INSIDE: New alumni get pinned page 3 VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Tim Burchill ’68 VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING www.smumn.edu Bob Conover DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Meg (Leuer) ’97 Richtman EDITOR Bob Conover Phone: 507-457-1496 Fax: 507-457-6967 [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Donny Nadeau ’85 Bob Conover A. Eric Heukeshoven Meg (Leuer) ’97 Richtman PHOTOGRAPHERS Bob Conover Donny Nadeau ’85 GRAPHIC DESIGN Maria Hoeppner PRODUCTION Katherine (Sheridan) ’80 Sula Pat Beech Pat Fleming Did you know Saint Mary’s has W&C Printing Company one of the largest graduate schools Saint Mary’s Magazine is published by Saint Mary’s University of in Minnesota? Minnesota for its alumni, parents and friends. 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FALL 2003 – VOLUME 37, NUMBER 2 MAGAZINE 5 CAMPUS NEWS John Ehlert named chairman of Saint Mary’s board of trustees … Cardinal ‘M’ Club working for student athletes … Three SMU retirees recognized … and more! 11 A WIN-WIN-WIN SITUATION Coach, autistic child and students benefit from in-home program. 13 SMU ALUMNI POWER 11 SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL Saint Mary’s alums share in the mission of the San Miguel Middle School in Minneapolis. 16 SMU ON THE WWW Click and buy: E-commerce comes to SMU website. 17 SPORTS NEWS Spring sports … Biebel resigns … Wiltgen honored … Nordic skiing program ends. 13 20 ALUMNI NEWS 21 SAINT MARY’S CONVENTION Hundreds attend the debut of Saint Mary’s Convention Chicago. A Twin Cities Convention is planned for Fall 2004. 25 HOMECOMING 2003 Alumni gather to golf, gallop and reminisce … Class of 1953 celebrates 50th anniversary. 26 ALUMNI AWARDS Five honored at the June Homecoming celebration. 21 27 CLASS NOTES Alumni news, weddings, births and deaths. 35 LOOKING BACK ON THE COVER 36 ANNUAL REPORT NOW Saint Mary’s University went on the road last spring. AVAILABLE ONLINE Saint Mary’s Convention Chicago attracted hundreds of Chicago-area alumni, potential students and their Find out how you can view the 2002-03 annual families. Greeting convention attendees are the Saint Mary’s cardinal mascot and Brother Kevin Junk, FSC, of report online. the university relations staff. Editor’sLETTERS Page and who often had his meals with us in the dining hall. In his wildest dreams he could not have foreseen the scope of the institution for which he planted the seeds. But I digress (a habit of us oldsters). Thanks for your interest and keep up the good work. P.S. In my day Saint Mary’s used the phrase “Built on a beautiful bluff.” Cynics were known to add “and run on the same principle.” – Robert Donahue ’27 EDITOR’S NOTE: See Mr. Donahue’s complete letter regarding historical inaccuracies at A reflection on smumn.edu/magazine. CAMPUS the growth of Saint Mary’s RESOURCES Congratulations WEBSITE Thank you for your response to my www.smumn.edu letter detailing scraps of Saint on previous issue Mary’s ancient history. I have no Congratulations on the fine edition ALUMNI ASSOCIATION objection to its use in a future issue. of Saint Mary’s Magazine 507-457-1499 It may give some readers a glimpse celebrating 90 years. I specifically Fax: 507-457-6697 of a Saint Mary’s far removed from loved the numbered items listed in Toll-free: 800-635-5987, Ext. 1499 the one they knew. the outside margins. Two of my [email protected] A few years ago on a visit to brothers, Joseph (Joe) and James my home town of nearby St. (Jimmy) attended Saint Mary’s and I ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Charles, I spent a few memorable am a ’51 graduate. Many of Jimmy’s 507-457-1579 hours at Terrace Heights. Gary children attended or graduated [email protected] Klein arranged a personally from Saint Mary’s. I’m very proud www.sports.smumn.edu conducted tour of all the facilities – to be a graduate of Saint Mary’s a real eye-opener. It produced many and of the Christian Brothers for CAMPUS INFORMATION thoughts and impressions. what they have accomplished. 507-457-1585 One was of the spaciousness of I just had to attend in 2001 the the campus – so much open space. Homecoming weekend for our class UNIVERSITY RELATIONS I contrasted this with the cramped reunion to see all the changes. It is 507-457-6647 grounds at Boston College, where I amazing. 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[email protected] 2 SAINT MARY’S MAGAZINE FALL 2003 Campus Notes Campus News Brother Louis Since he entered the Christian Brother Louis’ diversified honored by Brothers in 1968, Brother Louis background makes him a uniquely has performed research, published qualified expert on the topic of Passionists with books and authored articles on the integrating religion, faith and elite Catholic topics of the separation of church finance. Among other private education award from state, religion from politics, enterprise functions, he has served and business from spirituality. Brother President Louis on the board of directors of The Brother Louis argues that such DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D., was Galaxy Funds — which manages divisions are obsolete and counters honored by the Passionist religious mutual funds with collective assets that with proper understanding of $20 billion — from 1986 to the community with its 2003 Catholic within the Church, the power of the present. Previous to his work at Education Award at a New York financial world can be a dynamic SMU, Brother Louis served as both City ceremony last summer. tool. Previous winners of the annual Since assuming the presidency founder and chairman of Christian Passionist awards include Sen. of SMU in 1984, Brother Louis has Brothers Investment Services, Inc., Elizabeth carried out several initiatives that an investment advisory company Dole, former have put his vision into action, that manages assets of more than Oklahoma including dramatic expansion of $3 billion. Governor Saint Mary’s Winona campus Frank physical plant; a tenfold increase in Keating, endowment; formal launch of the General School of Graduate and Special Barry Programs, which today offers 30 McCaffrey, programs – 25 of which are author Mary administered through the Higgins university’s Twin Cities campus; Clark and former FBI Director and a renewed commitment to Louis J. Freeh. values and ethics in higher The Passionist awards education. Brother Louis completes recognize public figures who have his final term as president of SMU helped bridge the gap between in May 2005. His 21-year tenure religious and secular life. Brother will be the longest of any SMU Saint Mary’s Louis was honored for his service president, and three times the reports enrollment to the Catholic Church and to the national average for all university for 2003-04 Christian Brothers, as well as the presidents. time and gifts he has devoted to Official 10th-day-of-class statistics A celebrated educator, scholar, Catholic education. this fall at the Saint Mary’s Winona author, lecturer and executive, campus showed a total undergradu- ate enrollment of 1,357. That number includes 1,282 New alumni full-time Winona-campus under- get pinned! graduates — among the university’s This year, each member of the class five highest counts — and 75 part- of 2003 was presented with an time and non-degree-seeking stu- SMU alumni lapel pin during the dents.