) and met some of the families that seems like a good fit for me: large community (15 people), emphasis on service, spiritual- are part of our programs. ity and social justice. Sounds good. I’ll apply. AMIGAS NUEVAS I arrived in Mèrida first, then came my roommates, AMATE HOUSE • AUGUST 2000 I’m in! This place is terrific. I’m sharing liv- Alejandra and Flor. Alejandra is originally from Guatemala but moved to ing space with other volunteers. Our basic needs are met, we’re having fun, and helping Pennsylvania with her family when she was 14. Flor is originally from real people with real needs. We work for schools and social service agencies throughout Guadalajara, Mexico, but moved with her mom to California when she Chicago. I’m working in the Education & Employment department at Deborah’s Place, a was 6 years old. By some ‘strange’ coincidence, the three of us are all transitional shelter for women who are homeless. I get to assist the women with lots of vegetarians, we all love to dance, and we definitely all love our work with different things, including résumés, school applications, setting up e-mail accounts and the girls at the Shelter. We get along as if we’ve always known each arts and crafts projects. I am also helping plan curriculum for the first-ever Humanities- other. While there are several mission staff and volunteers who are

TUwinter2004 19 around all of the time as well (some from the United ent culture. The kids are like kids everywhere: goofy, full TOWN AND COUNTRY SCHOOLS Fridays I teach loved it: One of them shouted, “Let’s go to the United States and others from Yucatan), Flor, Alejandra and I are of life, sweet, sometimes with lots of attitude. But then, English at two different schools. When I say different, I States!” when she hopped in the car. I told her I didn’t the three 15-month volunteers who live together at the their attitude toward education is definitely different. mean completely different. The first school is the one that think we had enough gas for that, but maybe next time. mission house. They value and treasure education here, and are very our girls from the Shelter attend. I have 29 rowdy sixth respectful of teachers. I still have kids who don’t turn in graders. The community has so many kids that the school OTHER THAN TEACHING On Mondays, SWEATERLESS IN NOVEMBER There is so their homework, and girls at the Shelter who will run and has to have two sessions a day. Our girls are in the morn- Wednesdays and Friday evenings, Flor, Alejandra and I much I want to share, I’m not really sure where to begin. I hide when it is time to do theirs, but overall the kids want ing session from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The school is public have been taking folklorico dance lessons. This is some- work five days a week at the Shelter for girls, helping with to learn. and has very few resources. The teachers, who get thing fun and extremely challenging for me because the homework and teaching computer classes. Since I’m pretty The girls live at the Shelter during the week and on switched around constantly and without warning, are not group we practice with is very advanced. They perform good with Macs and know a little about graphic design, the weekends go with family members or guardians. They allowed to keep anything permanent in their classrooms regularly, and for some reason have been nice enough to the computer class part is pretty funny to me — it’s all are given a lot of opportunities at the Shelter that they since they are used by a different teacher with a different let me rehearse with them. PCs and keyboarding. Things have been going really well, wouldn’t have otherwise: computer classes, English classes, class in the afternoon. It’s a wonder these kids learn any- We actually have been rehearsing recently with and I can hardly believe I have been living here for three tutoring, nutritious meals, etc. They each have a chore thing at all, with all of the distractions and constant another group, and are going to perform at Carnaval in a months now. Most weeks fly by, filled with classes and that changes weekly, and everyday when they get home changes and the small amount of time they are actually in few weeks. There’s something I never thought I would work at the Shelter. I can’t believe it is actually November from school, they must wash their clothes in a basin out- the classroom. say: “I am going to dance in one of Mexico’s biggest because everywhere I’ve lived before, November feels very side, hang them to dry, and do their chores. One of my The other school is in the small village of Tixcacal parades/parties.” We’ll see if I can stand dancing in heels different from this! I am still wearing shorts, short-sleeves other responsibilities is to supervise them doing these (Teesh-ka-kal) about 30 minutes away. I have SEVEN stu- and full costume for 5 kilometers, 4 days in a row, and in and flip flops. I am actually starting to miss wearing things. I have to check to make sure they have washed dents who are amazing. They always want to have English this heat. Vamos a ver! (We’ll see.) sweaters. their clothes properly and cleaned their rooms thoroughly. class, even on days when they don’t have school. A few The weekends here are also pretty much free to do The girls like to have me check their stuff because I am months ago, I gave them a surprise quiz, and they didn’t what we want. The city of Mèrida is so culturally rich — UP TO THE CHALLENGE Being here has been easy on them. (Those of you who know my typical stan- do too well. They were so disappointed that when they got free concerts, dances, performances and shows pretty more than I expected most days — more challenging, dards of cleanliness will understand why. :-) their scores, they begged for another test right then and much every night of the week. My roommates and I have more fulfilling, more amazing. But it also seems ordinary. I there. They must have studied over the week, because six visited some amazing cenotes (natural underground water guess it is hard to explain. I don’t feel like I am doing MIERCOLES MAGICO Every Wednesday, Flor, of them got 100%, and the other one got 90%! These kids holes) and Mayan ruins sites near here. We were able to something extraordinary. I love the work. I love the girls at Alejandra and I have a special activity. Each week is differ- are funny too; they are always making me laugh. Each take an incredible trip to Chiapas in November, which the Shelter and the students I teach. I am learning so ent: sometimes an art project, or dancing, or a movie, or week after class, they teach me a little bit of Mayan (I was very inspiring to me. The people there are beautiful, much, and I think the girls are teaching me more than I skits. We have choreographed a couple of songs, which the guess in exchange for the English), so I now know about a and the indigenous culture is still thriving, largely because could ever hope to teach them! I am also now working one girls performed for their Christmas show. We’ve also had dozen words, including the words for ‘belly button’ and the communities are deep in the mountains and because day a week at a local human rights organization called introductory sessions for ballet, karate, yoga and aerobics. ‘urinate’. I think I’m prepared to have a great conversation of the strength of the Zapatista movement. This part of Indignacion, and I love that too. The dedication and com- I taught ballet and karate and was surprised that I actually in Mayan. :-) the world is full of history and beauty. I feel overwhelmed mitment to peace and to social and economic justice I see remembered enough to teach. The last time I took karate Last week one of them asked me to give her a ride sometimes because there is so much to see and do, and so inspires me constantly. was junior year in high school, and I’ve never tried to home after class. The village is tiny (about 50 families live little time left to do it! teach it, in Spanish, to a bunch of wild girls before, but there), so I knew it wouldn’t be far. What I didn’t expect KIDS: ALIKE BUT DIFFERENT Mèrida is differ- somehow I did. I kept trying to emphasize how it is a form was that about 9 of the other kids (from both English This is my life in Mexico, mas o menos (more or less). ent from my experiences in Chicago on a few levels. It of art and should be treated respectfully. Of course, that classes) would hop in the back of the truck expecting us to Every day feels so full, and I am grateful for each new feels more intense sometimes because I am in a different didn’t get across because 10 minutes afterwards, I caught a take them home too. It only took a total of 15 minutes to one. I hope you are all well! country, speaking a different lan- couple of the girls trying to kick each other. Oh well. circle the village a few times, and I could tell the kids Take care. Peace! Morgan guage and learning a differ- Top Collegiate Tennis Players Jason Parker Named Academic Tea for More than Two Look to Ace Case All-American The late Edwin “Booth” and Katherine Louise Moffett loved TU’s College of Law and left it part of their estate. Their generous endowment will be used for the Dean’s Discretionary Fund to sponsor scholarships, atten- By Roger Dunaway Senior hoopster Jason Parker was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America second dance at conferences, enrichment speakers on campus, and student participation in law competitions. Funds are The top collegiate tennis teams and players in the nation will team by the College Sports Information also designated to help publish the College of Law’s various student-driven journals. A tea was held at the set their sights on Tulsa when TU hosts the 120th Annual athletics Directors of America. This marks the second President’s Residence on February 26, 2004 honoring the Moffett gift. NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, May 22-31, consecutive season that Parker earned this 2004. Participants will play at TU’s Michael D. Case Tennis honor. He was on the third team last year. education Center, honored in 2003 by the United States Tennis Association Parker, a 6'2" guard, completed his in as the top tennis facility in the nation. undergraduate bachelor’s degree in manage- This is the first-ever appearance in Oklahoma for the NCAA ment information systems in May 2003. This Tennis Championships. The Men’s Tennis Championships are year he is working towards a second degree in the oldest national championship competition recognized by the economics, maintaining a 3.52 grade point NCAA, having begun in 1883 in Hartford, Connecticut. average. Last season, the University of Illinois became just the fourth Parker played in his final home game partners undefeated team to win an NCAA title by defeating Vanderbilt, March 6, 2004 against Louisiana Tech. In 29 4-3. Illinois also dominated the singles and doubles field. games, Parker averaged a team-leading 16.9 Although Tulsa just missed qualifying for its eighth NCAA points, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per contest. Tournament appearance in the past 11 seasons in 2003, the He scored over 20 points in 10 games this Mary Ann & Paul Moffett (center), are greeted by the Bob & Marcy Lawless welcome Kenneth Brune (JD ’74) to Golden Hurricane returns seven letterwinners, including senior season and had a season-high 30 points at Lawlesses as Law Alumni Board President Judge Mike the tea honoring Booth &Louise Moffett. All-American Dustin Taylor and senior Alejandro Tejerina, who Fresno State. Zacharias looks on. advanced to the NCAA second round a year ago. A four-year letterwinner and two-year starter, Parker has played in 133 career games to rank fourth on the school’s all-time games played chart. He ranks 10th on the school’s career scoring chart with 1,401 points; sixth on the assists chart with 388; seventh on the steals list with 166; and sixth on the career three-point field goals made list with 163. Parker was named three times to the all- WAC Academic Team and made TU’s Dean’s List seven times. Women in Sports Day June and Lowell Phillips, friends of the late Booth &LouiseLaw Prof. Barbara Bucholtz joins Royce & Laurie Reed. Mr. by Stephanie Hall Moffett, pause for a photo with Marcy & Bob Lawless. Reed was instrumental in executing the Moffett’s gift. TU celebrated women in sports on the 18th anniversary of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), February Tracking the Oldest Americans 7, 2004. NGWSD began in 1987 as a day to President Lawless welcomes Tom D. remember Olympic volleyball player Flo Dillehay (r), the University of Kentucky anthro- Hyman for her athletic achievements and her pology professor who discovered the site com- work to ensure equality for women’s sports. monly accepted as the oldest man-made struc- In addition to giveaways throughout the ture in the Americas. During his illustrated lec- Tulsa-UTEP women’s basketball game, TU ture, “The First Americans: An Interdisciplinary handed out a 2004 National Girls and Perspective,” Dillehay proposed that a structure Women in Sports Day badge to all attending uncovered in Monte Verde, Chile, challenged Girl Scouts. the theory that the first Americans arrived from Tulsa honored Molly Pickering, a Booker Asia by crossing the Bering land bridge. Why? T. Washington teacher and coach, as the sec- “Climate change drove people to seek new lands ond annual TU Girls and Women in Sports and resources,” and perhaps, he poses, “a sense Day Role Model award recipient. of adventure.”

22 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 23 notes New Alumni Director Mark Your Spot with a Upcoming Chapter Events 30s 75 from Henderson State Realtors, president of the Tulsa James C. Warf (BS ’39) works University with a bachelor’s degree Apartment Association and Jan Zink, vice Brick and Activities with Japanese chemists and physi- in English and a minor in anthro- served on the executive commit- president for cists on the development of a spe- pology. He also earned a master’s tee of the National Association of

Perhaps you’ve seen the class Thursday, April 29, 2004 cial breeder reactor which, in the- degree in petroleum engineering Realtors. He was named Realtor news institutional engraved bricks near the Donald St. Louis Thank You Reception with ory, uses as much as 75 percent of from the University of Houston. of the Year by the Greater Tulsa advancement, W. Reynolds Center and wondered Dr. and Mrs. Bob Lawless its uranium fuel rather than about Association of Realtors and the Charles Aldrich (BA ’52) and his The University Club one percent as is the case with most Oklahoma Association of announced how to get your name and gradua- wife, Mary Bodkin Aldrich (BA American reactors. The facilities Realtors. He is a recipient of the that Sandy tion year on a brick. It’s very easy St. Louis, Missouri • 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. ’52) celebrated their 54th wedding are in Tokai-mura, on the east coast Louise L. and Y.T. Lum award RSVP to 1-800-219-4688 or e-mail: anniversary in January. They were Willmann and a great way to leave your of Japan. for ongoing contributions to the joined by their family, including alumni [email protected]. has been legacy at TU. Graduate bricks may field of real estate management. TU graduates Diane Aldrich 40s He has served as president of the named direc- be purchased for $100, a portion of Saturday, May 1, 2004 Penton (BS ’76) and Patrick Ora Lee Parker (BA ’44) coau- Golden Hurricane Club, the tor of the Office of Alumni 1991 Freedom Bowl Football Team Penton (BS ’76). The Aldrichs which is a contribution to TU. thored A Study of Remington’s Smoot Propeller Club of the Port of Reunion • Tulsa, Oklahoma have retired in Fayetteville, Relations effective March 1, 2004. The TU Office of Alumni Patent and Number Four Revolvers, Tulsa, Rotary Club of Tulsa, and Arkansas. Charles is a former edu- Willmann has worked for TU For more information, please contact with her husband, Dr. Harry J. as advisory board member for the Relations will have the brick cator, having spent 30 years as a since 1990, most recently as direc- Louis Curtis ’92 at (918) 402-6147. Parker, and Dr. Joan S. Swisch. Tulsa Sports Commission. engraved with your name and year The book details the life of public school employee in various Monday, May 3, 2004 tor of stewardship and events. Her of graduation. If you order by June William S. Smoot, a Civil War ord- roles and seven years as an adjunct Norm Rourke (BA ’61) has been Margaret “Peggy” Comfort Wetter Houston Thank You Reception with professor of education. For a a featured cowboy poet at Echoes previous positions include director 1, 2004, your brick will be nance officer, pioneer industrialist, (BA ’47) spent the weekend with TU Dr. and Mrs. Bob Lawless period of 10 years, the couple of the Trail Cowboy Poetry of development for the College of engraved and installed prior to inventor, armory superintendent alumni and friends in Dallas, Texas: (left Downtown Club at the Plaza for E. Remington & Sons gunmak- owned and operated a poultry and Gathering and Celebration of the Business Administration and direc- Homecoming this year. Graduate to right) Louis Patterson, Sue Pierce Houston, Texas • 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. ers, namesake of a successful cattle operation. West in Fort Scott, Kansas, and tor of the Golden Hurricane Club. the Western Oklahoma Cowboy Patterson (BS ’48), Beverly Cleek bricks make great graduation, revolver series, capitalist and presi- Walter H. Ellis (BA ’52) lives in RSVP to 1-800-219-4688 or e-mail: Poetry Gathering at Red Rock She has worked with alumni birthday, and anniversary gifts. dent of the new Western Electric Maryland. He taught school for 40 Caskey (BA ’45) and her husband, [email protected]. Canyon State Park in Hinton, Company. years and helped to install the Byron W. Caskey, Helen Comfort throughout the nation and brings To order your brick, call Kari Oklahoma. He is a staff writer for Thursday, May 6, 2004 Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Pi Warden and husband, Hubert Warden that wealth of knowl- Clark in the Office of Alumni Betty Swindell Jewell (BA ’46) Persimmon Hill, a publication of New Graduate Reception, sponsored by Kappa Alpha at Murray State edge to the position. and her siblings, Calvin Swindell the National Cowboy and III (BS ’43). Prior to the gathering, Relations at (918) 631-2555 or University in 1958. His hobbies are the Student Alumni Council (BS ’44) and Robert Swindell (BS Western Heritage Museum. Peggy attended the 50th wedding 1-800-219-4688. sports, reading and knitting Shaw Alumni Center, TU Campus ’50) attended the Homecoming Norm is working on a CD of anniversary celebration for Ora Lee sweaters. Walter wore one of his 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. • For more 2003 festivities including the Fifty original cowboy poetry and some sweaters to Homecoming this year Bowles Parker (BA ’44) and Homecoming Volunteers information, call (918) 631-2555. Years or More Brunch and the bon- of the classics of the genre. He is Dr. Harry J. Parker. fire. Their sister, Ruth Swindell and received rave reviews. To volunteer to serve on a a member of the Academy of Sunday, June 6, 2004 Allen (BA ’49) was unable to attend James B. “J.B.” Mattax (BS ’52) is Western Artists and the Missouri Homecoming Committee, please TU Day at the Tulsa Zoo, sponsored by this year, however, all four siblings the owner of Mattax Petroleum Cowboy Poets Association. contact Stephanie Farris, Assistant did attend Homecoming 2002. Corporation. He resides in Tulsa the Young Alumni Committee Barbara Cook Holman (BA ’62) with his wife, Dorothy. Director of Alumni Relations, at Mohawk Park • 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Floyd V. Beaver, Jr. (BS ’48) is the flew to Paris with her son, Scott author of a new book, Picture of a (918) 631-3724, or via e-mail at For additional details, call (918) 631-2555 or Melvin Rippetoe (BS ’54) and his Holman (BS ’90, METM ’94), Derrick, published by Evans wife, Helen, celebrated their 61st daughter-in-law, Wendy Kirkle [email protected]. check the TU website. Publications of Barnsdall, wedding anniversary on June 16. (BS ’90) and Wendy’s mother, Oklahoma. This fictional book Marilyn Simms, this spring. They James E. Henshaw (BSBA ’56) depicts the colorful history of attended a military ceremony retired in 1995 after serving in the Oklahoma oil, politics and race held at the Arc de Triomphe to Oklahoma House of relations in the period between honor war veterans and enjoyed Representatives from 1980 to 1994. 1920 and 1970. Much of the action the breathtaking views at He and his wife, Janice, reside in takes place in Tulsa, and some Versailles. Barbara’s daughter, Tulsa. scenes are set on the TU campus. Kathryn Holman Hankins (BS Charles E. Cook (BS ’59) is presi- ’95), son-in-law, Kenny, and 50s dent of Southern Lime of Calera, grandson, Benjamin, welcomed Everett W. Schoonover (BS ’50) Alabama, and lives in Waco, Texas. the travelers home. MarkMark youryour calendarscalendars NOWNOW worked as the director of the pur- He and his wife, Dodie, have been chasing department for Daisy Bob Newell (BSME ’63) will Clint Quarles (BS ’91, MBA ’93) and married for 50 years. They share Manufacturing in Rogers, Arkansas, retire from Shell Chemical his wife, Jackie, celebrated the birth of forfor HomecomingHomecoming 2004,2004, OctoberOctober 10-1610-16 three sons and several grandchil- for 20 years and retired in 1985. Company after 39 years with dren. their fourth child, Abigail Hope, on June This is a wonderful opportunity to remember the “golden” years at TU with family, friends and TU Prior to this position, he served as Shell at seven different locations 23, 2003. She joins her siblings, in Colorado, Texas, Alabama, purchasing agent for Dow 60s Nathanael Lee, eight; Moriah Joyelle, fans. Enjoy the ambiance of ancient Greece and the incredible TU spirit during our week of champi- California, Saudi Arabia, Illinois, Chemical in Tulsa for 19 years. Douglas F. Collins (BA ’61, JD and Louisiana. He and his wife, six; and Jonathan Josiah, three. Clint, ons. Join fellow alumni to support our student-athletes during the Homecoming game and honor TU's Everett finished his degree at TU ’65) has been named chairman of Roxanne, will reside in who works for The Holmes Organisation, finest at the USA-inspired Distinguished Alumni Dinner. Reunions this year include a baseball reunion after serving in the Air Force dur- the board of Collins & Associates, Greensboro, Georgia. is a member of the Alumni Association ing World War II. Today, he Inc. He was previously president of and a Greek reunion for all social fraternities and sororities. The annual Fifty Years or More Reunion resides in Tulsa and enjoys retire- the firm. He is the former national Don Robert Zimmerman (BA Board of Directors and a mentor for the ment. Brunch and college receptions are sure to kindle fond memories of TU. Don't miss the alumni art president of the Institute of Real ’63, MTA ’67) retired after teach- Student Alumni Council. exhibit kickoff and reception, as well as the young alumni event mid-week. A calendar of events will Donald C. Ross (BS ’51) will Estate Management, president of ing at The University of Tulsa be included in an upcoming issue of the alumni magazine and will be available online this summer at graduate in May 2004 at the age of Greater Tulsa Association of from 1967 to 1997. Prior to www.utulsa.edu/alumni. Don't miss this "golden" opportunity to celebrate the champion in all of us! TUwinter2004 25 notes teaching at TU, he taught elemen- Victoria Scovel Harris (BS ’66) Steve Turnbo (BA ’67) was hon- Thomas W. Wood, Jr., professor of own success story at TU. He is a Ed Roth (BS ’77) opened a Merry Presidents’ Organization (YPO) tary education at Riverview and works for Cameron Hospital in ored by the Tulsa Region of the journalism and history at TU. She TU Distinguished Alumnus. Maids franchise serving Rockland European Regional Chairman for Lanier schools. Since the 2001 Indiana as a marketing assistant. National Conference for is a writer, photographer and local County, New York. He and his 2003-2005. He began this position Ronald S. Lieberman (JD ’72) is spring semester, Don has been She credits TU for providing a cre- Community and Justice for his historian living in Tulsa and Salem, wife, Susan, reside in New York in July. an associate with the Law Offices of class teaching activity classes at TU as ative environment and fondly long-time work. Steve was NCCJ Missouri. Phyllis is an author, jour- City. Glantz & Glantz, P.A., in Torie Vandeven (MS ’80) drills an adjunct instructor. His classes recalls broadcasting classes with board chairman in 1992 and 1993 nalist and former college English Plantation, Florida. He will serve as Michael Wortham (BS ’78) and his wells in the Anadarko Basin in include tennis, racquetball, and Edward Dumit. Victoria and her and continues as an executive com- instructor, now residing in Broken editor-in-chief of the Rotary wife, Beverly, have relocated to Central Oklahoma and lives in the bowling. Don’s daughter, Michelle husband, James Harris, reside in mittee member. Arrow, Oklahoma. She continues to District 6990 newsletter for the Moscow with BP, where he is Rockies. Zimmerman (BA ’95, MA ’01), Angola, Indiana. write and speak about Oklahoma D. Ronald “Ron”Reneker (BA third straight year. District 6990 responsible for development and resides in Kansas City. playwright and poet, Lynn Riggs, James “Jim” W. Aitkenhead (BS Maureen VanDyke Holloway (BA ’68) has practiced law in Dallas serves 49 Rotary Clubs in Broward, execution of gas projects in Russia who was the subject of her first ’81) is the district sales manager for Louise Parke Dickey (BM ’64) ’66) published a book, Women since he graduated from the Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties for the new Joint Venture between biography, Haunted by Home. She Hypertherm, Incorporated, a leader performed in the 11th Annual Aging Well, in 2002. The 84-page University of Texas School of Law and Grand Bahamas Island. Ronald BP and the Russian Oil company also contributed to the 2003 in laser and plasma cutting technol- Chamber Music Festival of Estes volume tells the stories of 12 in 1971. He is a partner in the law has served the district as assistant TNK. Their oldest son, Justin, is a anthology, The Cherokee Night and ogy. He is on the Jenks City Park, Colorado, on September 26 Louisiana women and was featured firm of Craddock Reneker and governor and is past president of junior at TU pursuing an MIS Other Plays by Lynn Riggs. Council and serves as a trustee of with colleagues in the American in the Baton Rouge Advocate news- Davis LLP, of which he was a the Rotary Club of Miami degree and their son, Ross, is a the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks. Chamber Players. Louise is a paper. founder. During his 32-year career, William Joseph Carl III (BS ’70) Dadeland Pinecrest. sophomore in international studies founding member and artistic the primary emphasis of Ron’s prac- served as a visiting fellow at New at the University of North Texas. Rhoda Baker (BS ’82) works at Marylea Walker Byrd (JD ’67) Theodore Stanzel (MS ’72) is director of the Chamber Music tice has been business litigation. He College, Oxford University. He Friends can contact Michael at The University of Oklahoma retired on February 1 after 35 years president of Victor Stanzel Society of Estes Park, which spon- also serves as an expert witness in preached and lectured at both [email protected]. National Resource Center for with the federal government, Company, a model aircraft toy sors world-class chamber ensembles the areas of professional responsi- Cambridge and Oxford. A former Youth Services and is a Mary Kay including 31 years at Housing and manufacturing business. The busi- Mark Abbott (BS ’79, MBA ’85) in recitals. The society also pro- bility and attorneys fees. He is an university and seminary professor, Independent Consultant. She vol- Schnea Bates (BA ’97, MA ’00) mar- Urban Development. She continues ness was founded by brothers and his wife, Terri Headrick vides coaching, lessons and oppor- arbitrator with the American he has been senior pastor of First unteers for Vintage Magazine as a to reside in Columbia, Maryland, Victor and Joseph Stanzel in 1929. Abbott (BS ’79) live in Bartlesville, ried Bobby Nealy Jr. on June 7 at tunities for performance to the stu- Arbitration Association and is a fre- Presbyterian Church in Dallas for restaurant review columnist. Rhoda and hopes to travel and to volun- The brothers designed, manufac- where Mark is director of utility Antioch Baptist Church in Tulsa. TU dents of Estes Valley. quent speaker at continuing legal the past 20 years. and her husband, Donald, reside in teer for her special charities, tured and marketed model airplanes operations for ConocoPhillips. alumni who participated in the wedding education programs. In addition, Tulsa. James C. Lang (JD ’64) was including Hospice of Howard Mary Snider (MA ’71) retired to the hobbyists and toy airplanes Terri is a sensory analyst for 21st were Erica Crossley-Walker (BS ’99), Ron was featured in Texas Super awarded the Maurice Merrill County. from Bartlesville Public Schools for children. The Stanzel Family Sensory. They have two children. Mary Lhevine (BS ’82) is a retired Lawyers 2003, a joint publication of Lula Adams-Handy (BS ’03) and Golden Quill Award at the after teaching orchestra for 32 Foundation, which was established Lauren is a freshman at TU, and independent investment advisor. Bill Derrevere (BS ’67, MA ’69), Texas Monthly and Law and Politics Kimberley Gafrey (BSBA ’02). The November 13 meeting of the years. She continues to teach pri- by Victor and Joseph in 1989, pro- Alan is a junior at Bartlesville High She volunteers as a math tutor in his wife, Harriet Koons magazines. Ron and his wife, Cathy, couple lives in Tulsa. Oklahoma Bar Association. This vate cello lessons in Tulsa and vides educational opportunities in School. the Tulsa Public Schools. She and Derrevere (BS ’69) and their son, have been married for 25 years. award is given each year to recog- Bartlesville and is a member of the the form of renewable scholarships her husband, Dr. George W. Brett, displayed artwork in the They have a son, Ash, 20, and a James J. Barlow (BS ’79) is a for- nize the author of the highest qual- Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra. to high school seniors from the Schnetzer III, reside in Tulsa. exhibit, “The Derrevere Exhibit: daughter, Tori, 16. mer coach and teacher. He and his ity article published that year in the Mary and her husband, Steve Weimar and Schulenburg, Texas Three Styles, One Family,”at the wife, Jeanette, reside in Tulsa. Carol Teresa Lynn Phillips (BFA Oklahoma Bar Journal. James and Beverly Kitterman (BS ’69) retired Snider (BM ’71), were presented school districts. The Stanzel model Tulsa Community College ’82) earned second place in her his wife, Sharon Corbitt (JD ’82) from American Airlines in July and with the “Builder of the aircraft museum is a Foundation Charles Kemnitz (BA ’79, MA ’81) Southeast Campus student gallery division in sparring at the World reside in Tulsa. bought a home in Copan, Stars”award by the Bartlesville entity developed in 1998. It con- is the director of the technical com- in January and February. The Kuk Sool Association martial arts Oklahoma, for her niece and sister. Allied Arts and Humanities tains 30 exhibits of model airplanes munications program at Penn Charlotte DeGarmo Hughes (BA exhibit featured pewter pieces and a tournament. Those who remember Council in recognition of their ser- and amusement rides designed over College, a Penn State campus, in ’65) was elected to lead the St. series of assemblages from Bill, Bill Mueller (BS ’69) has formed Carol from college days will recall vice and lifetime achievements the past 70 years by the Stanzel Williamsport, Pennsylvania. For the Petersburg chapter of the Harley watercolors from Harriet, and line Antlers Exploration with a partner. that anything athletic was the fur- teaching instrumental music in the brothers. past decade, he has been publishing Owners Group for 2004. Charlotte drawings, collage/assemblage Antlers will focus on generating and thest thing from her mind. Her public schools. Steve has retired extensively. His nonfiction has and her husband, Dennis V. hybrids and other artwork by Brett. drilling exploration prospects in the Jim Rodgers (BS ’73) and his son, eight-year-old son, Keegan Taylor, but continues to teach private clar- appeared in New Millennium Hughes (BS ’66), enjoy frequent Bill is an assistant professor of art Permian Basin and South Chad (BSBA ’99), have completed a tied for fourth place in his division inet and bass clarinet lessons in Writing, Northwest Review, and River bike rides together. Charlotte rides at Tulsa Community College. Louisiana. Offices will be in restoration of the Cain’s Ballroom. in techniques at the same world Bartlesville, Glenpool, Skiatook Teeth. He has been awarded one of a black 2003 Anniversary Road Harriet is an adjunct instructor of Midland, Texas, where he and his Jim purchased the ballroom in tournament. and Sapulpa. the six National Endowment for the King, and Dennis rides a red 2004 art at Tulsa Community College wife, Ann Brooke Sloss (’69) 2002, and Chad runs the business. Arts Literature Fellowships in cre- Jane Hilderbrand-Johnson (BS Road King. and former instructor and assistant reside, and Lafayette, Louisiana. C. Randall Eslick (BS ’72) is the The Cain’s Ballroom was founded ative nonfiction for 2004-2005. The ’83) and her husband, Curtis M. to the director at Philbrook Art owner of Eslick Design Associates, in 1924 and is celebrating its 80th Ira Phillips (BA ’65) received the literature fellowship recognizes his Johnson (JD ’91) live in Tulsa and Center. 70s Incorporated. He and his wife, year in operation. Magnolia Silver Award given by the work on a book-length exploration celebrated their son, Wyatt’s fourth Phyllis Cole Braunlich (BS ’70, Ann, share children Kristin, Jay and Jeffrey Rudd (BS ’01) and Michael City of Shanghai, China, to resi- Craig L. LaGrone (BS ’67, MS Lynda Dresch (BS ’75) was named of the effects of uranium mining birthday in Disneyland. Jane is a MA ’75) published her second biog- John and stepdaughter Laura. Krupka (BS ’00, MBA ’03) stand in dent foreigners who have con- ’71) is a retired teacher and coach. 2003 Lone Star Elementary during the 1950s and ’60s on the manager at Baker and Associates, raphy, Stone Pillows: An American Randy was a baseball letterman at tributed to the city’s development. He collects antique toy cars, planes Teacher of the Year. She also was a Ute and Navajo nations. The new and Curtis is deputy administrative front of Philadelphia’s famous Geno’s Christian Missionary in the Moslem TU and is a member of the Golden Since 1989, 411 professionals have and coins. Craig and his wife, top six finalist in Region Four for book will be titled, “Seep With law judge for the Oklahoma Cheese Steak one day before participating Land of King Zog. Personal diaries Hurricane Club. in the 10th annual Philadelphia received the medal. In addition to Ellen, reside in Tulsa. They share tell the story of C. T. Erickson and Duval County Public Schools and Yellow Frogs.” Charles and his wife, Corporation Commission. distributing construction equip- three children: Craig, Cammie and Lex Frieden (BS ’72), his wife, was nominated for the Gladys Prior Susan Schuelte Kemnitz (BA ’77), his young family traveling to Susan Mullins Johnson (JD ’83), Marathon. Both Jeff and Michael are ment through his Shanghai Phillips Canon. Joyce, and friend and roommate, Award for Duval County. reside in Williamsport. Albania in 1908 where they suffered who has served as district judge for actively involved in the TU Alumni Construction Equipment Mac Brodie, were featured in the Sepandar “Frank” Mossadeghi through dangerous wars, invasions, Barry Hargrove (BS ’75) cele- Timothy Cody Raburn (BS ’79, Johnson, Lawrence and Martin Association as members of the Company, Limited, Ira is active in January issue of Family Circle maga- (BA ’67, MA ’69) is the department plagues and exiles, in a European brated his fifth year at Southern BS ’82) moved from Houston to County, Kentucky, since 1992, was Homecoming Committee. Jeff will chair business consulting and has bro- zine. The article describes the trio’s chair at the Palm Beach country 80 percent Moslem and 90 Hills Country Club in February, Omaha, Nebraska, with his wife, elected president of the District kered exchanges of several Chinese interdependence and determination the Bonfire Committee for the second Community College for Education, percent illiterate. Erickson estab- where he serves as director of horti- Marna White (BS ’84). He is vice Judges Association of Kentucky. and Oklahoma delegations, includ- as they worked together to over- time this year. Jeff works for MAI Economics, and Social Sciences. lished the first Albanian-American culture. His daughter, Erin president of gas and power for She previously served as secretary ing one led by former Oklahoma come the obstacles of their individ- Investment Management Consultants. He has three daughters, a son and school of Agriculture and Domestic Phillips, graduated from TU this ConocoPhillips. and vice-president of the associa- Governor Frank Keating. Ira is a ual handicaps. Lex also applauds three grandchildren: Alexandra, Sciences. Assisting Phyllis as editor December. His son is a sophomore tion. She also serves as chief Michael began a new position with T. D. major partner in Twin Gates TU’s treatment of handicapped stu- Phillip and Brian. for this biography was Deloris at the University of Arkansas, and 80s regional district judge for the Williamson, Incorporated this winter. Development, Incorporated. dents in the article and recounts his Gray Wood (BS ’73), widow of Dr. his twins are freshmen at UCO in Ekin Ozker (BS ’80) has been Mountain Region, which encom- Edmond. elected to the position of Young passes 22 counties. Susan and her

26 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 27 notes husband, Gary, live in Paintsville, Rebekah, and their three children: improvement strategist at Shell’s Erin were married June 22, 2002. Hicks (BS ’94) O’Leary had their at KJRH Channel 2 in Tulsa. Kentucky with their son, Cody. Cameron, four, and Rayna and Deer Park Chemical Plant. She and Joseph is employed at Citizens first child, Keeley Shaye, on Angela was the recipient of the Their oldest son, Shane, lives in Zachery who are 2-1/2-year-old her husband, Ron, reside in the Bank in Sales and Service. September 29. She weighed six 2003 Heartland and Regional Austin, Texas, with his wife, fraternal twins. Sam works for Houston area with their children, pounds and 13 ounces. Emmy Award for Best Jeri Ramey-Beeler (BS ’93) is a class Kristine, and sons Cade and Reece. Helzberg Diamonds and has been Kasey, six, and Kristopher, two. Morning/Midday show. The award board certified anesthesiologist Amy Whinery Osborne (BSBA in the jewelry industry since 1993. was presented to KJRH in Denver Trudy Lewis (BA ’83) is an associ- Matt (JD ’92) and Jenny with Associated Anesthesiologists, ’94, JD ’97) has been approved as a Matthew Pepper (BS ’00) and Tracy on October 18. ate professor for the University of John C. James (BSBA ’90) and his Ossenkop Hudspeth (BS ’92) cel- Incorporated at Saint Francis CPA by the North Carolina State Arnold (BS ’02) were married June 7 Missouri. Her short story collec- wife, Amy Radcliff (MA ’94), had ebrated the birth of triplet girls, Hospital in Tulsa. Jeri’s husband, Board of CPA Examiners. She will Ken (BS ’95) and Dana at the St. Philip Neri Newman Center tion, The Bones of Garbo, won the twins on June 6. Their names are Keely Jean, Sophie Tate, and Alix Jim Beeler (BS ’88), is the owner continue her law practice in general Champagne (BS ’95) Tucker are at TU. The couple honeymooned in Sandstone Prize in Short Fiction John Edward “Jack” and Abigail Olivia, on November 9th. The girls of Bee Pak, Incorporated. The cou- legal services including representa- the proud parents of Megan Rae, Colorado, then spent the summer volun- and was published by the Ohio Grace “Abby.” John is a partner join their big sister, seven-year-old ple resides in Mounds, Oklahoma. tion of employees in workers’ com- born on April 28, 2003. Ken has teering in Guatemala. On the day the State University Press in July 2003. with James and Associates in Tulsa. Madison. pensation and employment security worked for Match.com, the world’s Christian J. Dietz, former TU Trudy and her husband, Mike commission hearings and appeals, leading Internet personals site since couple returned to the U.S., a storm hit Barbara Barnard Moore (BA ’90) Sandra Logan (BSN ’92) has student in ’93, just opened a resort, Barrett have two sons, Eddie, six, business formation and documenta- 2001 and was promoted to manager Nashville and a tree landed on top of “graduated” from the employment worked at five hospitals in her Long Caye Island Resort, in Belize, and Jude, four. tion, complex business transactions, of Internet engineering. their car. The “bride” paint was left world in May. She is enjoying her nursing career. In addition to her Central America. mergers & acquisitions, procure- Mary Jo Bowman (BA ’84, JD ’87) free time at home and pursuing busy schedule, she enjoys the com- Scott Zenthoefer (BME ’95, MA untouched on the passenger window! Robbi L. McDaniel-Hardesty (BS ment and maintenance of tax- and her husband, Jim, celebrated neglected interests. pany of 15 grandchildren. ’98) is a teacher in the Broken ’93) and her husband, Kent, cele- exempt status, drafting and review the beautiful wedding of their Arrow Public Schools. He is a Leigh Ann Runyard Stockard Kim Neafus (BS ’92) and her hus- brated the birth of their daughter, of contracts and leases, representa- lovely daughter, Jamie. They are in director of the Tulsa Youth Chorale (BSBA ’90) has been promoted to band, Christopher, celebrated the Kendall Renee, on October 1, tion of clients before the IRS and Susan Bellinghausen Cyrus (BFA the process of remodeling their and has been elected as president of vice president, meetings at the birth of their first child, Nathaniel 2001. Robbi joined Southwest the North Carolina Department of home in Huntington Beach, and the board for the Tulsa Oratorio ’93), feature page designer for The American Heart Association Hunter Wayne Neafus on Airlines in April 2002 and works at Revenue, representation of clients Mary says that they now realize that Chorus. Tulsa World, was named one of 10 National Center in Dallas. Leigh September 15. the corporate headquarters in before the tax court, preparation of between the wedding and their 2004 Memory Makers Masters. The Ann and her husband, Paul (JD Dallas. trusts, estates and wills, probate Scott Azar (BSPE ’96) works for remodeling costs, they can never Robert B. Pyle (BA ’92) retired ’92) have two children, Amanda and administration, and collections. She ChevronTexaco as a drilling engi- scrapbooking magazine will feature retire! However, Mary Jo makes from the United States Naval Jeff Leinen, former student, com- Julia. also has become an associate direc- neer in the Gulf of Mexico and is Susan’s scrapbook pages throughout the frequent business trips, which she Reserve in 1981 after 22 years of pleted his fifth season with the tor at Truliant Federal Credit based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Scott year including the page of her father claims is almost like taking exotic Rene Bassett Butler (BA ’91) and service. He volunteers his time in Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was Union, which is headquartered in and his wife, Kelsey Lanie (BS ’98) vacations. her husband, Tracy Butler, are the Mayor’s Citizen Corps as a promoted to director of ticketing that will be the cover of Memory Winston-Salem. have a new daughter, Isabella pleased to announce the birth of course manager and instructor in and luxury suite relations, oversee- Makers’ May/June 2004 issue. Jim Heinlein (BSEE ’84) obtained Nicole, and a three-year-old their son, Nathaniel, on September the Community Emergency ing the operation of the team’s Kate (Seney) Burch (BA ’95) and his Professional Engineer’s registra- daughter, Madison Zay. 22. He joins his three-year-old sis- Response Program. He is active in ticket office, customer service her husband, Wayne, had a baby tion this year. ter, Kathryn. Rene is an attorney at his church, Presbyterian Church department, premium seating and girl, Ashton Lila Jae, on July 31. Scott Holder (BSBA ’96) com- Tracy Lane Sparkman (BSBA ’92) John Harvey III (BA ’85) was pro- Bassett Law Office in Wood River, USA, and is a member of the TU luxury suite departments. The family lives in Norman, pleted his MBA at Oklahoma State moted to general manager in the Illinois. Heritage Committee. Oklahoma. University. Scott and his wife, and her husband, Mark, welcomed the Andrew D. Schwartzkopf (BSBA BP Amoco Texas office. Shari, had their first child, Lauren birth of their second child, Jackson Lane Todd Wisdom (BSBA ’91) is with Joseph Solomey (JD ’92) is assis- ’93, JD ’97) married Maria C. Joanna M. Grist (BS ’95, MS ’97) Elizabeth, on August 8. Scott works last May. Jack weighed eight pounds and Jane Vander Linden (BA ’87) is the Tulsa-based accounting firm of tant chief counsel for Hazardous Afflack on June 7 in St. Louis. The married Michael F. Lawson on at MCI in the billing quality assur- engaged to Colonel Scott West, Tullius, Taylor, Sartain and Sartain. Materials Safety and Emergency best man was Dr. Joshua E. November 1 at Tarp Chapel and nine ounces, and his parents guess that ance group where he develops and United States Air Force. In January 2002, he was promoted Transportation Law for the Petrikin (BS ’93). Ushers were for- Gardens in Broken Arrow, he’ll be a TU offensive lineman in about implements audit strategies and to audit partner in charge of the Department of Transportation. He mer TU students, Jefferson and Oklahoma. 18 years! Jack has an older sister, Emily Debbie L. St. Peter Mooney (BA manages billing projects. Fayetteville office. Todd and his manages a group of attorneys who Lincoln Roblee. Other TU alumni Grace, who is now four. Tracy is working ’89) was voted building Teacher of Stephanie Simon Lancia (BA ’95) wife, Janice, have been married for are the department’s lead hazardous in attendance included Richard Derek (BSBA ’96) and Crystal the Year for the 2003-04 school and her husband, Paul, celebrated as a claims specialist for State Farm and 11 years and have two children: materials safety prosecutors and Gotsch (BA ’98) and Kara Horton Renee Perry (BS ’95) Icenhour year at Union Intermediate High the birth of their son, Alexander has been with the company since graduat- daughter, Reilly, five, and son, also serves as the department’s lead (JD ’98) announce the birth of their daugh- School in Broken Arrow. She is eli- Simon Lancia, in May. ing from TU. The Sparkman family Jackson, one. They reside in attorney on emergency transporta- ter, Isabella Renee, who was born Kara Godbehere (BA ’02) and gible to become District Teacher of Kelly Durkee-Erwin (MTA ’94) Springdale, Arkansas. tion law related to hazardous mate- J. Bryant Mueller (BSME ’95) is a on December 6. lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas. the Year, which will be announced was married in August 1999 to Jason Goodwin were married rials and non-hazardous materials business development manager for in the spring. She teaches ninth Doug Wright (BSBA ’91) is the tax Massachusetts native, Everett Julie Wahouske Lees (BS ’96) and September 27 at First Wesleyan safety issues covering all modes of the Geoquest Production and grade English. This is her fifth year manager at Wiltel Communications Erwin. In 2002, they welcomed the her husband, Jason, celebrated the Church in Bartlesville. TU alumnae transportation. Drilling Division of Schlumberger. teaching public school and her fifth for the Tax/Business Incentives birth of their son, Cameron Daniel birth of their daughter, Elizabeth In 2003, he was elected to receive who participated in the wedding year at Union. Group. His group oversees the eco- Michael P. White (BS ’92) is sta- Erwin. Kelly took a year off of Spencer, in September. Julie is the Young Member Outstanding included Angela Sigley (BS ’02), nomic incentive programs that help tioned with the U.S. Army at the work to stay home with their son working as the chief resident in Merylann Schuttloffel (MA ’89, Service Award for the Society of Amy Bueno (BS ’03), and Patty Wiltel reduce and eliminate their Defense Language Institute in and begins work part-time soon. pediatrics at the University of PhD ’92) directs the Catholic Petroleum Engineers. He has been Hill (BS ’01). Current TU students tax exposure in the areas of sales Monterey, California, where he is Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Leadership Programs and Donna Monique Colleen Loomis elected president of the 11,000- tax, income tax, and property tax. studying Dari, one of the two offi- Kaci Godbehere and Jennifer Education Administration Programs (BA ’94) completed her Ph.D. member Houston Chapter of the Chris Lopp (BSBA ’96, MBA ’99) He started a new consulting busi- cial languages of Afghanistan. Mike Wynn were members of the wed- at The Catholic University of degree in Human Services Society for Petroleum Engineers and his wife, Jennifer Garrett ness — Strategic Solutions Group, will then go to San Angelo, Texas, ding party also. Following a honey- America in Washington, D.C. She Psychology in 2001 at the for 2005. Bryant is married to (BSBA ’98, MBA ’00) celebrated Incorporated — to assist Oklahoma for additional training before head- has presented at many national and University of Maryland-Baltimore Bridget Heist (BA ’95). The cou- the birth of a son, Matthew moon to Cancun, Mexico, the couple businesses reduce their tax ing overseas. international conferences including County and two years of post-doc- ple resides in Houston. Christopher, on September 1. established their home in Bartles- exposure. Sydney, Australia, and Prague. Joseph J. August (BA ’93) and his torate work at VA/Stanford ville, but plan on moving to Boulder, Robert G. Neuman (BSChE ’95) Mark Luitwieler (BSBA ’96) is the Merylann and her husband, Marvin, Mindy Diehl Yount (BSChE ’91) wife, Erin, are proud to announce University Medical Centers. She is and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed CEO and co-owner of Global Colorado in May. Kara is attending reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. moved from a 12-year position with the birth of their daughter, Kaitlyn working as assistant professor of their first child, Michael Lucas, Fitness, Incorporated and Joe The University of Tulsa College of Shell’s oil products business to Shell Nicole, on January 6 at 2:13 a.m. psychology at Wilfrid Laurier into the world on September 10. Smoothie in Tulsa. Global Fitness Law. 90s Chemical. In June, she moved to an Kaitlyn weighed seven pounds and University in Ontario, Canada. is a 14,000-square-foot upscale Sam Agha (BSBA ’90) lives in assignment as performance was 20 inches long. Joseph and Angela G. Rogers (BS ’95) is a Andrea Clark (BS ’01) is engaged to Josh (BSME ’94) and Jennifer adult fitness club. Joe Smoothie is a Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, director for 2News Today/Midday Christopher Whittington. The wedding is scheduled to take place at Harwelden Mansion in Tulsa on May 29. 28 TUwinter2004 TUwinter2004 29 notes shop that sells low carbohydrate, low contract work for Star Speech Therapy. clerking for the Honorable Maurice In Memoriam fat, and high protein smoothies and Paul, U.S. District Court Judge for Ruth G. Hardman Mike Metcalf (MBA ’97) served as nutritional supplements. Mark and his the Northern District of Florida. Jeannine L. Babin (BA ’51), September. Homecoming chair for the 2003 Giving was a family heritage that wife, Michelle Granum (BSBA ’95) Homecoming week. He and the Lisa Ross Slicznotka (BA ’99) was Louie Beller (BS ’55), April 15, 2003. pleased Ruth Hardman. She often spoke class welcomed their second daughter, Homecoming Committee orchestrated promoted to senior cardiovascular Trey J. Benear (BS ’00, JD ’03), in January. of the hard physical work on the farm that Mallorie. They also have a seven-year- several exciting events including the specialist for Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Gregory Allan Binford (BS ’74, BS ’77), October 22. old daughter named Madison. her Grandfather McFarlin insisted all the Distinguished Alumni Dinner, bonfire, LLC. She resides in Joplin, Missouri, Bill F. Bussey (BS ’57), October 15. children participate in as part of their Finance Grad to Clerk for Rehnquist Cristin Erin Moran (BS ’96) was mar- yard decoration competition, Fifty and Krakow, Poland. Lisa has a Lois Cellos, former TU student,, July 13. grounding in the needs of the real world. ried April 26 in Tulsa to Corey Radloff Years or More Graduate Brunch and daughter named Mathian. The first time I met Ruth, she was sit- by Doug Fishback of Marblehead, Massachusetts. The the Hurricane Alley festivities. New to Frances Coody, former TU student, January 14. Joel Sutliff (BA ’99) was awarded a couple met while attending graduate the Homecoming week was the student Dean Demerritt (BS ’74), December 6. ting in a small class I was teaching on con- Jeff Oldham (BSBA ’00, Finance) built on an Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for school at Rice University. In July, sedan race. Thomas Beason Detjen (BS ’50), January 23. temporary theatre. Perfectly quaffed and outstanding TU career by completing a law degree Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Cristin and Corey defended their groomed, understated, warm, elegant, the Troy Barron (JD ’98) married his wife, his portrayal of George in Sunday in Orville H. Frazier (‘49), January 10. at Northwestern University’s prestigious School of Ph.D.s in chemistry. Now they work as Traci, in May. Fellow TU College of the Park with George. The Joseph Richard E. Gardner, Jr. (JD ’70), November 12. way Ruth looked at me, the way she Law last May. Now he is preparing for one of the National Research Council post-doc- Law alumnus, Scott Bloom (JD ’98) Jefferson Awards recognize outstand- looked out at the world — eyes wide toral fellows at the Air Force Research Lee Gideon (BA ’64), October 7. legal profession’s most interesting jobs: clerking for was part of the wedding party. Troy and ing achievement in Chicago theatre. open, smiling, grateful —was if I, as repre- Lab in Dayton, Ohio. Fred Graham Hawley (BS ’71), November 23. U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Oldham Traci reside in Chicago. Joel has lived in Chicago for three sentative of a world she wished to know Michelle Baron Brenner (BSN ’97) years. Mary B. Hardie (BS ’66), in July. will clerk for Rehnquist from October 2004 through Bryce A. Brimer (MFA ’98) was hired more about, were offering gifts. When, as completed a master’s of science in Helen Lorraine Lauterbach Hathcoat (BS ’40), by Southwestern State University in we all know, it was she who offered and June 2005. nursing from Rutgers University in 00s December 1. Weatherford as a full-time fine arts gave gifts of time, energy and interest as Supreme Court clerks serve in several ways, December. She works as a nurse practi- Christopher Hare (BS ’00) married Judith Ann Bly Helbling (BS ’61, MA ’68), August 9. instructor. Bryce is teaching graphic well as financial support. We were all including summarizing petitions for Supreme Court tioner for New Jersey Spine Center Jean Aydelotte (BA ’00) on June 28 design and enjoying the chance to share Billie E. Dawson Johnson (BS ’50), September 26. while pursuing credentialing as an RN in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Members of always grateful for that genuine interest, review, conducting legal research, and helping to his knowledge of the world of art. He Carol Lynn Leslie (BS ’79, MS ’81), December 24. first assistant. Michelle and her hus- the wedding party were: Erin Hawn for the small blue envelopes that arrived, and his wife, Nicole Nascenzi (BA ’92) prepare opinions. Each Justice has three or four band, Mark, live in Summit, New Anderson, Kent Gooch (BSBA ’01), Mac L. McCrory (BA ’39), December 31. written by hand in her beautiful script, reside in Tulsa. clerks, so the exact mix of duties may vary from Jersey with their children, Josh, six and Melissa Marshall Raasch (BS ’00), Moorman “Mo” Meador (BS ’39), October 9. sharing an insight and usually saying chambers to chambers. Jessica, four. Wende Wells Burt (BA ’98) and her Eric Raasch (BS ’00), Vanessa Sandra Louis Anderson Mriscin (BS ’62), November 8. “thank you” for something that we had husband, Eric, are pleased to announce Richards (BA ’00), and friend, Seth Oldham was a standout at TU, earning TU Scott Gaffen (BA ’97) joined Wells Ralph Ninemire (BA ’54), May 5. done, or raving about one of the winners the birth of their daughter, Madeline Smith. Chris and Jean live in New Fargo Home Mortgages as a home Keith L. Partian (BS ’75), October 27. of the Nimrod/Hardman Awards who had Man of the Year, 2000 Outstanding Finance Major, Alexis who arrived November 20 in Orleans where Chris works for Shell. mortgage consultant after three years particularly touched her heart. and Jess Chouteau Top-10 Senior honors. He repre- Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She Jean is continuing to pursue her doc- Lawrence E. Peck, former student,, October 23. as a consumer lending and mortgage sented TU and Oklahoma as a 1999 Rhodes weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces. torate in music theory from the William C. Pringle (BS ’33), November 2. Now world famous, the awards, which specialist/manager with Beneficial- University of Texas at Austin. reached the 25-year mark in October Scholarship finalist. He minored in political science, Victor E. Ratliff, Sr. (BS ’54), November 6. Household International. His home Matt Bray (BSME ’99) has been 2003, not only benefited individual win- business, Excel/VarTec continues to Kevin Hulsey (BSCE ’02) works for Ronald Ivan Reeder (MS ’72), October 5. completed the certificate program in legal studies, accepted to Columbia University’s law ners of promise and achievement, but also thrive. On the performing front, Scott school in New York City. His wife, ConocoPhillips in Houston in the Ralph H. Scargall (BS ’69), November 4. and was a member of the Honors Program. A var- the thousands of writers and readers who has portrayed Mercer Stevens in Natasha Martin (BS ’99), graduated in Liquefied Natural Gas group and Michael A. Shearer (BS ’64), December 29. sity tennis player, he headed the Student Investment Theatre Tulsa’s, Boy Gets Girl; Lt. Joe spent 11 weeks on his second assign- experienced the workshop and literary May from Oklahoma State University Elsie Hargis Staires (BA ’41), November 9. Fund — all while maintaining a 4.0 grade point Cable in Broken Arrow Playhouse’s College of Osteopathic Medicine in ment in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also dinners because of Ruth’s vision. average. South Pacific with Ernestine Dillard; Tulsa and began a five-year residency in spent the end of March in Trinidad to William P. Sterne, Sr. (BA ’77), August 12. Ruth came to poetry and fiction late in review a new facility. Since graduating from Northwestern, Oldham Rick and Ned in the American Theatre ear, nose and throat surgery in Dennis V. Tesar (BS ’55), August 26. life, not just because of her poet son, Company’s Oklahoma premiere of Bat Philadelphia. Susi Doring (BA ’03) accepted a Ruth Tofield Victor (BA ’34), November 9. Terry, nor just because of the passion of a has been in Charlottesville, Virginia, clerking with Boy: the Musical; Horatio in William Sam Grisham (BSCE ’99) and his wife, Peace Corps assignment to Thailand. Wanda Louise Voight (BA ’67, MA ’69), December 25. teacher who burst into the classroom with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, of the U.S. Court of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Mushnik in Little Vicky, welcomed their new son, Daniel She will work as an education volun- Shop of Horrors; and starred as Bob Robert L. Whitworth (BA ’37), July 2. copies of Nimrod for the students, but Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Blaine, in March. Both Sam and Vicky teer helping Thai teachers implement Cratchit in the 27th annual production James William Wickersham (BS ’38), November 18. because she was open to new interests and Not surprisingly, Supreme Court clerkships are work for Enduro Pipeline Services, new curricula for their students as of A Christmas Carol (after portraying Warren Wilkerson (BS ’47), September 12. experiences. She came to literature Inc., an in-line pipeline inspection com- well as teaching English. highly competitive. During the fall of 2002, Oldham Jacob Marley last year). He also has because of the people she met and grew to pany in west Tulsa. Sam works as a Elizabeth Crosbie Wright, former TU student, applied to all nine Justices. The following June, performed periodically in the 50th research and design engineer aiding in November 30. love for their enthusiasm and shining anniversary season of the Spotlight Rehnquist’s office called with an invitation for an the development of a corrosion detec- Calling All Alumni! promise. Theatre’s weekly production of The tion tool and above ground markers Sue Monk Kidd, who went on to pub- interview with the Chief Justice himself. Drunkard as Harvey Green and por- Share your snapshots — wed- Faculty, Staff and Friends that detect the passage of inspection “A few days after the interview, the Chief trayed Obi Wan Kenobiin a local Star dings, babies, travels, milestones. Edgar A. Albin, former TU professor of art, was hon- lish the best-seller The Secret Life of Bees, tools as they pass through buried Justice’s chambers called and offered me the clerk- Wars fan film titled Three Theories that Please make sure that you are in ored posthumously for his work at Southwestern based on her 1993 Nimrod/ Hardman pipelines. The family resides in will be shown worldwide via the Missouri State University on November 21. He was the prize-winning story, wrote to Ruth: ship. I feel very lucky to have gotten it; it will be a Mannford. the photograph, and that it’s not a Internet. Scott also became a proud “Winning this award means more to me wonderful experience to work there next year,” business portrait. first fine arts educator in the state to receive the presti- uncle for the second time. Linda Hawkins (MBA ’99) established gious Missouri Arts Award from the Missouri Arts than I am able to put into words. Oldham said. a marketing and management consult- E-mail: [email protected] Adam (BA ’97) and Lisa Hollaway Council. Certainly it seems to me a deep affirma- ing firm, Hawkins Investments in 2002. Oldham is keeping his long-term options open. (BS ’95, MS ’97) Marshall celebrated Send photos in the “jpeg” format, Lorene Forshee, TU Dining Services employee, tion of my decision two years ago to fol- He is interested in a private-practice career in the birth of their daughter, Carolyn Jimmy Ray Rock (BA ’99) graduated 300 resolution. January 14. low my heart and turn to fiction.” appellate litigation, as well as working in the U.S. Sophia, on October 22. They now have from Emory University’s joint law-reli- Or mail to: William R. Jewell, friend of TU, June 9. Following her heart and following her Department of Justice. He also is considering teach- a Chi Omega legacy and a future TU gion program in May. As part of the Office of Alumni Relations John Kennedy, TU student, December 10. family tradition is Ruth Hardman’s legacy student. Lisa plans to stay home but ing. program, he completed both his JD and 600 South College Ave. Dewitt L. Potter, friend of TU, January 9. to all of us. will also do some speech pathology master’s of theological studies. He is Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189 Bob Spickelmier, friend of TU, October 5. Francine Ringold Delbert Tonubbee, TU security officer, October 21.

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bookend Recognizing the long-term importance of attracting the best and brightest students to TU, one of the first initiatives of President Bob Lawless was to establish the Presidential Scholarship Program. The program was launched in 1996 with an inaugural class of 39 students who were in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes. ❦ Since its incep- tion, each freshmen class has improved in academic quality, and today 60 percent of TU freshmen represent the top 10 percent of their high school classes. ❦ Completing the endowment, which requires $20 million in funds, will ensure that the program is perpetual. As of last September, when Lawless announced his retirement, the program’s funding was $17.3 million, $2.7 million shy of being fully endowed. At that time, the Board of Trustees decided that a fitting tribute to Bob and Marcy Lawless would be to completely endow the program and name a scholarship in their honor. ❦ Your help is needed. ❦ Gifts of less than $100,000 received by May 31, 2004, will be pooled to establish the Robert W. and Marcy Lawless Presidential Scholarship. Gifts of $100,000 or more allow the donor to have a named Presidential Scholarship. Two trustees have provided a $350,000 challenge to alumni and friends of the University to achieve this goal. ❦ Gifts of all sizes are welcome, and may be paid over a period of three years.

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