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This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Whitworth University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Whitworth Alumni Magazine by an authorized administrator of Whitworth University. w H I T w o R NHISBASEBALL-PLAYINGDAYS, IPaul Merkel, '44, started as an out- fielder, moved to first base, and finally settled down at his favorite position, catcher. If} liked catching," he says. "I liked seeing the whole field in front of me." 0 Paul Merkel mastered the catcher's skills - learning to "call" a game, cueing the pitcher, moving the players around, trying to anticipate the opponent's next offensive move - and applied them during his career as Whitworth's baseball coach. In the years between 1957 and 1978, he led his Bucs to many winning seasons and to 1960'sNAIAnational championship. o If Paul's baseball honors were laid end to end, they'd stretch from here to Cooperstown. A member of four halls of fame, he is also a recipient of the prestigious NAIA Award of Merit for Baseball; and earlier this year he was honored with the NAIA's inaugural Robert C. Smith Achievement Award. o At 74, Paul Merkel has been at Whitworth for most of the past 57 years. And during that time as student- athlete, coach, faculty member and athletics director, he has helped make Whitworth Athletics the thriving en- terprise it is today. He "retired" in 1990, but he's still an integral part of the col- lege community. Wander out to the baseball field - Merkel Field, of course - on a wann spring afternoon, and you'll find him there, intent on the game, marking stats, seeing the whole field in front of him. W H T W o R T H

COVER STORY 14 SOUTH AFRICA'S SEASONS - A Whitworth College professor leads a group of students back to his homeland to take stock of the promise and problems of apartheid's aftermath.

FEATURES 20 A REVISED SCRIPT - After a freak accident and spinal cord injury four years ago, doctors gave Tim Hornor a one-in-1 0,000 chance of ever moving a muscle again. This month he'll walk across the Spokane Opera House stage to receive his diploma.

22 MORE THAN A PROFESSION - Filling an educational niche all its own, Whitworth's Certification for Ministry program combines theory and practice to prepare students to "honor God, follow Christ, and serve humanity."

DEPARTMENTS

2 EDITOR'S NOTE AND CALENDAR 3 WHITWORTH NEWS 10 SPORTS 12 IN THE WORLD 13 PRESIDENTS REPORT 24 BOOKSHELF 25 ALUMNI BULLETIN BOARD 27 CLASS NOTES

Cover photo by Stephen Brashear, '97

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 EDITORS 'NOTE

WH TWORTH In about two weeks we're going to ask We will ask you what you like, and don't many of you who receive Whitworth To- like, about Whitworth Today. We'll ask day to do us a favor. About 1,000 read- you what you would like to see more of, TODAY ers will receive a survey ask- as well as what puts you to ing what you think about the sleep. magazine. As I mentioned before, this Editor Tim Wolf For those of us who put 1DDAY survey will reach the homes together this magazine each and businesses of about 1,000 Associate Editor semester, this survey repre- Whitworth Today readers. That Sports Editor sents a very important step in , amounts to a little more than Terry Rayburn Mitchell, '93 a process. This summer, we 5 percent of the magazine's will redesign the look of circulation. Given a decent Graphic Designers Whitworth Today, and your • response rate, that quantity Su Chism opinions about what kinds of news and will be enough to give us some statisti- Arvitn Mott Anna Beard, '98 information you would like to see in the cally valid insights into what readers magazine will help us do a better job of want from Whitworth Today. But even if Student Photographers that. Our goal is quite simple: to give you're not included in our survey Christopher Woods, '97 you the best alumni magazine around. sample, I would like to extend to you a Carrie Wasser, '98 As with the staff of any other news- warm invitation to send me your com- paper, magazine or other periodical, we ments about Whitworth Today. Please Editorial Intern are always asking ourselves two primary send comments to Tim Wolf, editor, Liana Tanncsen, '98 questions: What do our readers want to Whitworth Today, Whitworth College, know about Whitworth College, and 300 W. Hawthorne Road, Spokane, WA, Contributors Gordon Jackson what do OUf readers need to know about 99251-3102, or send them via e-mail to Laura Bloxham, '69 Whitworth? Too often our answers to [email protected]. those questions are based on little more I hope you enjoy this issue of Editorial Board than our own editorial hunches and Whitworth Today, and I hope you'll let Elsa Disrelhorsr notions of what a good alumni maga- us know how we can make this a better Linda Hunt zine should offer its readers. This survey magazine. Dolly Jackson, '92 will provide important information so Gordon Jackson that we can send you a better magazine. Fred Pfursich Tammy Reid, '60 The survey will cover a wide variety Tad Wisenor, '89 of information, but it is designed so that Florence Young it will take only a few minutes to fill out. Administration

President William P. Robinson

CALENDAR Director of Publications and News Services Tim Wolf May 18: Commencement at the Spo- July 20: Retirement Celebration for kane Opera House. Dale Bruner. Call (509) 466-3799 or 1- 800-532-4668 for information. June 8-14: Elderhostel I. Call (509) Spring/Summer 1997, Vol. 66, No.2 466-3291 for information. July 21-26: Whitworth Institute of Min- istry. Call (509) 466-3291 for informa- Whitworth Today magazine is published twice June 13-15: Early '50s Alumni Reunion annually by Whitworth College, tion. for classes of 1950, '51, '52, '53, '54. Spokane. Washington. Call (509) 466-3799 or 1-800-532- August 22: Whitworth Alumni Night Send address changes to 4668 for information. with the Mariners in Seattle. Call (509) Whitworth College, 466-3799 or 1-800-532-4668 for infor- 300 West Hawthorne Road, June27-29: Alumni 25-YearReunionfor Spokane, WA 99251-3102. ciasses of 1971, '72, and '73. Call mation. (509) 466-3799 or 1-800-532-4668 for September 3: Fall classes begin. information. October 11-12: Homecoming Week- July 6-12: Eiderhosteili. Call(509) 466- end. For more information, call the 3291 for information. Alumni Office at (509) 466-3799 or 1- 800-532-4668.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 2 WHITWORTH NEWS

~ Whitworth to begin construction of Phase II Campus Center addition where Whitworth has been nourishing be added just east of the Campus Cen- students since 1944. The college is look- ter facility. will be completed in 1998 ing at several options for what to do Whitworth has also received confir- When they arrive on campus in the with Leavitt, Johnson said. mation from the National Science Foun- fall of 1998, Whitworth students will Construction of Phase II will com- dation that the college will receive a dine in a new establishment. This sum- plete Whitworth's Campus Center $660,000 grant to help fund the reno- mer, the college will break ground on project. Begun in the winter of 1994, vation of the Erlc lohnston Science Cen- the $5.1 million second phase of the the $4.2 million first phase provided a ter. Over the coming year-and-a-half, Campus Center project, which will fea- new gathering place for Whitworth stu- the college will undertake a campaign ture a new 4S0-seat dining hall. dents and the campus community. The to complete fund-raising for the pro- Phase II of the Campus Center will first phase includes large commons ar- posed $2.1 million renovation project, add to the two-year-old building a full- eas, a snack bar and cafe, a bookstore, said Stacey Kanun Smith. associate vice service dining hall facility for students) conference space, a post office and of- president for institutional advancement. as well as office space for the college's fice space for student organizations. The Johnston Science Center reno- Student Life division, said Tom Completion of the second phase will vation will provide a variety of improve- Johnson, vice president for business af- double the space in Whitworth's Cam- ments to the 40-year-old building, in- fairs at Whitworth. Construction will pus Center to approximately 51,000 cluding improved laboratory facilities begin in July. square feet. and teaching stations. The college is in The project received final approval In addition to completing the Phase the process of finalizing the scope and from the Whitworth College Board of ]] structure, the college will move the timeline, as well as fund-raising plans, Trustees at its April meeting, and is main campus road further to the east for the]ohnston Science Center project, scheduled to be completed by the start to accommodate the new building. And Smith said. But it's likely that those of the 1998 school year. Completion of in what will complete a major shift in plans will come together, and fund-rais- the new dining facility will sound the student traffic toward the east end of ing for the remaining cost of the project final dinner bell for Leavitt Dining Hall, campus, significant parking space will will begin this summer, she said.

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Commencement '97 to honor 500 degree candidates Students choose Robinson seems appropriate to choose Bill. He represents for us four years of incred- to speak at commencement ible leadership not only as our president Members of the Class of 1997 and but also as a part of the ciass of 1997." Whitworth President Bill Robinson In addition to handing out diplomas have something in common. It was four to degree candidates, Whitworth Col- years ago that Robinson became the lege will confer an honorary doctorate college's 17th president and it was four of humane letters upon David Irwin, years ago that this year's graduating se- the outgoing president of Washington niors began their education at Friends of Higher Education, an orga- Whitworth. nization that provides critical support That bond has led Whitworth's se- to the independent colleges in Wash- niors to ask Robinson to be the speaker ington state, including Whitworth. at Commencement ceremonies at the The honorary degree will be given Spokane Opera House May 18, at 2 p.m. to Irwin in recognition of his outstand- And, of course, Robinson has accepted. ing contributions to higher education The 107th Commencement will honor in Washington state over the past 30 360 undergraduate degree candidates years. and 140 graduate degree candidates. This year's student speakers from the "To many of us, Bill is a part of our senior class will be Scott Sund, of Olym- class - he arrived on campus the same pia, Wash., and Eells, of Snohomish, time we did, and he has shared the first Wash. The senior class response to four years of his Whitworth experience Robinson's presidential charge will be with us," said Sarah Eells, senior class given by Moses Pulei of Kajiado, Kenya, coordinator. "In deciding who should The Class of '97 wants to hear from president of the Associated Students of speak at our graduation this year, it President Bill Robinson. Whitworth College.

Whitworth due for accreditation review It's amazing how quickly 10 years goes by, but Whitworth College is ready- ing for its regular accreditation review. Over the next 18 months, Whitworth will conduct an exhaustive self-study that wiil culminate in a September 1998 visit by representatives of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, Whitworth's accrediting body. While the self-study wiil cover a wide variety of areas, it will focus on two gen- eral questions: How well does Whitworth College succeed in fulfilling its mission and how does Whitworth measure up to the standards by which the NASC evalu- ates colleges and universities in the Pa- Rock for Christ: Pumping up the crowd for Christ is nothing new for Christian cific Northwest? rockerKenny Marks, shown here during his visit to Whitworth this spring as the The accreditation process will involve Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar of 1997. The Statey lectureship at alumni, as well. As part of Whitworth's Whitworth seeks to proclaim the Good News through artists and scholars in a self-study, the coilege will be contacting contemporary style. Suffice it to say that Marks' songs struck a chord with a number of alumni to gauge their opin- Whitworth students. ions about a variety of questions related to the coilege.

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Whitworth names new VP FACULTY NEWS Twelve artworks by Asso- After an eight-month search, Whitworth Whitworth provides a great opportunity to ciate Professor of Art Gordon President Bill Robinson has announced that bring together her faith and her profession Wilson were recently selected Kristi Burns will become the college's new and appiy both to a clear purpose and vi- for inclusion in Christian Art in vice president for in- sion. "I believe Whitworth's vice president the 1990s, an international stitutional advance- for institutional advancement should have collection on CD-ROM. Four ment, effective June as a first priority advancing the kingdom of works from this collection will 2, 1997. God by developing resources that wili pro- be included in a SSC program Burns currently vide students with the opportunity to have on Christian artists later this serves as the director meaningful and transforming encounters spring. Athletics Director Scott of alumni and devel- with Christ," Burns said. McQuilkin, '84, will present a opment for the Coi- Burns will be charged with providing paper at the North American lege of Agricuiture leadership and direction for Whitworth's Society for Sport History on and Home Econom- advancement program, which includes the "University Faculty and Pro- ics at Washington areas of development, alumni relations, gressivism: Disunity of Inter- State University in Bums church relations, public and community re- collegiate Athletic Reform." Pullman, where she lations, publications and news services. McQuilkin has also been recentiy led a successfui $54 miiiion fund- Burns said she wiii piace a high priority on named to the NCAA Division III raising effort for the coiiege as part of Cam- fostering Whitworth's mission while in- Legislative Review Committee. paign WSU. Burns has successfuiiy served in creasing philanthropic support to the col- Art Professor Spike a variety of administrative and advancement lege. Grosvenor, '69, won second positions over her 17-year career at Wash- Burns will also work closely with place at the Stained Glass As- ington State. She also hoids bachelor's and Whitworth Foundation Executive Director sociation of America/Art Glass master's degrees from WSU. Wyn Hill and his staff in promoting Suppliers International Exhibi- Whitworth President Bill Robinson said Whitworth College's deferred giving pro- tion in Nashville, Tenn., for his of Burns, "We're ecstatic. For two years I have gram and growing the college endowment. autonomous panel, "Man of been talking to Kristi about opportunities at Burns succeeds Jim Ferguson, former vice Sorrows." Associate Professor Whitworth. Her talent and her commitment president of development at Whitworth, of English Linda Hunt, '78, re- to our mission are first -rate, She has the ideal who left the college in August to become cently received her Ph.D. from background and gifts for this job. II the vice president for institutional advance- Gonzaga University. She also Burns said her new position at ment at Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss. has a new book coming out, tn the Long Run: A Study of Faculty in Three Writing- Across-the-Curriculum Pro- In loving memory of Vicki Lewis grams. Through funding from 1945·1997 the Murdock Charitable Trust, Vicki Lewis, education certification specialist and longtime Whitworth employee, Assistant Professor of Math died of cancer on her 52nd birthday, January 17. She ieaves a iegacy of professional and Computer Science Lyle excellence, compassion and love for others, and an extraordinarily strong and vibrant Cochran is integrating technol- Christian faith that saw her through a long, painful last illness. At Vicki's memorial ogy into the teaching of calcu- service, for which she chose the music, one of her favorite hymns summed up the lus. His students are learning assurance with which Vicki faced life, and death: how to solve calculus prob- lems using Mathematica, a new computer program. In My faitil/aoks lip to Tbee, Thou La/llb of Co/vary, March, Associate Professor of Savior divine. Now hear me while I pray, Take all my guilt away. Psychology Jim Waller was an 0, tet me from tliis day be wilolly Tilille! invited speaker at a joint in- ternational conference spon- Wilen end: life's transient dream, wilen death': cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, blest Savior, then, in love, fear and distrust sored by the National Educa- remove,. tion Association and the Safe 0, bear me safe above, a rall50llIed sout! Schools Coalition. Waller's topic was Prejudice Across Vicki is and will always be missed by her friends America: Promoting Religious, and colleagues at Whitworth. Racial and Ethnic Tolerance.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 5 • WHITWORTH NEWS Award-winning poet talks the talk As 1997's Ada Redmond Reader, renowned Northwest poet, short-story writer and essay- ist TessGallagher recently read from her works to a packed house of more than 300 people at Whitworth's Campus Center. Gallagher, of STUDENT Port Angeles, Wash., currently holds the Ed- NOTES ward F. Arnold Visiting Professor of English chair at Whitman College in Walla Walla. She ICNE senior and Whit- will serve as poet-in-residence at Bucknell worth Health Center Nursing University for sprtng semester 1998. Technician Beth Lockard of Gallagher's most recent books are My Black Yucaipa, Calif., was recently Horse: New and Selected Poems (J 995) and Por- accepted for membership in table Kisses (1996), both published by Sigma Theta Tau, the interna- Bloodaxe Books in Great Britain. She contrib- tional nursing honor society. uted the introduction to All of Us: The Col- Membership is based on out- lected Poems of Raymond Carver, published in standing scholastic achieve- August 1996 in Great Britain. Her Moon Cross- ment and community involve- ing Bridge (1992), Graywolf Press, earned a ment. Chemistry students spot on the American Library Association's Kelly Starkweather, Kim Most Notable Book List for 1993 and won a Jewell, Angela Oates, An- Washington State Governor's Award that drea Smith and Tony same year. Her short-story collection, At the Billingsley have been work- Owl Woman Saloon, is forthcoming from ing with Assistant Professor Scribner in September. of Chemistry Karen Stevens The Ada Redmond Readings are funded by for the last two semesters Lois and Howard Redmond in honor of Tess Gallagher, a prolific writer of poetry and prose, recently came to campus as part of the doing computer simulations Mrs. Ada Redmond, writer and lover of lit- Redmond Readings program to share her of chemical systems as part erature, to promote creative prose and poetry award-winning work with the Whitworth of the science grant from the at Whitworth College and throughout the In- community. Murdock Charitable Trust. land Northwest. Whitworth finished 21st among 197 schools In the sweepstakes of the National Johnson plans busy retirement Parliamentary Debate Asso- around the country, and colleagues who re- ciation, at which Coach Mike After 30 years of teaching at Whitworth, Ingram chaired the seven- Psychology Professor Bill Johnson, '61, will port the highest respect and affection for Bill. JUdge panel for the final retire this spring. He served as department We know that Bill and [his wife] Rachel will round. The team of Hanna chair in psychol- always contribute to the people whose lives they touch, and we hope that Whitworthians Ganser and Tammy Nida ogy for 17 years, competed in elimination and was Whit- will continue to be in that group." rounds and finished 34th in worth's faculty Despite the Parkinson's disease that has a field of 142 teams. Junior athletics represen- hastened his retirement.johnson plans a hec- tic post-Whitworth pace. He will continue communications studies ma- tative for 27 years. his work as a director of Bloomsday, Spokane's jor and publications design ln- As a result of his renowned 12K road race - a job that he has tern Anna Beard received a distinguished held for the last 20 years - and will oversee Journalism Talent Award longtime service in the design of a new Bloomsday course for given by Whitworth's Commu- athletics, he holds 1998. He also plans to work on several writ- nications Studies depart- a place in the ment. Senior theatre major NAIA Hall of ing projects, including a book with his son, Fame. Brad, '85, a psychology professor at George David Collins has been ac- Johnson Fox University. And he will continue his work cepted intoa highlycornpeti- "Bill Johnson as clinical supervisor of therapists at Indepen- tive internship program with has been a quiet treasure for Whitworth Col- dent Counseling Service in Spokane, and The Lamb's Players in San Di- lege," said Whitworth President Bill "spend lots of time gardening, exercising, and ego, Calif. Robinson. "I speak with alumni, families in Hawaii, coaches and athletics directors caring for four grandchildren."

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 6 WHITWORTH NEWS Grants send political studies professor packing John Yoder is Africa-bound. Yoder recently received notification that he has been awarded fellowships from both the ]. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the Pew Evangelical Scholars Program. The Fulbright Fellowship will allow Yoder to teach at Daystar University in Kenya during 1998, offering courses on African history and culture, conflict reso- lution, and Islam and Christianity in Africa. While in Kenya, Yoder will also continue research begun this summer for the Pew project, a research fellowship that focuses on civic values of the citi- zens of Liberia and explores the ways in which those values contributed to the Supported by two prestigious grants, fohn Yoder, Whitworth's resident Africanist, collapse of the Liberian state. Yoder's will head for Kenya in 1998 to teach and continue his research. plan is to complete the Pew research and writing about Africa have resulted in his den, but nonetheless powerful, current writing in the spring of 1999, after he receiving these prestigious awards." of repression, control and exploitation returns to Spokane. Yoder traveled to Liberia as a at the local and interpersonal level," he "Whitworth values John's perspective Fulbright Fellow in 1987-88, and he has said. Liberia's years of bloody civil war as a Christian scholar who raises central continued to monitor the political cli- have had a profound effect on Yoder. questions of meaning, /I said Academic mate in that country. His Pew research "Since many of my former Liberian stu- Dean Tammy Reid, !60. "He combines will focus on how the values of ordinary dents and friends were killed, tortured, expertise in his specific research area citizens contributed to the current chaos forced into exile, or deprived of their with his focus on looking at principles in Liberia. "I was always fascinated by possessions, the question of what went that underlie political systems in gen- the paradox of a strong, overt emphasis wrong is not an abstract intellectual eral, and his research experiences and on civility and order and a more hid- problem," he said.

Honoring a lifelong learner: Whitworth College recently bestowed lipan Dorothy Paulsen Smith, '55, an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Smith, who served most recently as the vice president for business affairs at Valparaiso University in Indiana, was honored for her outstanding contributions to Christian higher education and for the example she has set in continuing her education. In addition to her bachelor's degree from Whitworth, Smith holds master's, doctoral and law degrees. "Dorothy Paulsen Smith is a shining example of the ideal of lifelong learning," Tammy Reid, '60, Whitworth's acting chief academic officer and dean of the faculty, said during the presentation ceremony. Smith (center) is pictured with Reid and Whitworth President Bill Robinson.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 7 • WHITWORTH NEWS Jazz Ensemble hot In• both hemispheres The Whitworth College jazz En- semble added two feathers to its cap this year by performing at the Marvelous Melbourne Jazz Festival in Melbourne, Australia, in Ianuary, and by taking first place at the Lionel Hamptonjazz Festi- val in Moscow, Idaho. The jazz ensemble was one of three college jazz bands chosen to represent the United States at the Melbourne jazz Festival. The ensemble was invited to perform at the festival based on the strength of its CD, "Cats in Rome," which was released in August 1996. The festival featured many of the top professional jazz musicians in Australia, New Zealand and England, said Dan Keberle, director and professor of music. The jazz ensemble gave five perfor- mances at the festival, as well as a few combo performances at area clubs. "This trip to Australia was another won- derful chance for our students to travel to a distant land and culture, and, once again, jazz music was our passport," .' Keberle said. Also, for the third time in four years, the group earned first place in the col- The Whitworth Jazz Ensemble poses in Melbourne, Australia, last January during lege-university division at the Lionel the Marvelous Melbourne Jazz Festival. "Jazz music was our passport," says Director Hampton Jazz Festival in February. Dan Keberle. Whitworth ian goes online Alumni and friends who want the latest news about Whitworth College from a student perspective can turn to TIle Whitworthian, via the Internet. This Renewal for pastors: spring the weekly student newspaper This spring brought published its first online edition. theologian and autnor Ben The online edition carries news, Johnson of the Columbia sports, and feature stories for each week, Theological Seminary to as well as an archives section, said Mark the Whitworth College Jackson, editor-in-chief. campus. Johnson, authcn "It's a great opportunity for alumni of95 Theses of the to keep in touch with their alma mater," Church and Olle of the said jackson. Eventually, The Whit- church's most respected worth ian will sell online advertisements, voices, taught a spirit- link up with other schools, and include uality class (pictured at links to web sites related to topics cov- rightj for 17 pastors and ered in stories. led a "Renewal Weekend" To visit The Whitworth ian Online, type at Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church. http://www. w hi tworth .edu/aswc/ wwlan/whit.htm.

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KUDOS Whitworth's YoungLife Di- rector Lorie Pfursich, who re- ceived her M.Div.from Fulier Theological Seminary in 1984, has passed her ordination ex- ams and will soon be ordained by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Continuing Studies Administrative Secretary Anna Kenney will receive her master's degree in counseling and guidance (churcb/social agency track) from Whitworth Learning [rom a master: Master Hidetaka Nishiyama, arguably the most respected in May. Kenney's master's the- traditional karate instructor in the world, came to Whitworth this spring to conduct a sis is titled "Women in Viet- seminar and exhibition for students. His visit was part of Japan Week 1997. nam: The Effects of War-Zone Stressors." Alumni Director and Yearbook Advisor Tad Whitworth honored for building character Wisenor, '89, received word that, for the second year in a The john Templeton Foundation has tion is pleased to name Whitworth to our row, Whitworth's yearbook, named Whitworth College to its 1997-98 Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges," Natsihi, has been recognized Honor Roll for Character-Building Col- said john M. Templeton, jr., president of the with an Award of Excellence by leges, which recognizes colleges and uni- foundation. the Taylor Publishing Com- versities that emphasize character build- A total of 135 schools in 42 states were se- pany. Natsihi has also been ing as an integral part of the college ex- lected to this year's Honor Roll and will be fea- selected for inclusion in perience. tured in the 1997-98 Honor Roli for Character- Taylor's 1997 Yearbook Year- "One of the primary goals of education Bui/ding Colieges Reference Guide, which will be book. Whitworth Foundation is the development of moral character - available in the fall. Trust Assistant Sandy those habits of heart, mind and spirit that The john Templeton Foundation distributes Pendleton, '96, was recently help students know, love and do what is more than 65,000 complimentary copies of the notified that she has passed good. Because of Whitworth's demon- guidebook to public libraries, high school guid- her Certified Public Accoun- strated efforts to develop moral character ance counselors and interested parents and stu- tant exam. Registrar's Assis- in students, the john Templeton Founda- dents across the United States. tant Keith Thompson has been hired to direct the youth The soul of the finn: program at Shiloh HillsBaptist In April, C. Wiliiam Church. Thompson will work Pollard, chairman and part time at SHBC and con- former CEO of the tinue his full-time job at ServiceMaster Company, Whitworth. Amy Evans, resi- came to Whitworth as the dent director for Arend Hall, Fosseen Distinguished will graduate from Washington Speaker of International State University this spring Management. in addition with a master's degree in edu- to giving a presentation cational administration; she titled "The SOl/I ofthe Firm" to business and will then enter WSU's doctoral community leaders in program in educational psy- Spokane, Pollard, pictured chology. Evans' master's the- at left, also led a discus- sis deals with the effects of sion with undergraduate multi-age and multi-dimen- and graduate students at sional classroom organization Whitworth. on fourth- and fifth-graders.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 9 • I!ImD The three R's of Whitworth swimming Rice, Rasmussen, Rice bring home NAIA gold The big three of the Class of '97 - the class that Head Swim Coach Tom Dodd calls "the group that lifted Whitworth into national prominence" - swam with the best during the sea- son, then were crowned the best of the best at NAIA Nationals in Federal Way. And these three young men came to their moments of triumph by very dif- ferent routes. Jeff and Jerry Rice come from a swimming clan including eight siblings in all, and they're not even the fastest ones in their own family: "My brother \.!"\'11l\\\!~ Brent - he's 16 - is the fastest of us ~ \ 1.1!" all," said Jeff. Jerry said that Brent is as Three R's and a D: From left, Jeff (or is it Jerry?)Rice, John Rasmussen and Jerry competitive with his older brothers as (or is it Jeff?) Rice flank Head Coach Tom Dodd, he o(the Whitworth sweatshirt and they are with one another. And that's the cool, appraising stare. pretty competitive. "jerry likes to hold it over my head that he's six minutes tory compares with his own, Jeff aban- make some big changes. He realized that older than I am," said Jeff. "Yeah, and doned the brothers' customary one- he'd had a negative effect on the team, he likes to get on me about high school," upsmanship and allowed himself to ap- and he saw that his change of heart re- said Jerry. "I never got a state champi- preciate the uniqueness of such a mo- sulted in a new sense of community onship, and he never lets me forget it." ment. "Being able to spend these col- among team members. Swimmers who Maybe jerry got shut out of the big lege years with my brother has been had once questioned Rasmussen's com- prize In high school, but he and jeff great; and to finish up with both of us mitment now found new respect for have been mainstays in the Whitworth winning nationals is even better." their once-erratic cohort. program. "The Rice twins are the main While the Rice brothers have been jeff Rice, among others, is happy part of the franchise over the past four "the franchise" from day one at with his teammate's turnaround. "I al- years," said Dodd. "The thing about jeff Whitworth, John Rasmussen took three ways kind of had faith in him, because and Jerry is that they're competitive, years to come into his own - and to I know him," said Rice. "He is one of good athletes, and everyone likes them realize that he needed to work hard to the most natural swimmers I've ever - so, because of the goodwill they reach his swimming goals. seen, and he has the ability to pull out spread, some of our competitors even "I've always had swimming talent," performances that are just awesome." root for them. They work really hard, said Rasmussen, who, like the Rices, Rasmussen said that Tom Dodd kept and they make everything fun." comes from a family of swimmers, "but after him to change, but "an athlete The brothers certainly enjoyed I'd been swimming competitively for 13 needs to change from the inside first. themselves at Federal Way, where jeff years, and I was burned out. The first Tom's a good motivator, and he tried won the 200 Individual Medley and three years here my work ethic wasn't hard. But you can apply all the pres- jerry won the 400 1M. This was jerry's good." A strong Christian who plans to sure you want, and it's not going to first Victory at nationals, after coming work with troubled youth after gradua- make any difference until the athlete close in 1995 and again in 1996, when tion, Rasmussen found himself falling comes to the conclusion that he's hurt- he came in second after his goggles short of what he thought God expected ing his team." When Rasmussen real- filled with water, obscuring his vision of him. "It had come to the point where Ized that his attitude and his work hab- and impairing his depth perception. I was going to kick myself off the team its were causing problems for his team- jeff was pumped about jerry's long- because I wasn't the swimmer God mates, he made the decision to com- awaited victory. "It was one of the two wanted me to be," he said. mit himself to being the swimmer that best moments at nationals," he said. Instead he decided to rededicate him- he could be. That paid off for him with Was his own Victory the other? "No, the self to swimming and to his teammates. his coaches and his teammates - and other was when John Rasmussen won Rasmussen promised Dodd and Assistant on the top step of the medals stand at his event." Asked about how Jerry's vic- Coach Steve Flegel that he was ready to NAIA Nationals.

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Buc ball better at home Young Bucs ready Anyone who's attended a men's bas- found themselves struggling each time to move on up ketball game in the Whitworth they stepped onto an unfamiliar court. A few weeks into the 1996-97 season, Fieldhouse since 1994 must They finished the season worried Whitworth boosters were asking find it inconceivable that with a very respectable each other, "what will happen when Tis- the Bues ever lose. The record of 18-7, with every sue and Northington graduate?" With combination of loud, par- defeat coming on the road. their scoring, rebounding and leadership tisan home crowds, famil- "We played some good talents, guard len Tissue and post Sherri iar surroundings, Marriott teams, and good teams win Northington have been huge over the home cooking and a load at horne," said Head Coach past few years for the Sues. And they, of basketball talent seems to Warren Friedrichs. along with invaluable point guard Becca take the Pirate men to an- They certainly do. At Moore, were the only seniors on a very other level, a level at which home, the Sues beat Cen- young Whitworth team. they can grab the lion's tral Waslilngton and But after a full season of watching the share of the rebounds, Carroll College, among next generation of Buc women, make most of their three- other fine teams, in pre-sea- Whitworth fans are excited about the pointers, drive the lane and son games, and handled future. Though the Pirates missed post- score over taller defenders, eventual NCIC champ Pa- season play by one game, they won more and just plain win - again and again. cific and runner-up Lewisand Clark with contests than they had in the 1995-96 When the men traveled to Hawaii in relative ease. The Pirates' Fieldhouse win- season and ended the campaign on a high the pre-season and beat a nationally ning streak now stands at an impressive note by thumping second-place Pacific ranked NAJA Division 1team, Hawaii Pa- 32 games. Lutheran. The victory followed a tough cific, the road also appeared to be a Buc- But the Bucs are frustrated at missing loss to UPS that ended the Sues' playoff friendly place. It looked as if Whitworth this year's tournament. Nate Williams, hopes. Head Coach Helen Higgs said of might be bound for the NAIADivision II all-conference senior guard and an inte- her young players, "I think we have the post-season tournament for a second gral part of last season's national runner- best freshmen and sophomores in the straight year. up team, summed up the end-of-season conference - and our juniors are pretty After the triumph in Hawaii, though, feelings of his teammates. "I'd be lying good, too!" the road became a very tough place for if I said I wasn't disappointed." said Wil- the Bucs. They dropped early-season road liams. "I thought we had a good season, games to Pacific Lutheran and University but we just didn't reach the goals we set. FOR THE RECORD of Puget Sound (by one and two points), We had to win more on the road. I and after that the perfect-at-home Pirates thought we'd get to nationals." MEN'S BASKETBALL Overall record: 18-7 Conference record: 11-5 Conference standing: Third Swimmin' women fifth in nation Conference honors: AII-NCIC first team: Nate When his swimmers compete at na- a nice person and such a hard worker." Williams, Ben Heimerman. Honorable mention: Jeff Mix tionals, Head Coach Tom Dodd tries to Asfor Okada, Dodd said, "jan's so ver- "go nurnb." Said Dodd, "It's just self-pres- satile that she could swim in six different WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Overall record: 13-11 ervation, I guess. I want to pretend I'm spots; she could cover everything for us. Conference record: 9-7 calm, so I try not to feel too much. But," She's a real competitor." Both Braun and Conference standing: Fifth he said, "it seems like we do a lot of liv- Okada won Academic All-America hon- Conference Honors: AII-NCIC second team: ing in a short time. Nationals is always ors this year, and "they've let everyone Jennifer Tissue, Sherri Northington. Honorable mention: Rebecca Moore the end of a spiritual journey, and it's an in the college know that athletics and aca- unbelievable experience every time." demics can flourish side by side," said WOMEN'S SWIMMING Coach Dodd's women's team had an- Dodd. "This group of seniors is very tal- Conference standing: Fifth National championship standing: Fifth other great year at nationals, as all eight ented not only in the pool but in the class- High finishers: Shannon Braun, third place, 50/ Whitworth competitors scored in indi- room, and they're great people who rep- 100/200 Freestyle; Jan Okada, third place, vidual events. Senior Shannon Braun resent the team and the college well, I'm 200 Breaststroke picked up third-place medals in the SO, proud of everyone of them." MEN'S SWIMMING 100 and 200 freestyle events and senior In addition to Braun and Okada, Conference standing: Third Jan Okada won third in the 200 breast- Whitworth women participating in the NCIC Coach of the Year: Tom Dodd stroke. "Shannon came here as a walk- national meet were Tena Embly, Sarah National championship standing: Third Nat'l champions: Jeff Rice, 200 1M; Jerry Rice, on," said Dodd, "and it has been a real Ewan, Mindy Galbraith, Lea Stenerson, 400 1M; John Rasmussen, 200 Breaststroke pleasure to see her win because she's such Mary Ryan and Megan Williams.

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Whitworth's medical missionaries bring relief By Liona Tannesen, '98 yellow fever also cropped up. The little Kenyan boy with torn One of the Californians, Dr. clothes and a runny nose stared and Aleman, probed the stomach of a stared at Whitworth student Heather tearful little boy named joshua, and Porter. She wanted to hold him, but took his temperature. One hundred every time she stepped closer, he five degrees. Joshua's diagnosis of backed off. Porter sat down on the malaria, yellow fever and worms re- dusty ground and looked away. The quired a shot, which a student gave little boy kept his eyes glued to her to the wailing child. The student as he slowly crept up and touched handed joshua's mother the medi- her. He was the first person in the cine, and hoped she understood the Village to touch any of the visitors. instructions. The students on the Africa 1997 u As with any trip like this one, I study tour were the first Caucasian think we learned more from the men and women that the children people than we helped them," said in this village had ever seen. Porter. Thirty-one Whitworth students, This group was the third that five student teachers from Merced, Quail and McCall have led to Kenya, Calif.. and three doctors and two but it was the first group of leaders, Bob Quail, '61, and Tom Whitworth students. "Out of the McCall, also from California, trav- three groups, this one was basically eled to Kenya last jan Term to teach off the wall. This group was not and minister to the sick. They visited afraid," said Quail. Students prayed, 21 villages, treated about 2,000 men, changed bandages, gave shots and women and children, and returned taught children how to sing in En- to Spokane with indelible memories glish. of the people they met. Sam Ayler, a member of the min- Before leaving for the first villages, istry team, promised to pray for so the group stopped in Migori, Kenya, Senior Tony Billingsley examines a patient in many men and women in a village to buy $2,500 worth of medicine and Kenya. The Whitworth students helped treat that when it carne time for the team to split into six teams. Quall, a judge several thousand patients during their trip. to leave, there were still people wait- in Merced, and McCall organized the ing for prayers. He promised he doctors, students and student teachers into an evangelization would return. Back at the main camp, the leaders told Sam team, a teaching team and four medical teams. They piled into that they could not fund a return trip to a village 200 miles six vans and set off to put 12,000 miles on their odometers. away. Ayler dug into his own wallet, and rode the distance on

/I Asa group, we treated several thousand patients. There is public transport to keep his promise. no doubt that some of the babies wouid have died without Three students from the ministry team feasted on goat meat treatment," said Quail. with the Luia tribe, and their stomachs reacted violently. In a tiny shack packed with sweating bodies, the students Within two hours all three of them were vomiting and suffer- learned how to give shots, take blood pressure readings and ing from dysentery. Despite their experience, they continued pass out medications on their first day. "I remember just think- to eat all the food that they were offered, and all developed ing, wow, this is what medical missionaries across the world iron digestive systems. do every day," said Porter. But the students brought back unforgettable experiences. In St.joseph's Hospital, Whitworth students Rachel Densley Densley and Arnold will never forget the girl dying of menin- and Jeff Arnold met an ll-year-old girl dying of meningitis. gitis, and Porter distinctly remembers that first little boy who She kept grinding her teeth, but she could not talk. Densley touched her. and Arnold asked the mother what her daughter wanted, and "I'm aware that there is so much going on out there. When she said, "She just wants a drop of water on her lips because I think about all that is going on in the world, I feel so small they are so dry." There was nothing they could do to help the here in this one tiny town in Washington," said Porter. "This little girl, except talk and pray. trip intensified my desire to travel abroad, and to help people The medical teams treated mostly patients with malaria, in Third-World countries." though worms, scabies, conjunctivitis, dysentery, typhoid and

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 12 The means may change - but the end remains the same

A couple of years ago, I used this will come when like-minded colleges Internet pornography. Tired, sad and space to talk about technology and what and universities will share teaching re- feeling guilty, this student urged me to I see as its appropriate role in a liberal sources in a very cost-effective way. It is look for ways to help others avoid this arts education. And since that time, the also likely that as our technological type of temptation. Our student life staff, invasion of technology on the pedagogy improves, students will learn student leaders and technology experts Whitworth College campus has contin- information through electronic means, are working together to empower and ued at a staggering pace. To say that our and the role of professors will move protect our students in dealing with technological advances have outpaced more toward helping students under- these hideous influences. our understanding of how to live in this stand, interpret, apply and integrate in- Finally, I fear that technology woos new electronic world is an understate- formation. This usage would allow tech- us into redefining learning in a subtle ment. Now I'd like to give you an up- nology not only to reduce costs, but to but diminishing way. As I prepared to date on what I see as the opportunities retain what I believe is its rightful place teach my first college class 20 years ago and threats associated with the com- in a liberal arts education - as a supple- at the University of Pittsburgh, I had puter world, and what they may mean ment to, rather than a substitute for, been taught that learning takes place on for Whitworth. professors. three levels: the new information one I suppose the first thing to say about But technology also presents tremen- learns: the new attitudes one develops; the opportunities associated with aca- dous challenges to the values we uphold and the new behaviors that become a demic technology is that they stretch as a learning community. One of the part of one's life. In the sessions on aca- beyond what we are capable of imagin- dark sides of this new electronic world demic technology I have attended over ing. Our students now have instant ac- is that we may be raising a generation the past two years, I have found a dis- cess to resources around the globe, and of isolationists. It is amazing how many turbing trend of defining education only the notion of "distance" has become hours young people now spend staring in terms of the transmission and acqui- obsolete in obtaining information. Last at a screen. In the Earth's first days, God sition of information. My point in rais- night I entered the Whitworth College looked down on a perfectly created ing this caution is that we have to be library web site and in 30 seconds was world that had not yet been contami- vigilant in making sure that learning checking out some works in the New nated by sin and still saw one thing that "channels," such as academic technol- York Metropolitan Museum of Art. wasn't good: being alone. I think we ogy, maintain their place as means to Twenty seconds later, I looked up the are wired to function in community and ends. When means are so powerful, at- phone number of a friend of mine in I fear that virtual communities won't cut tractive and accessible that they begin Illinois. If a technological Cro-Magnon it. I heard a professor in computer sci- to tell us what the ends should be, we like me can beam up very specific infor- ence at another institution tell about a need to examine our fundamental goals mation from around the world, imag- student who had recreated himself in a and purposes. ine what our technologically facile stu- virtual community on the web. The stu- It's an exciting world, folks. We at dents can do. dent found himself spending more time Whitworth are thrilled with the oppor- Technology is also a powerful com- in his virtual world than in the real tunities afforded by technology. The way munication tool. One of our trustees, world because he likes his virtual self we provide education will never be the David Myers, '64, is probably the lead- better. I don't think we've begun to same; it will be better. But we must urge ing psychology textbook writer in the grasp some of the anti-social behaviors our students to ask not only, "What can country. So when the students in Pro- that will originate in this new electronic I learn about the Gospel of Jesus Christ?" fessor Noel Wescombe's psychology society. They must now also ask the question, classes want to chat with the author of Closely related to the isolationism "What does the Gospel of Jesus Christ their textbook, Dr. Myers enters the that can result from the seductive influ- say about how I learn?" The next few course web crossing and provides tmme- ence of technology is the instant access years should be interesting. diate answers to the questions our stu- it provides to almost unimaginable evil. dents are raising for the writer of their Probably the saddest letter I've received textbook. at Whitworth came from a student who, Another opportunity made available using the pseudonym "Joe Whitworth," through technology is related to the cost told of just having spent a long night of providing instruction. I expect a day being bitterly defeated by the lure of

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By Gordon ]ittJKspn l'hotographs by Stephen Brashear Carrie Wasser and Gordon]ackson [

_I""""". or our 'Stt~dents,i began as just another meeting on major corporation, provided the deepest of iro- nies as he described how he had fled the coun- the ]an- Tenn study tour. Waiting in the lobby of the try as a young revolutionary two decades before, a t z-vear-o!d running from the police whom he feared "would do their worst." Now, like thou- main office of South Africa's Hewlett-Packard subsid- sands of Whitworth alumni in the United States and around the world who are playing a part in ia they knez from the air of crisp efficiency that we'd soon God's kingdom, he is contributing to a South Africa in critical need of help. He showed our be talking with e more suit-and-tie authority, who'd give us students that in a land where there's much cause for pessimism, men and women like himself are one more set oflnsigbts on this complex andfascinating land working in hope. And as he described for the students the Fulfillment his homecoming has Although I'd told them about Maseko Nxumalo, it was only in brought him, he paradoxically showed me a dif- ferent season in my own life. the next 90 minutes that the group would learn how, unlike Maseko Nxumalo is home, but part of him is still at Whitworth College; the students are back in the classroom, but pans of their souls anyone else we would see in South Africa, he was one of us. remain in South Africa And as [ think of Whitworth's ties to this distant land where I Maseko, a 1989 Whitworth Unlike many black South African exiles, grew up, I see mirrored the searnlessness of graduate who had come to the Maseko never doubted that his home country God's world and His people. That wholeness United States as a refugee from would one day be free of apartheid, and he is like the seasons, which, despite dramatic South Africa, unwittingly did never lost Sight of his goal to return home - variations, make up a unity that's hard to see at several things that Thursday af- which he achieved 17 months ago. This any given moment. As [ try to reflect on what ternoon. He gave Whitworth Whitworth business major, equipped also with this past January meant for 21 of us traveling students a personal link and an M.B.A. from Seattle Pacific University, is now 2,500 miles through South Africa, I keep com-

connection to a land in which part of the new South Africa. His suit and tie, ing back (0 the seasons. This story begins where they were strangers. Unlike any- and his senior position as an accountant with a winter ends. one else we'd met, he "vas one Like this slogan- of us, Here was someone who bedecked felice told us of problems with room- mates in Arend Hall. Of flunk- in a black ing his first test at Whitworth. community Of finding Whitworth so quiet outside Cape that, as he put it, "one had no 7b1011, almost choice but to study." And of how, as a young black man who had elJelytbing in fled apartheid South Africa as a SOllthAfrica refugee in 1976, he slowly seems politicized learned that despite his loneli- and stamped ness in being one of the few black faces on campus, the with the legacy Whitworth College community of the apartheid would provide an acceptance era. he never knew could be pos- sible from whites.

14 Wbi/e WINTER AND SPRING tbeoretical!;)1free

from apartbeid. or ost South Africans, cbildren /ike tJ.2e winter yea] 5 that Faparthelclleplesenrecl ale tbese in gone. Officially, the long dark tbe Langa days of that era ended three community years ago. The country's first democratic, multi-racial election, near Cape 7buJ!I in April 1994, and Nelson lib·e ill all Mandela's fairy-tale ascent to the impoverisbed presidency formally brought environment closure to one of the most di- sastrous social engineering ex- tbat bas clxmged periments the world has seen. little since Now, as the long winter nights tbe elections. have shortened and more is to be seen by day, white South Af- ricans and the outside world have learned just how brutal and oppressive was overwhelming needs in housing, education and country's prospects for continu- the system that dominated the country for four health care. Certainly, South Africa would to- ing its democratic trajectory de- decades. '111e Truth and Reconciliation Commis- day still have problems aplenty even if the Na- pend on economic recovery. Es- sion, headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate tionalist government hadn't subjected the coun- timates of unemployment that Desmond Tutu, has surfaced a series of horrific try to apartheid, beginning in 1948. But one we heard ranged Widely, and are details of government-initiated murder and tor- can only guess how much worse they are - affected by regional differences ture in the cause of apartheid. both because of 40 years of lost opportunity, or whether people are making Coping with this litany of human suffer- and due to economic and social policies that a living in the informal sector. ing is, however, only one of apartheid's lega- now require a massive catch-up program. But whether the estimate is 60 cies. Jan Term exposed us to a numbing list of Like those of us still recovering from last percent, the figure we heard for social and economic problems, ranging from November's historic ice storm that hit Spokane, the Eastern Cape City of rampant poverty and unemployment and a South Africa has moved beyond the Winter, but Grahamstown, or the national consequently soaring crime rate, to seemingly the damage remains. As much as anything, the average estimated between 30 percent to 50 percent, no one disputes the need to create op- portunities for a relentlesslyex- paneling pool of job seekers. Dr. Pieter Haasbroek, an economist, told our group that Like those of us still recoveringfrom in 1995 South Africas economy could absorb only 10 percent of last Nove ber's historic ice storm those entering the job market. In the wake of such figures, crime has soared. Automobile that hit Spokane, South Africa hijackings and other property crimes

15 .. tive action system of their own). As sobered as our group was by the grim But Coloureds - people of realities of South Africa's apartheid legacy, so mixed race - and Asians also too were our students buoyed by the spirit of have felt discriminated against reconciliation that we encountered. While in the new dispensation. blacks had ample justification for seeking ret- Few South Africans Besides the economic ribution for the wrongs of apartheid, they were problems, another major instead preoccupied with reconciliation and challenge facing the govern- national healing. This was largely due to the we met live under ment is to help establish a leadership and stature of Nelson Mandela. democratic culture in a soci- Again and again, we heard testimonials to ety that for decades was Mandela's graciousness and spirit of forgive- any illusions of the steeped in intolerance and ness. In)ohannesburg, a black senior govern- flagrant disregard for human ment official who was tortured told us that, rights. The government's after the election, he recognized his torturer magnitude of the long-term well-being de- in a store, and made a point of going up to him pends partly on how well it and saying he'd forgiven him. can satisfy a constituency de- It struck us too how little South Africans difficulties ahead manding jobs, housing, elec- are fixated on their past. Yes, we kept hearing tricity, schools, health care what life had been like before, but the empha- and a cluster of other expec- sis everywhere was on tomorrow. What made tations. An electorate that this spirit of optimism especially noteworthy has a history of only one elec- was its ready recognition of reality. These South tion, however, and a legacy Africans looking with enthusiasm to an im- of Widespread intolerance proved future weren't fooling themselves; they an impressive cluster of social across racial and political lines, isn't yet prac- knew far better than we the difficulties they improvement projects in ticed in the political give-and-take that marks faced. One felt, if the new South Africa is to Grahamstown. Nor is the law- more seasoned western democracies. Despite succeed, the people who will make it happen lessness limited to property its remarkable transition to a democratic politi- are already bringing that about crime. In what some see as a cal order three years ago, South sign of a society severely disori- Africa is still strewn with the T7Jisblack ented by change, South Africa anti-democratic debris of the uoman, all a is said to have the world's high- apartheid years. est per capita number of rapes. Newsweek correspondent wine estate in Our students heard much Joshua Hammer has said that , the Stetlenboscb about the problems facing .' "Given the challenges it faces, area, presents South Africa. Predictions of South Africa's most vital national an incongru- gloom came from disgruntled resource may be optimism." Af- or even overtly racist whites. ter hearing wave after wave of ous contrast as But even sympathetic and grim economic figures and tales she carries a thoughtful critics of the govern- of families hit by crime, and see- load on her ment were blunt about the ing up close the squalor of a country's challenges, squatter camp near Cape Town, head in the " Other problems facing it was not only South Africa that traditional way ,I South Africa have arisen from needed such optimism. Our stu- in a region attempts to fix the wrongs of the dents did, too. Fortunately, they known/or apartheid era. An extensive af- learned that hope was abun- firmative action program, to dantly intertwined with the sophisticated bring blacks into government gloom that daily marked our dis- wines exported and private sector jobs in un- coveries of this complex land. around the precedented numbers, has met This curious mix prompted one with predictable hostility from of our juniors to write in her toortd. whites, who stand to lose most journal at the end of our stay, "1 (and forget that for centuries alternately hate and love this they had a highly efficient affirma- country,"

16 South Africans across the political spectrum from the knowledge that winter - nay, not shaping its future. He and the speak with pride about the progress they've made just winter, but a veritable ice age - is be- others are about their work. For toward a democratic order. Repeatedly, we heard hind them. Spring is palpably in the air. him, it is good to be where he is about the work that is needed to continue edu- While Maseko's return to cating people on what is required to make a de- South Africa brought him clo- mocracy work. Eric Apelgren, an official with the sure as he realized he had finally Institute for Democratic Alternatives for South Af- UMMER AND FALL come home after 19 years, this rica, warned that after the "big" election of 1994, Jan-Term taught me something voter interest in subsequent local elections was else: I finally had to admit that Significantly lower. Continued work on voter reg- 01p,.en0Wsummer is a time of fulfillment, the country where I'd lived my istration, therefore, was part of the ongoing task the kind of fulfillment we found in first 29 years was no longer of democratization, he said. SMaseko Nxumalo. During our visit, we home. For me, the leaves were A key tool that South Africans plan to use found a man who'd come home - both physi- turning yellow; a season in my toward that end is its new constitution. Ratified cally and spiritually. He told us: "I feel com- life had ended. The South Af- last year, this document is one of the world's plete here. I wouldn't trade this place with rica in which I grew up, and most democratic constitutions, we were fre- another." This Whitworth graduate is return- which was so urgently needing quently and proudly told, and it promises gener- ing the benefits of his own education to the change, was gone. ous human rights protections. So far, both in community where he grew up by volunteer- This was the first time I'd spirit and in law, these rights are being upheld. ing in the school he attended. Among other been back to South Africa since For example, journalists we met were unanimous things, he tries to get books for children study- the 1994 elections. (My previ- in acknowledging the new press freedom they ing in a system that's nominally free of apart- ous visit was when I led experienced in the post-apartheid era. heid but which still feels irs aftereffects. While Whitworth's first study group, Peter Sullivan, editor of The Star, government benefits and services are now three months before the his- Johannesburg's leading daily, said he doesn't spread more equally, in areas like education toric vote that year.) The single know of any legal constraints on the media. "I they end up being spread pretty thin. The re- operate as if none of these laws exist," he said sources are simply too limited to meet The days, then, are getting longer and people's expectations. In the new South Af- warmer. Much that is good marks the new South rica, he said, "people expect the government Africa. Few South Africans we met live under to do everything." It is the returned exiles like any illusions about the magnitude of the diffi- Maseko and the millions more who never left culties ahead. But they derive much comfort South Africa, black and white, who are vital in

'I Onejelt, if the new South Africa is to ,I succeed, the people who will make it

happen are already bringing that about.

17 77;eexuberance of are acclaimed or de- All this has nothing to do with my ongo- oJlbese nounced. Unlike Rip van ing love for the land of my birth, and my children ill tbe Winkle, I don't feel I've concern for its Future. Both those qualities missed out entirely on 20 remain, What has changed, though, is the Crossroads years. But it's as if I've taken land and its people, As the leaves continue squatter camp, too many naps in the past to turn color, I look to the past, and the near Cape two decades to know South summer clays of closeness to the land that Africa properly. are now part of Maseko but are no longer lbum, parallels A more fundamental mine. As I look to the future, I know that as tbe optimism quality that I find increasingly long as I stay in the United States, the days that thousands sets me apart from South wilt grow shorter and shorter, and [ shall aJSoulb Africa's 45 million blacks, understand my homeland less and less. whites, Coloureds and Asians South Africa, though, will not let me Alrimlls (Ire is that, unlike them, I have not go. And because I grudgingly accept the bringing to tbe lived through what they have. ancient wisdom of Heraclitus that "There is Jormidable lask I haven't shared firsthand the nothing permanent except change," 1 am of addressing euphoria that marked the coming to terms with the change in sea- 1994 elections. Or known the sons. What remains constant are the joys of their couutrys anguish, rage and fear that ac- visiting family and lifelong friends and see- problems, companied the assassination ing the natural beaury that constantly aston- of a popular black leader, ished and thrilled our group. As a student Chris Hani. Quite simply, I myself of this fascinating land, I can keep cannot tell, except perhaps as observing its continued movement into the a well-informed tourist, what post-apartheid era. Likewise, I have the most noteworthy change I detected W~IS it's truly like to be South African today. honor of seeing an amazing range of people, the sense of normality. Despite the in- 1 realize too that, despite my abiding in all sons of ways, utterly committed to doctrtnation or the apartheid years, white concern for South Africa and its people, making a better South Africa. With those South Africans like me were seeing that there is little I can contribute to its well- benefits, I guess I can cope with the increas- South Africa's Chicken Little \\'~IS plain being and future. Oh, 1shall continue with ingly chilly days of fall, put on my coat and wrong: the country had a black majority my research on the media, and I shall keep head back once again. government, and the sky had not fallen. going back. The roots go too deep for me Gordon jackson is a professor of On the contrary, there \Vas something not to. 13ut with each visit I expect I shall communcation. studies at Whitworth freeing in feeling for the first lime, ux a increasingly feel less and less South African. College. white, that J didn't have some obligation to justify, explain or apologize for a white government and white domination That change was profoundly wel- come, But quite apart from that unprec- edented sense of normality, 1 felt increas- ingly 1didn't belong. In one way after an- other, J realized that 18m no longer one of those millions of strands that make up the richly textured cloth that is South Africa's population. A new culture has arisen dur- ing the nearly 18 years I've lived away from South Africa, a culture that has changed more quickly than even my frequent vis- its have enabled me to master. Some differences are tangible. The language, for instance, South African En- glish now includes a vocabulary born only in recent years. New celebrities are fea- tured in the media ancl personal conver- sations, Television shows I've never heard

18 1989 Whillllorib graduate Maseko MASEKO NXUMALO N.rumalo, now an accountant A If OJifECOlifJ7\TG witb Hewlett- Packard's Soutb et me explain why 1choked up whenMaseko Nxumalo handed African me the photo of my children that he'd been carrying in his subsidiary, L wallet since I'd seen him about three years before in Seattle. represents tbe It happened during our remarkable jan- Term encounter: a 90- face of the new minute meeting with a Whitworth alumnus whose journey had South Africa. taken him from johannesburg as a refugee from apartheid two decades before, when as a 17-year-old schoolboy hefled a police force charged with the ruthless enforcement of a system of racial segregation. Mascko, who is one of the gentlest, mOSIsoft- extraordinary tribute to his charac- spoken people you'll meet anywhere, had made ter that he was willing to give LIS a the wanted list for speaking out against the sys- chance. Slowly, then, the friend- tern. He was forced to flee his country ship took hold. Dinners in our After nine years as an exile in Botswana and home. Next came the connection with our chil- izing politics in February 1990, Maseko and thou-

other African countries, Maseko made his way (0 dren, Sarah, who was born the year he arrived at sands of others who had left South Africa over Whitworth. Maseko came from nowhere when Whitworth, and Matthew, born when Maseko was the decades began wondering whether going he arrived as a freshman at Whitworth in 1985. a junior. On both he bestowed a generous and home might soon become possible. In the years Still sought by the police back home, he had 10 genuine affection. that followed, and especially after South Africa's travel on a United Nations passport. He had had For me, our friendship was sealed in spring first democratic election in April 1994, that's ex- the chance to study accounting while in Botswana, 1989, when Maseko asked me, on behalf of the actly what happened. For Maseko, that return and also got some practical experience working Class of 1989, to give that year's baccalaureate came on August 16 the next year. For the second as a bookkeeper before arriving in Spokane. But address. The invitation would have been an honor time in two decades, Maseko crossed the border it was in 1985, thanks to the help olthe New York- from anyone. But coming from Maseko, it was a between South Africa and Botswana. This time, based African-American Institute and Whitworth request packed with meaning. To be introduced he did so legally and knowingly Political Studies Professor John Yoder, that Maseko in Cowles Auditorium that Commencement week- His return was fraught with meaning and got the chance to begin a college education. So it end as "my friend Gordon jackson" was as rich a deliberation. About 4 p.m. that day, his mother was that Maseko, then age 26, and another black compliment as any Whitworth student has ever and brother, who had come to meet him in South African refugee joined the Whitworth com- paid me. Botswana, crossed the border ahead of him. The munity as higWy atypical freshmen that fall. By now, Maseko had married Mokashane, return was something he needed to do alone. It That's when he mel my wife, Sue, and me. whom he had met while in exile in Botswana. Af- was time, he said, "to close a chapter and start a It's only as our friendship grew in the years that ter his graduation, they headed to Seattle, where new life." Midway across the bridge, he stopped, followed that I learned how deep was his suspi- he completed an M.B.A. at Seattle Pacific Univer- turned around and waved goodbye to the coun- cion and wariness toward LIS. We saw him as a sity. We spoke by phone and visited each other tlY that had given him sanctuary as a youth, and fellow South African; to him we represented the when we could. All the while, however, he never was serving as the springboard for a new life now. very system that he'd fled nine years before. It must doubted that South Africa would be free and his Then he knelt down and said a prayer. Finally, have seemed that even in this remote part of the goal was clear: he was heading home, and he was after 19 years, Maseko Nxumalo had come home. United States, where a new chapter was 10 unfold readying himself for that moment. As he said dur- His re-entry wasn't without pain: the home in his life, even here he could not avoid living sym- ing our meeting this January, since fleeing the where he grew up was unrecognizable, he said, bols of an oppressed past. country in 1976, "Every step I was taking I was "and nobody knew me. I couldn't recognize old No donht his acceptance by the Whitworth taking for South Africa," he said. When he was friends." But Maseko was home. What's more, community, which helped him see that whites studying, he said, "it was for South Africa." that photo told me, part of the world that was weren't inherently hostile, helped pave the way for When the De K1erk administration took of- now his home included a link to Whitworth, his gradual warming toward us. But given the fice in South Africa in 1989, the political stage sud- through my family and me. For a Whitworth pro- legacy of discrimination he and millions of other denly showed signs of hope. With Nelson fessor, the rewards don't get any better than that. black South Africans knew as normality, it was an Mandela's release and the moves toward normal- - Gordon Jackson

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rtf> u:uo R£MAlNS IN lltf> 5ASfMfONT. It is there as both a symbol of hope and a reminder that the journey back is not complete. With its thick strings stretching high across the fZc,v'i~cd1 fingerboard, the cello is one of the most difficult of musical instru- It ments to play, and Tim Hornor used to play it beautifully. But he II has not yet regained the finger strength or dexterity to play the FOUR YEARS AGO, , instrument that once held the promise of a career in music for him. The cello remains the unreached summit of a remarkable climb a freak accident had • that began four years ago when he was a senior at Mead High • School and first cellist in the Spokane Youth Symphony, and will all but sentenced • culminate in his walk across the Spokane Opera House stage this II month to receive his diploma from Whitworth. Tim Hornor to life , As a senior at Mead High School, Tim thought he had his lot in

20 surgeon asked. Tim moved his feet. "It looks like you've got an his range of motion and strength aren't what they used to be, his angel on your shoulder," the surgeon told him. "That's the closest gait shows a bit of ungainliness, and he's still hoping for improve- he ever carne to saying the 'm' word," Tim recalls. The next day, ment with his fine motor control. And, of course, no water skiing, Tim left intensive care, spent four days in the neuro ward, and then doctor's orders. began rehabilitation. "Nobody had ever seen anything like it be- It's ironic that had it not been for the accident, Tim might never fore," Tim said. have discovered other talents within himself. "On a whim, I tried Despite the remarkable speed of his recovery, the idea of Tim out for the spring theatre production my freshman year, participating in the Mead High School commencement ceremony Moliere's Imaginary Invalid, and I ended up receiving the best barely three weeks after the accident still seemed far-fetched. Yet supporting actor award at that spring's Honors Forum." Since that was Tim's goal, and he achieved it by wheeling himself up a that time, Tim has enjoyed leading roles in several Whitworth ramp to the stage in a wheelchair. There wasn't a dry eye in the Theatre productions. "So many doors have been opened for me place. Later that evening, when Rick Hornor brought Tim back to because of this," Tim said. "And like so many of us, I focused his hospital room, a soul-scraping recognition of all that had hap- on just one of my talents and made my decisions about my life pened and all that lay ahead came crashing down on both of them. before God did." The two sat weeping in each other's arms, shedding tears of joy Tim is unsure what his path will be after graduation. It's a over Tim's restoration, tears of wonder for God's healing grace, healthy uncertainty. He will travel in the fall to Egypt and Jerusa- and tears of trepidation about what the future held. "What will be my lem. A career path? Tim is seriously thinking about following in goal now?" Tim tearfully asked his father. his father's footsteps by teaching drama. In order to improve his It didn't take Timtoo long to answer that question. "It changed the finger strength and dexterity, Tim has taken up the guitar. And direction of my life,"Tim said. "It seems pretty clear to me now that I though the cello remains in its case, Tim brings it out every once in wasn't supposed to go to Baylor. And although my experience with the awhile - it is a source of both frustration and inspiration. But Tim doctors and nurses was great, I came out of the hospital with a clearer doesn't have any complaints. If and when he does play the cello understanding of what doctors do on a daily basis,and it really didn't again, it will not be for an audience of black-tied Dvorak fans; he interest me." Soinstead of packing it up and heading for Baylor,Tim will play it "to honor God." enrolled at Whitworth. Stillwearing a neck brace, he moved into Baldwin- "I feel in many ways I have an advantage over so many of the Jenkins as a freshman in the fall of ]993. "At first I thought I might go to people I'm graduating with because I've gone through an expe- Whitworth for a year, then transfer to Baylor," he said. "But by the end rience like this," he said. "I'm really unconcerned about my fu- of the year, I loved the friends I made here, I loved the classes I took - ture well-being; God's been so faithful to me in such dire times I loved Whitworth." Today he still feels some effects from his injury- that I know things are going to be OK."

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Whitworth's Certification for Ministry program prepares students for lives of service Senior John Rasmussen istry is all about. "We try to teach stu- dents that ministry is not just a thing to doubted his decision to enter do; it's a way of life," said Mohrlang. And Whitworth's Certification for Ministry for those who do choose ministry as a program only once. As he attempted to career, the Whitworth program provides enter the main building at Spokane's Gei- an invaluable resource for the church ger Correctional Facility, where he in- community. "For instance, we have all terned as an assistant to the chaplain, a kinds of requests for people to go into guard stopped him and told him to go professional youth ministry right out of around to the back. "That was the first college," Mohrlang said. "For instance, time they'd ever told me to do that," said churches want people who are young, Rasmussen. "But I figured, okay, I can go who are close in age to their youth group around to the back." members, but who are skilled in minis- When he approached the rear door of try." the building, two more guards stopped r:':1 The thing that sets Whitworth's pro- him, asked him several questions, and CFM student 10hn Rasmussen reft) with his gram apart, said Mohrlang, is the excel- made noises about a strip search. mentor, Steve witso«, at Geiger Correctional lence of its staff. "I think we're in a unique Rasmussen told the guards that he was a Facility. Rasmussen calls Wilson "a very wise position to provide what churches are Whitworth College student and an intern and prayenui man." looking for," she said. "We've got tre- at the prison, and the guards apologized; mendously skilled people who under- they'd thought he was an inmate returning to the facility. stand and serve the needs of churches. In fact, all of our teachers Students preparing for prison ministry had better be ready have been in or are now in ministry outside the college. So there's for almost anything - but the same is true of youth leaders and a tremendous linkage, plus they're excellent teachers." family pastors and hospital chaplains. And Whitworth's Certifi- Rasmussen agrees with Mohrlang's assessment of the CFM cation for Ministry program can be a first step toward each of faculty. "We have incredible teachers. Jerry Sittser and Ron Pyle those professions and toward a hundred other church-related are part of the faculty here, and they teach some of the certifica- occupations, as well. This innovative program, which most par- tion classes, and then we get to take courses from jim Singleton ticipants pursue during their junior and senior years at [senior pastor at Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church] Whitworth, prepares students for the practical as well as the and Jeanne Walsh [director of family ministries at Spokane's First theoretical side of ministry - and for living a life in which min- Presbyterian Church], who has a new family ministry course that's istry to others is an everyday reality rather than just a profes- one of my favorites so far." sional goal. Rasmussen also praises Mohrlang's work. "Dottie runs the in- Dottie Mohrlang, a member of the Certification for Ministry ternship program, and she [ust does an incredible job of placing team who seeks out and supervises internships for CFM students, people and finding the kinds of positions they want for minis- said that the CFM staff wants students to understand what min- try," he said. "She knew that I was interested in troubled-youth

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ministries, and so she went out and found me the prison chap- students in practical courses that will prepare them for ministry laincy internship [at Geiger]. [ spent a year out there, and I was after they have already been educated about the historical, theo- challenged beyond belie!." logical and cultural context in which ministry takes place. The internship, required of all program participants, is an- The program's strength and distinctiveness stem from the fact other distinguish- •• that it is founded ing feature of the upon an entire lib- CFM. The practi- I eral arts curriculum cal work of the in- already in place. It ternship is com- grows out of that bined with a theo- curriculum, as, for retical compo- example, the nent, the Theol- teacher certification ogy of Ministry program builds course, that allows upon an academic students to study, major to prepare discuss and pray graduates for the about the work teaching profession. they're pursuing. The CFM has And the intern- Jived up to Sittser's ships also provide ~ expectations. "I mentors for each ~ love this program," of the CFM stu- !he said. "It brings dents. As Ras- " together the world mussen said, "My ~ of theory and prac- mentor, Geiger Certification students meet at the home of Dean of the Chapel Terry McGonigal to discuss tice and does it Chaplain Steve their internships and to pray (or each other and (or the people they serve. well. It is academi- Wilson, is a very cally rigorous, and wise and prayerful man who pushed me to do stuff at Geiger it provides opportunities for theological reflection as well as for that I would never have thought I was ready to do." Within practical assignments." Finally, he said, "It allows some students just a few weeks of his arrival on the Geiger scene, Rasmussen to realize that they don't want to go into the professional minis- was giving sermons at prison worship services, and one memo- try, and that saves them and the larger Christian community a rable Sunday morning he received a phone call from Wilson. lot of time and money. If a student realizes that ministry is a way "He was sick, and he called to tell me that I'd be in charge of of life, we don't feel that the decision to forgo professional min- worship that day - including communion, the sermon, the lay- istry is a failure on our part or the student's." ing on of hands, and running the service - and the fact that he Rasmussen has decided that he does want to go into profes- had faith in me, that he knew I could do it, just pushed me to sional ministry, and he already has an offer to do so. "First Pres- get it done." byterian Church in Houston, Texas, wants to hire me to start a Rasmussen said that he sees his internship as ideal, both from college ministry for Rice University," he said. "I'm also looking a personal perspective and from the per- at working in a troubled-youth center in spective of the CFM program. "They don't Colorado Springs, which would be for a want you just watching. They want you "Ministry is not just a thing year. That's the kind of ministry I really involved in the ministry, and they want want to do. And then I'd probably go you to learn," he said. to do; it's a way of life." on to a chaplaincy in a juvenile center," Associate Professor of Religion Jerry Graduates of the Whitworth pro- Sittser, who founded the Certification for gram have had no trouble finding jobs. Ministry program in the early 1990s, said the shared needs of Robin Garvin, pastor of Spokane's Hamblen Park Presbyterian church and college provided impetus for the program. "A num- Church, said that good word-of-mouth about Whitworth ber of things made me believe that it was necessary and that it would convince her to consider hiring a CFM grad, even if would work," he said. "The church was looking for experienced, she hadn't heard of the program. "I'd do it," she said, "be- competent youth workers and other young, enthusiastic lead- cause Whitworth, and its religion department in particular, ers; we had a strong desire to prepare our students for post- has such a positive reputation. It would make a statement to graduation jobs; and we believed that a certification program me about the competence of the students if they'd received grounded in a distinctive Whitworth education would be excel- certification from Whitworth." lent for both our students and the church." Garvin added, "But Iam involved in the program, and 1know Sittser and the other founders also wanted to create a pro- the students, and their competence is not competence in the gram that was rooted in a liberal arts major, but that would pre- hypothetical; it's competence in practice. These students are the pare people for full-time ministry. The certification program, which cream of the crop, and every year their level of depth and ability comprises six courses and an internship, is different from either a and commitment deepens. These students are the very best. I'd major or a minor in religion at Whitworth; its intent is to involve hire a CFM grad in a minute."

23 bz Threshold people may be parents, free. Do not ever rest until your THE BOOKSHELF neighbors, pastors, teachers. Mentors people, like those stars, are free. II' And who guide and support, spouses, sib- that passion was passed on. Common Fire lings, professional colleagues who There is much to be said here/ too, Lives of Commitment encourage growth and vision, as well about critical thinking, about mean- in a Complex World as provide good company for the pil- ing-making. by Daloz, Keen, Keen, grimage: all are threshold people. Many of those who work for the and Parks For many of the pilgrims, the jour- good of others make meaning out of Boston: Beacon Press ney is toward feeling at home with their own suffering. There may have been safe places and nurturing adults, 1996 divergent views/ with ambiguity - toward feeling at home in the world but there may also have been deep at large. wounds that act as catalysts. Common Fire is about stories and pat- The stories of ethical formation are The authors write that "The wound terns. The four authors, including not limited to the two extended in- matters less than the form of healing, Whitworth graduate and former chap- te rlu dqs. There are story pockets for the way in which the surrounding lain Sharon Daloz Parks, '64, gath- within the analysis. The authors cite social fabric holds us affects the mean- ered the stories of more than 100 Douglas Huneke in The Moses ofRovno, ing that we make of our suffering - people who work for the common who tells the story of Fritz Graebe's as inconsequential or significant, our good. The patterns that form the moral development. Whenever own fault or the result of larger forces, structure of the book come from these Graebe's mother would ask him about a burden to bear alone or one that oth- stories. "someone in distress or [in] an unjust ers may help us to carry. II In the midst of these chapters on situation," she would say, "'And you, The authors write about people the seminal characteristics common Fritz, what would you do?"'This ques- who "live those struggles well." among these people are two inter- tion, presumably asked over and over This book is a study of what is, has ludes, two stories unmarked by autho- in different contexts, gave the adult been, and could be a plan for the fu- rial commentary. Nothing convinces Graebe the courage, the moral fabric ture. The epilogue offers the distilla- a reader more than a story. during the Holocaust, to rescue sev- tion of the lessons as programs for the The first of these interludes is about era I hundred Jews. benefit of higher education and for re- Roy Matthews and Passages, an orga- Some of the interviewees had re- ligious institutions, for example. nization that places college students markable experiences with public fig- Where better to forge new corn- of color as interns within businesses. ures, experiences that changed these mons and new mentors for the pil- But the story is more about who and people forever. One person spoke of grimage to come? what made Roy Matthews the person meeting Indira Gandhi, who said that he is. This story is also about one of Jawaharlal Nehru/ her father, "used to - Laura Bloxham, '69 the interns. And the story is a case look up at the stars and say, 'Do you Professor of English study, an illustration of those virtues see those stars? Those stars, they are Whitworth College presented in a linear fashion in the preceding chapters. It is a story about compassion and belief, about oppor- tunity and economic justice. man ground between Protestants Our Hearts and Catholics. Both Roman Catholi- The results of this study are mani- Are Restless: fold, and a review could be exhausted cism and Protestantism are strongly Meditations on listing the various virtues and influ- rooted in Augustinian thought, says Learning to Live ences that promote caring work done Redmond/ professor emeritus of re- for others. by Howard Redmond ligion who still teaches part time at One of the most significant is the Sheed and Ward Whitworth. This volume, then, is an idea of the commons, "a shared, pub- 1997 attempt to use Augustine-based re- lic space". The "hospitable spaces"- flections to relate the thought of one ballparks, libraries, zoos - are places of the greatest of the early Christian where individuals are nurtured. These The 5th century writings of 51.Au- writers to the thought and life of our spaces are safe; they are havens from gustine brought great insight to the time. worry and fear. Home may be one Christian community about grace This collection, Redmond says, such commons. A day-care center, a and the church. In his new book, Our seeks to build on the shared concerns church, a college may provide the Hearts Are Restless: Meditations on of Christians of all denominations. commons experience. These environ- Learning to Live (5heed and Ward), Look for Our Hearts Are Restless in ments and "threshold people" are two Howard Redmond not only seeks to Christian bookstores, or call the of the master patterns for shaping shine new light on Augustine's writ- Whitworth College Bookstore at people who "practice commitment as ings/ but also to explore more com- (509) 466-3277. a way of life."

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Alumni invited to honor Bruners Please join us as Whitworth College, in cooperation with First Presbyterian Church, Spokane, and the Whitworth Institute of Ministry, celebrates Dale and Kathy Bruner's 20 years of service in teaching and active ministry in the Pa- cific Northwest. They will be honored on Sunday.july 20, 1997, at the Whitworth College Fieldhouse. The reception will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7. The cost is $25 per per- Pierrette Christianne-l ovtien son. Please RSVPwith your check by july 11 to the Alumni Office. Celebration to mark This event occurs the day before the start of the 1997 Whitworth Institute of French professor's Ministry, at which Dale Bruner will be 34 years of service the keynote Bible teacher. Dale Bruner Save the day 01Saturday, October 18, 1997, to join alumni and friends in cel- Pirates to appear at Kingdome ebrating 34 years of service to Whitworth College by Pierrette No, Pittsburgh is not making a stop should be made through the Alumni Christianne-Lovrien, '77, beloved in Seattle lor interleague play Office as soon as possible. The dead- French professor. But on Friday night, August 22, you line: August 1. Please keep in mind that A driving force in establishing can join fellow alumni and friends and a limited number of tickets is available. Whitworth's France Study Tour, watch the Mariners take on the defend- Puget Sound-area alumni will receive Christianne-Lovrien will be retiring at ing World Champion New York Yan- a postcard with more information by the end of fall semester 1997. More in- kees. june L formation will be available soon. Tickets are $9 each, and reservations We hope to see you there!

It's never too early to plan for future reunions on campus. Save these dates now for upcoming 1997 and 1998 events!

june 13-15, 1997 45-year reunion for Classesof '50-'54 june 27-29,1997 25-year reunion for Classesof '71-'73 October 11, 1997 Homecoming and 5-year reunion for Classesof '91-'93, 1O-yearreunion for Classesof '86-'88 May 16-17, 1998 Heritage Dayfor Classof '48 and SO-Plusalumni May29-31,1998 40-year reunion for Classesof '57-'59 July10-12,1998 3D-yearreunion for Classesof '67-'69, and 20-year reunion for Classes'77-'79 October 3, 1998 Homecoming and 5-year reunion for Classesof '92-'94, 1O-yearreunion for Classesof '87-'89

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A note from the alumni director

What an amazing first year on the job! I have had opportunities to meet many of you at events from Denver to Ha- waii, San Diego to Spokane. I have had pizza with grads One set of Lounsberry's champs fromthe class of 1996 and lunch with members of the class of 1931. From jazz Lounsberry teams plan fall reunion concerts to kayak trips, bas- Gridiron veterans from Jim Lounsberry's ketball games to theatre years at Whitworth will be gathering this fall performances, it is always to celebrate one of the winningest eras in wonderful to meet with you Whitworth football history. and hear your "When I was In tribute to Lounsberry's lasting contri- at Whitworth" stories. butions as a coach, and because this was such Watch for a wide variety a significant period for Whitworth football of activities and opportuni- (the 22-game winning streak from '53 to '56 ties coming your way in the is still a school record), a team reunion will next year. be held in conjunction with a Pirate home TheCore650 lecturese- game this fall. ries will again hit the road, Event co-chairmen Walt Spangenberg and bringing professors and hot Daryl Squires promise a good time as team- topics to a church fellowship mates gather to share stories from this glori- hall near you. ous era in Pirate athletics. Expanded offerings on Afinal date is forthcoming. Look for news the web site will make it Jim Lounsberry in your mailbox soon. even easier to visit the cam- pus (Ifonly in cyber-space) and reconnect with old Core 650 travels to Europe in 1998 friends. And the campus it- A new era in alumni programming will visit five European cities, tracking the devel- self has never looked bet- begin next summer as Philosophy Professor opment of western philosophy and immers- ter. Come out for a visit! Dr. Forrest Baird and his wife.joy, lead a Core ing themselves in art, cuisine and sightsee- As always, I look forward 650 tour to Europe for alumni and friends of ing. to hearing from you via Whitworth. See the inside back cover of this issue for phone, letter, or e-mail. Your From June 19 to July 5, participants will more information. suggestions (and memo- ries) are always appreci- Alumni Office Seeks Award Nominations ated. The Alumni Office is seeking nominations alumnus/a whose service and devotion to - Tad M. Wisenor, '89 for the two awards presented by the Alumni Whitworth has made a significant impact in Association. the college community. Through this person's The Alumni Distinguished Service Award effort, Whitworth has attained a higher level was first presented to Dorothy Parr Dixon in of excellence. The ideal nominee should show 1963 and is presented to an alumna/us who unselfish dedication to the alumni program has expressed loyalty and continuing service and its goal of maintaining relationships with to Whitworth College; been of service to the alumni; express the mission of the college to community; reached high achievement in others and encourage the financial and vol- her/his field; and exemplified Christian ide- unteer support of other alumni; and be recog- als through service to others. nized as a role model for others to follow. The Alumni Devotion to Whitworth Award Nomination letters should be sent by was first awarded in 1989 and is given to an Whitworth alumni to the Alumni Office.

26 WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 Robert F. Smith retired from teach- CLASS NOTES ,51 ing at Lemoore High School and is a part- time English instructor at West Hills College ,36 T.C. McFeron has been retired for in Coalinga, Calif. over 20 years. He fills his time singing in a choir, bowling and being a "shooter of free '52 Cathy (Kendall) Durham and her hus- band, Dick, are serving at Grace Baptist throws. " Church in Cedarville, Ohio. ,45 After serving for 15 years, Barbara Mullen Stout retired in June 1996 from the '53 George Buchin retired in Septem- ber 1996 after 40 years as an ordained min- pastorate at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, Calif. She now serves parttime ister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and in the San Gabriel Presbytery in California. received a retirement gift of a trip with his Whitworth has things pretty well wrapped up wife, Lois, through Israel, Egypt and Greece. in the San Fernando Presbytery in Southern George serves as the interim pastor at First California, where Bruce Finlayson was re- Presbyterian Church in Brainerd, Minn. cently installed as the moderator and Rev. Dr. Robert Steffer will retire in 1997 Glen Thorp ('57) is the new vice-moderator. ,56 from the ministry of the Christian Church (Dis- ciples of Christ). He has been executive re- ,48 Mary (Bovee) and Clifford ('49) Tay- Colonel Carol (Isaac) Reineck, '72, gional minister of the church for Canada lor live in Hood River, Ore., and are happy to received a $40,000 grant for military since 1987. be surrounded by their five children and 17 nursing research. She is assigned to the grandchildren. Cliff is retired but tutors jun- ,58 H. Wayne Smith married Grace U.s. Army Medical Department Center & ior and senior high school kids in math. Mary School in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (Mel) has been in real estate for 27 years. Tweten in December. They now live in East Wenatchee, where Grace owns an orchard. shown at Gordon College's Horner Mezza- Richard and Ardith (Moberly, '53) Wayne is extensively involved in Y's Men In- ,50 nine Gallery in Wenham, Mass. The same Klein e-mailed the Alumni Office to say, "We ternational, an organization in the service collection was also shown in the Wesley have joined the oybergeneration and love of YMCA. Dr. Harold Winters retired from Chapel Gallery at Houghton College in being online with the latest news, e-mail, etc. IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Houghton, NY Hey, you 1950s generation ... get online Calif., in 1993. and enjoy the 1990s communications pos- In November and December, Ben Jon W. Adams sold his business to sibilities!" ,59 '60 Frank Moss' paintings and drawings in the his employees and retired - for seven days. "Landscape Revelations" collection were He is back in the Northwest working with Tom

IN MEMORIAM

Dorothy (Dick) Adams died December 3, Vicki Lewis, '93, died of cancer on her 52nd Walter M. "Bill" Williams, '63, died on De- 1996, at the age of 97, in Milwaukie, Ore. birthday, Jan. 17, 1997. She was born in cember 18,1996, as the result of complica- She was born in 1899 to missionary par- Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and was a teacher tions from cancer. Survivors include his wife, ents home on furlough, and her early school- and school administrator before coming to Linda (Misner) '64, his daughter, Janli, '90, ing was in Asia. After working in national the U.S. in 1969. She was the coordinator both of Arlington, Wash., and his son, C.J. missions for the Presbyterian Church in Ber- of the Certification and Placement Office in keley, Calif., she was a resident counselor the education department at Whitworth from Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Yates, 84, died De- in Whitworth's McMillan Hall from 1953 to 1985 until she became too ill to work last cember 18, 1996, of congestive heart fail- 1967. Survivors include nephew Edward B. fall. Survivors include daughters Robin ure. Born in England and educated in Adams, '57. Yorlano and Jennifer (Lewis) Vandine,'93, Canada, he received a doctorate in theol- sons George and Bruce Lewis, '89, and one ogy from Princeton Theological Seminary. Sherrin Bauman, '83, died May 18, 1996, grandchild. He taught philosophy and Greek at of cancer. She was executive director of the Whitworth for 33 years, beginning in 1948. Central Washington Girl Scout Council for 16 Robert T. McLaughlin, '62, died of a heart He also served as pastor of Rocklyn Meth- years. Sherrin is survived by her husband, attack on Nov. 14, 1996. He was 62. After odist Church for 20 years. Survivors include Tom, of Richland, and their three children. graduating from Whitworth, he attended Lou- a son, David, of Seattle, a daughter, Lorna isville Seminary and became a Presbyterian Holly, of Garland, Texas, two grandchildren, Hazel Barnes, '38, died in Spokane on Christ- minister. From 1974-1984, he was the chap- and a sister, Betty McNaughton, of Ontario, mas Eve 1996, at the age of 83. A longtime lain at Children's Hospital in Seattle. He is Canada. reporter for the Spokane Chronicle, Hazel survived by his wife, Connie, and two daugh- wrote school news stories in order to pay ters, Robin Lee McLaughlin and Jo Marie her way through Whitworth. After teaching McLaughlin Flannery, both of Seattle. for several years, she joined the Chronicle Jean Nanney, '46, was listed errone- Lynne M. Watt, wife of Brady B. Watt, '80, full time in 1943 and stayed 35 years. She ously in the last Whitworth Today as was tragically killed in an automobile acci- interviewed "with a gentle touch," and was being deceased. Her husband, dent on January 29, 1997. She leaves be- selected to interview Helen Keller, Eleanor Herbert, died May 20, 1996. We re- hind her husband and their two children, Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon. gret the error. In her retirement, she taught English to im- Garrett and Laurel. We extend our prayers migrants and traveled extensively. and sympathy to the family.

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Goodenow ('71), and manages the new Har- ,66 Larry M. Eisom teaches physics at David is Western Washington University's bor Club in Bellevue. Janice M. (Lamott) Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane. economics department chair and is active Adams serves as the stated supply pastor in the community. Lynne homeschools An- at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Port- ,6 7 G. Stanford Raymond works for Con- drew, 11, and Daniel, 9, while continuing land, are. Her husband, Samuel B. Adams tinental Airlines in Atlantic City, N.J., and is her studies at WWU. Daughter Janelle is a ('61), serves as an interim pastor at Rose working on a teaching certificate for "a third senior in high school, while son Jonathan City Park Presbyterian in Portland. or fourth career change." is attending Wheaton College. Sue (Julian) Snelling is a second-grade teacher at Wide '64 H. Leon Sams and his wife, Marylee ,71Armand Lara retired from the FBI in Hollow Elementary School in Yakima, Wash. (Severson, '65), live in Stanwood, Wash., May 1996, following 25 years as a special She was awarded her master's degree in where he is the principal at Stanwood El- agent. He is now in San Salvador as an advi- educational technology in August 1996 and ementary School and she teaches music at sor to the National Security Council of EI is participating in a Washington state tech- Twin City Elementary. Linda (Misner) Will- Salvador. nology grant that involves the World Wide Web. iams and Janli Williams ('90) are team- Mark Snelling is the senior pastor at teaching intermediate multi-age classes at '72 David and M. Lynne (Hafer, '72) Westminster Presbyterian in Yakima, Wash., Eagle Creek Elementary in Arlington, Wash. Nelson celebrated their 25th wedding anni- and will be leading a tour of the Holy Lands in versary, in February with a Caribbean cruise. June as part of his three-month sabbatical. ,73 Tim Lickness recently had an ar- ticle on his wartime experiences in Vietnam published in the Wall Street Journal.

,74 David J. Votaw is the new pastor at Parkminster Presbyterian Church in Roches- ter, N.Y.

,75 Carolyn Curley McNeil is teaching kindergarten at Wright Elementary School in Coulee Dam, Wash., and is referring students to the Whitworth Education Department. Darlana (Norvell) Dyer works in the family business and volunteers at Calvary Chapel in Colbert, Wash. Her husband, Bill, is the "self-employed president of Lighthouse In- ternational Ltd.," where he is involved with new product development and marketing. The Dyers make their home in Colbert with their two boys. Roger and Sharon Enfield have relocated to Dallas, Texas, where their daughter Camilla starts kindergarten this year. Jane (Jarett) Bateham, band director at Chase Middle School in Spokane, was se- lected as Eastern Washington University's Teacher of the Month for October 1996. Julie K. (Hardt) Davidson and Ed Reynolds were married in November 1996. They make their home in Chelan, Wash.

,76 Elizabeth (Wicklund) and Daniel Newell ('79) lead busy lives in Eugene, Ore. Betsy's hands are full with four school-aged children, volunteer work and Bible Study Fellowship. Dan works with computers. The Newells "are now back in touch via e-mail," having recently received e-mail from old Whitworth friends John ('80) and Denise (Bent, '82) Harro in Soldotna, Alaska.

,7 7 Debi (Klahn) and Steve Knight and family send their greetings from Avon, En- Do dogsleds have cupholders? Ponder for a moment the idea of a dogsled driver in gland. They would welcome visitorsfrom the the Jditarod stopping to order a iatte. We're not sure /row ldltarod purists might feel Whitworth community and plan to celebrate Christmas 1997 in Washington state. Will about it, but D,: Eric Johnson, '79, of Anchorage, Alaska, gave racers and fans a Mason is the pastor at Southampton Pres- warm-lip while raising money for Sunrise Christian School. After setting down his byterian Church in S1. Louis, Mo. He works plane along the banks of the lditarod Rivet, Johnson set lip his own espresso stand with several small group ministries and is a along the race course. Sales were brisk, but zero-degree temperatures froze any milk member of the General Assembly's Urban that was left out within 10 minutes. Strategy Task Force.

28 WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 - '78 In March 1996, Russell Thompson finished his doctorate in education at UCLA. He is a high-school principal in Los Angeles, and lives in Long Beach with his wife, Betty- Jean, and their children, Nolan, 11, Shan- non, 8, and Allison, 4. Pam Geddes and Brian Girtman plan to marry in Lincoln City, Ore., in May. Pam is a publications specialist at Marylhurst College in Lake Oswego, Ore. Brian owns his own television communica- tion system design and installation company in Portland, Ore.

,79 Melissa (Pauly) Mawn is a social studies teacher at West Irondequoit High School in Rochester, N.Y. She hopes to do some traveling with her family in the future. Margaret Wattman-Turner was awarded the The Rev. Keith Reed, '88, (left) performed the ceremony as Tom King, '89, wed Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship at Lewis & Mary Savage in a filly wedding held at Aspetuc« Valley Country Club in Weston, Clark College in Portland, given to students whose "outstanding academic achievements Connecticut. The Kings are living in New Jersey ann Tom is working on his M.B.A. are complemented by qualities of leadership, at the University ot Connecttcut. dedication, integrity, compassion, sensitiv- ity and self-discipline." Ian Macinnes-Green lives in Fort Atkinson, Wis. '82 Clara (Oswalt) and Joe Lewis were builds timber frame homes and Janet works married in July 1996. Clara teaches at a in a CPA office. Andrea (Knappen) and David '80 Renee (Shaw) Workings and her hus- Christian school in Jackson, Miss. Kathy Neault are happy to announce the arrival of band, Douglas, have a 1-year-old son, Grant Worster lives in Modesto, Calif., and is work- their second child, Trevor Forrest Neault, in Douglas. Richard Lee Anderson is in his 17th ing toward her R.N. at St. Dominic's Hospi- October 1996. He joins his big sister, Jillian year of teaching junior high students in Eagle tal. David and Debora Byle are pleased to Rochelle. Jeff and Chris (Stauffer, '85) Sloan River, Alaska. Dr. Alice (Krehbul) and Eric announce the birth of their son, Benjamin, are pleased to announce the birth of their Chrisinger and daughter Katie announce the in November 1996, in Seville, Spain. Brian daughter, Jessica Cole, in February. Laura birth of Evan Reed in March 1996. Steve D. Smith is the tax manager for DirecTV in EI (Hendrick) Kevghas has joined Advanstar Meyer received tenure at Whitworth College Segundo. Calif. Major Ronald A. Dinger is Holdings Inc. as a financial analyst. She and in 1996 and is currently on a one-year leave stationed at Headquarters, 1st Marine Air- her husband, Craig, have two girls: Lindsay, of absence to pursue scholarly writing. He craft Wing in Okinawa, Japan. 7, and Halie, 4. has published papers in The Intercollegiate Review and Insight, and has contributed a '83 Barbara (Notson) Trotter lives and '85 Susan Lindsay left Lockheed Mar- chapter to The Creation Hypothesis: Scien- works in Gig Harbor, Wash., with her children: tin Space Operation in May 1995 to pursue tific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer, Tiffany, 11, Chelsea, 9, and Parker, 6. Bar- a master's degree in behavior analysis and edited by J. P. Moreland and published by bara is the director of a Kinder Learning Cen- behavior disorders at the University of Or- InterVarsity Press. Gary Paukert studies seis- ter. Beth Ann (Sprengeler) Hendrickson's egon, Eugene. She plans to graduate in June mic data for Crestar Energy in Alberta, daughter, Michelle, has relapsed with leuke- 1997 and pursue employment in organiza- Canada. Karen A. Vevea and Peter D. Strous mia and is awaiting a bone marrow trans- tional behavior management. Jolene (Mar- were married in November. They are both em- plant. Please keep her family in your prayers. tin) and Chris Nystrom and their children, ployed by the Boeing Corporation in the Se- Lori (Cloninger) and Jeff Sweeney were Andrew, 6, Michael, 5, and Emily, 2, wel- attle area and are building a home in Kent, married in February at Skamania Lodge, Ore. comed Aimee Elisabeth in September 1996. Wash. Neill E. Anderson and his wife, Anne, Dave Erickson is a senior scientist at The Nystroms enjoy homeschooling and are proud to announce the birth of their son, Westinghouse in Hanford. Tim Haugan and country living in Fayetteville. N.C. Susan David Neill, in August 1996. his wife, Hwa Jae Jang. welcomed John Paul Speth has earned her master's in busi- to their family in March 1996. They reside in ness administration from Phoenix Univer- '81 Gary and Elizabeth Runkle-Edens, Amherst, N.Y. Tony Mega has been an as- sity and continues to work in administra- of Pasadena, Calif., are the proud parents sistant professor of chemistry at Whitworth tion at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Bob of Richard Glenn, who arrived in October since 1993. Shopbell is "still trying to get [his] small 1996. Ronald and Kathy Horner live in business hazardous-materials consulting Wrangell, Alaska. with their children, Natalie, ,84 Sheila Tatayon Brown and her hus- firm off the ground in Southern Oregon." 6, Richelle, 5, and Ariana, 1. Jess T. Snider band, Kevin, rejoiced at the birth of Andrew He and his family are enjoying their home is the owner of J.S. Medical Manufacturers, Alan in June 1996. Charlie and Kim (White, in Central Point, Ore. Scott and Tani a representative and distributor of medical '85) Blake have two children, Selby, 6, and (McCormick) Starbuck proudly announce supplies. Lisa Bade began a nine-month Chas, 2. Charlie is a senior financial analyst the birth of their second child, Ethan Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) assign- at Intel Corp. Sir! Christine, born in June Macaiah, in February. Scott defended his ment in Akron, Penn., in October 1996. She 1996, blesses the home of her mother, An· Ph.D. dissertation in May 1996 and was is an administrative assistant in the MCC drea (Skari) Devlin. Kitti (Rockstrom) installed in April as senior pastor of Peace Office. Kevin Sea has graduated from Korntved and her husband, Ed, enjoy the Wellshire Prebytetian Church in Denver, the University of California at Davis with a growth of their daughter Rebekah Rose, now Colo. Tim and Renee (Whitney, '86) Will- master's in enology (wtnernaktng). He is a 1-year-old. Bret and Janet Stein are pursu- iams are proud to announce the birth oftheir working in New Zealand but plans to return ing a dream of living in a neighborhood with son, Nathaniel LeRoy, in March. They make to Washington or California soon. several other Whitworth alumni families. Bret their home in Seattle, Wash. Barbara D.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 29 (Shields) Woods is a nursing care coordina- ,88 Susan and Brad Taylor make their for more on Maseko's journey. Kristin tor for King County Medical Blue Shield in home in Salem, Ore.. where Brad is in sales (Beiningen) and Dwain Fagerberg announce Everett. Kurtis and Delene (DeForest) Dale and Susan works for the State of Oregon De- the birth of their daughter, Sarah Joy, in De- are enjoying their son, Jordan, who is 18 partment of Revenue. Greg Folta has com- cember 1996. Sarah joins siblings Anna, 3, months old. pleted a master's degree and teaches el- and Josh, 2. Kaitlin Wade and her parents, ementary school in the Saipan Public School Carter and Kristen (Johnson) Wade, are '86 Theresa Lacroix and her family are system. His wife, Veni, works for Micronesian proud to announce the birth of Colten Carter acclimating themselves to Texas after a hec- Telecommunications Company. They are ex- in February.The Wadefamily makes its home tic move earlier this year. Arnie Tyler has pecting their first child in May. Lynn Franz in Kent, Wash. Kristen Steffens has ac- returned to Spokane after completing an has relocated to Los Angeles, Calif., where cepted a post-doctoral appointment at the eight-year term of service as a U.S. Navy she is the director of market research for National Institutes of Standards and Tech- nuclear propulsion engineering officer. He Warner Music. Mike Noel completed his nology in Gaithersburg, Md. Leah (Palmberg) served on the U.S.S. Nimitz, where he re- Ph.D. in physics from the University of Roch- and Paul Barrett are happy to announce the ceived a Navy Achievement Medal for devel- ester. He works in a post-doctoral position birth of their daughter, Annika, in November oping and implementing a nuclear propulsion at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville 1995. Mark Eidson checked in from Japan training program for sailors. Arnie and his doing experimental research in atomic phys- and is looking forward to e-mail messages wife, Melissa, now own an athletic and fit- ics. Greg Spencer received his Ph.D. in phys- via the Whitworth homepage. Bonnie (Hein) ness training business. Amy (Chapman) and ics frorrf Arizona State University in Decem- and Jon Reeves are proud to announce the William Norton were married at the Daven- ber and has accepted a position at Symbios birth of their daughter, Christina Renee port Hotel in Spokane in September. Navy Logic, a microelectronics company in Fort Reeves, in January. Bonnie works in Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn S. (Stallings) Seepe was Collins, Colo. Laura (Murray) Carle was in a Whitworth's computing services depart- promoted to her present rank while serving serious accident in which her truck was to- ment, while Jon has started a new job with at Naval Hospital Cherry Point, N.C. talled. She and her mother came through with Sears at Northtown Mall. Heidi (Van Skaik) only minor scrapes and bruises. Scott Sadler and Michael Scott are proud to announce ,87 Linda (Washburn) Delong and her is the executive director of the YMCA in the birth of their son, Keegan Michael, in husband, Aaron, celebrated the birth of their Renton, Wash. He and his wife, Krista March 1996. Kristen L. (Cuddy) and John second daughter, Anna Victoria. Annajoined (Price). have two children, Jake and Torin. Bumgarner are proud to announce the birth her sister, Sarah, in September. Gary and of their son, Alec, in June 1995. Matt and Meg (Shepherd) Vollema are pleased to an- '89 Michael and Kelli (Cochran, '92) Amy (Clark, '90) Bumpus proudly announce nounce the birth of Benjamin Gary, born in Barram live in Richmond, Va., and "sorely the birth of their son, Scott Paul, in March. May 1996. He joins his 6-year-old sister, miss" all of their Whitworth friends. Kelli is Katie. Gary is operations manager for a middle-school student-assistance counse- '90 Ben and Jenny (Davis) Adams Klickitat Botanicals in Trout Lake, Wash., and lor, and Michael has completed his M.Div at brought in the new year with the birth of Meg is a respiratory therapist in The Dalles, Louisville Seminary; he's now working on his Morgan Elizabeth on December 31. Matt Ore. Mary Zaccaria is proud to announce Ph.D. dissertation in New Testament stud- Hilgaertner plans to marry Kristi Wedemeyer the birth of her son, Nathan Zachary, in ies at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. in the spring. Matt is seeking a call as an March 1995. Tim Douglass works for Kelly (Childress) Blumer proudly announces associate pastor, and Kristi, a part-time ac- SophWare Associates, a computer software the birth of her daughter, Sandra Ann Blumer, tress, also coordinates church home fellow- development company owned by Audrey in February 1996. Maseko Nxumalo has re- ship groups. Both presently live in Manhat- (Wendlandt, '60) and Ron Turner, '61. He turned to South Africa after a 20-year exile. tan. Kathy (Kopp) and Scott Jones are cel- and wife Barbara (Rednour, '86) live in Usk, He is a project accountant with a Hewlett- ebrating seven years of marriage. Kathy en- Wash., with their four sons, Dennis, 8, Rob, Packard distributor and is glad to be back in joys the challenge and satisfaction of her 6, Sean, 3, and lan, 1. his homeland. See this issue's cover story freelance writing career, while Scott is happy in his new job at Sequel Technology in Bellevue, Wash. Teresa (Simmons) Zuercher works for the alumni department at TreveccaNazarene University in Nashville, Tenn. George Pappas checked in from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to report that he is working for the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game Shellfish Observer Program. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, skiing, boat- ing and bird-watching. Keith and Diane Blodgett are still alive and well in Clarksville, Tenn., where Keith is in the Army and Diane is a full-time mother. The newest addition to their family, lan, was born in December. They now have three children. James Wright is "still in school" and hopes to have his M.S.E. from Seattle University in June. Kim (DeVilleneuve) and Paul Markillie have settled into Hawaiian island life and welcome any visitors from Whitworth. Both are active in the Hawaii Environmental Education Soci- ety. Sue Packard is a store manager at The More than 90 alumni and friends gathered at the University of Puget Sound in Well-Made Bed in Seattle and was married January to cheer on Whitworth's men's and women's basketball teams as they in April. Steve Murray is the music director battled the rival Loggers. Guests also enjoyed a between-game reception. at Westminster United Methodist Church and

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also teaches voice lessons at St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Denver, Colo. Wendy (Galloway) and Jim Slawter are proud to an- nounce the birth of their son, Trevor James, in February. Karleen (DeKleine) and Erik Holm are expecting their first child in August. Elaine Ball has moved to Deer Park, Wash. Sally Rose is pleased to announce the birth of her son, Shawn Douglas Rose, in Sep- tember 1996. Andrea (Blosser) and Carl Jensvold welcomed their son, Augustus George, in 1996.

'91Scott Lum is working with AirTouch Cellular in Bellevue, Wash. Katie Salmon married Sgt. H. James Marhurin in July 1996. Elaine Ball, '90, Gloria (Sandford, '91) Hanson, and Jocelyn Mundinger, '92, were wedding participants. Katie and Jim are now in Ft. Knox, Ky., where Katie teaches at a At the September 8 wedding of Paul Lee ('88) and Laurel Abrams, a mini reading clinic. David and Gwyn (Millar) Kopp, Whitworth reunion took place Alumni friends and family included: (L to R) Don living in Whittier, Calif., celebrate their fifth Latimer, '85, Greg and Lisa (Barr, '86) Spencer, '88, Kepa and Kim (Latimer, anniversary in June. David recently graduated '83) Kamaiopili, '82, Lola (Latimer) Kent, '60, Don Latimer, Laurel and Paul from Biola University with master's degrees Lee, Mary (Latimer) Lee, '58, Cathy Lee,'90, Rev. Dr. Rob Langworthy, Jeff in psychology and theology, and Gwyn works Newcomb, '88, Ken Smith, '88, and Dr. Mike Noel, '88. in the public relations department at Biola. Jim and Kelly Puryear welcome a third addi- tion to their family: Gabriel Lee arrived in No- neau, Alaska, and is engaged to marry Bra- is proud to announce the birth of her daugh- vember 1996. Laura Seapy was ordained in dley Decker in June. Sean and Amy (Reid, ter, Radalyn, in January 1996. Radalyn joins February 1996, and serves as associate '94) Smith are "acclimating to Southern Cali- 2-year-old brother Reign. Todd and Alexandra pastor at Arcadia Avenue Presbyterian fornia" while Sean pursues his M.Div. at (Moon, '94) Bitterman are pleased to an- Church in Peoria, III. Juli (Duffus) and Brent Fuller Theological Seminary. Amy is also at nounce the birth of their daughter, Kyrie, in Dunn expect their first child in June. Jon and Fuller, working on her Ph.D. in clinical psy- August 1996. Kyrie joins brother Jared, 7. Emily Dueck were married in October 1996 chology and her master's in Christian lead- in Wooster, Ohio. In May, Jon earned an ership. They've been married for 3 years. ,93 Matt and Cheryl Elisara live in Lake- M.Div. in transcultural studies and Emily Mark and Jenny (Lewis, '93) Vandine wel- wood, Wash., where both work in the Clover earned an M.A. in intercultural studies from comed Andrew Charles into the world in Janu- Park School District. Julie Fairman married Alliance Theological Seminary. The newly- ary. Heidi (VonHeeder) and Gordon Goins Chris Ward in October 1996. The two now weds make their home in Santa Rosa, Ca- reported that they have been living in live in Oak Harbor, Wash. Devon Singh and lif., where they have accepted an associate Redmond, Wash., since graduation and have Paul Barrett were married in September pastorate at Santa Rosa Alliance Church. not been traipsing across the United States 1995. In June 1996, Devon received her Kristin Large has been named senior execu- as previously reported in Whitworth Today. master's degree from Seattle University. She tive assistant by Globe Facility Services for Melissa (Francis) and Steve ('94) Thomp- has been appointed academic counselor in the Colorado Springs World Arena. She also son are proud to announce the birth of their the educational opportunity program at Rider has recently returned from London, where she son, Nathan Hunter, in March. Rebecca University. The Barretts now live in New Jer- took a short course at Le Cordon Bleu Cook- (Swan) and Michael Vahle live and teach in sey, while Paul works on his M.Div. at ing School. David Mead and Cheryl Kliewer the Denver, Colo., area. Rebecca teaches Princeton. Amanda Rhoads married Greg were married in December 1996, and make fourth grade at Sedalia Elementary, while Archambeault in November. They make their their home in Rochester, Minn. Kathryn (Ves- Michael is the performing arts department home in Carlsbad, Calif., where Amanda tal) and Carmen Rodriguez are pleased to chair at Douglas County High School. Joel handles insurance benefits and licensing for announce the birth of their son, Skyler Corliss, M. Rinsema is the director of music at a restaurant chain. Becky (Pool) Valentine in October 1996. Skyler joins his sister, Brit- Sunnyslope Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, and her husband, Rick, live in Boise, where tany. Deborah Knutson has returned to Ariz. He performed as tenor soloist in Becky works as a loan officer and Rick is a Whitworth's master of arts in education pro- Handel's Messiah with the University of Chi- realtor with White Riedel. Carrie Ann Lucas gram, where she is preparing to be a high cago Rockefeller Chapel Choir under the di- has completed her first quarter toward an school physics teacher. Kelley Strawn and rection of former Whitworth professor Randi M.Div. at Iliff School of Theology. Julane Alejandra Reyes-Torres are engaged to be mar- Von Ellefson in December 1996, and also (Lussier) and James Dover live in Bend, Ore.. ried in May. Kelley is on a leave of absence debuted with the Phoenix Symphony. Scott where Julane owns a bridal business and is from his Ph.D. program at the University of Franz teaches at Oregon State University and a Mary Kay cosmetic representative. Sacha Wisconsin at Madison and is teaching English also does hydrodynamics consulting. Paul Davis reports that she has been promoted in Mexico. Laura (McCann) and Adam ('92) Morris is working for Siemens, a nuclear fuel to systems administrator at Electra Techni- Rosellini are proud to announce the birth of fabrication facility in the Trl-Clties. He has cal Sales. Matt Snow is attending Officers their daughter, Alexa, in November 1996. also been researching for his master's in Candidate School of the Marine Corps with Alexa joins siblings Caitlyn and Jack. mechanical engineering. Gail Peebles is a the intention of joining the military police. program director for Young AmeriTowne, a Melissa McCabe Gombosky and Jeff ,92 Denise Litchfield graduated from the mock city in Denver, Colo., that caters to fifth, Gombosky have relocated to Olympia, Wash., University of North Dakota with her master's sixth and seventh graders. She is engaged where Jeff is serving as a first-term state degree in physical therapy. She lives in Ju- to be married in August 1997. Erin L. King representative from Spokane's District 3.

WHITWORTH TODAY SPRING/SUMMER 1997 31 • '94 Heidi Becker and Jeff Bursch were Expeditor International, a freight forwarding wed in Auburn, Wash., in October. Juli company, and they make their home in Se- Swinnerton ('92) and Staci Abrams were attle. Karen Wharton and Tommy Hair are attendants in the wedding. The couple now engaged to be married, and Susie Cotton is resides in Saginaw, Mich. Michelle Ryker to be the maid of honor. Karen works for returned recently from Austria, but hopes to Baker Boyer Bank in Walla Walla, Wash. Kym go back soon. Paul Spencer is a purchasing (Carnahan) and Mike Davis were married in agent for the Red Lion Hotel-City Center in January. Whitworth alums Diane Brennan, Spokane. Sarah Snelling has been promoted Doug Mounsey and Cindy Kohlmann partici- to a sales position for Bay Networks, and pated in the wedding, which was performed has relocated to San Antonio, Texas. She byWhitworth Communication Studies Profes- reports that she is excited to experience the sor Mike Ingram. The newlyweds make their culture and lifestyle of Texas. Tiffany Turner home in Tacoma, Wash., where Kym works has relocated to southeast Utah, where she for Catholic Community Services, licensing is the field director for Wilderness Quest, a foster homes. Sourabh Roy is working as an desert survival and drug and alcohol treat- engineEy"with General Mills in Lodi, Calif. ment program for at-risk youth. She says that Wendy (Odegard) Warwick is employed by the job is "a perfect marriage of psychology Prescott Dermatology as a surgical/medical and nature -I get paid to camp, rock-climb assistant. Ron L. Purdy is the media sup- Monica S. Walters (M.Ed., '80) has and learn!" Heather (Colburn) Edberg is a port coordinator at Walt Disney Feature Ani- joined the staff of the Spokane YWCA as student in the doctoral chemistry program mation in Burbank, Calif. Tracey King has executive director. She has worked in at the University of Washington. Bill Leath spent a lot of time traveling the world. She nonprofit administration for more than participated in a six-month work project in and Wendy Verity spent six months in South 16 years after completing her master's at Mexico before beginning his master's in me- America. Tracey is now working temp jobs Whitworth in guidance and counseling. chanical engineering at the University of while looking into possible mission and Washington. Tina Wong is a student in the graduate school opportunities. master's in counseling program at GRADUATE Chaminade University. Amy Shoffner is work- ,96 Elizabeth Dauenhauer is a substi- ing in Frankfurt, Germany. She reports that tute teacher in the Spokane Valley.She says, STUDENT NOTES on a recent visit to Seattle, she had a won- "I've been mainly working in special educa- derful visit with Kristen Nichelson and tion rooms with my favorite kids!" Greg and Graduate Studies in Education: Current stu- Adrianna Pangborn-Perez ('93). James Gwendolyn Haley are in China until July of dent Margie Arnzen is the proud mother of Klassen and Jennifer Westby were married 1998, teaching English at vangzhou Teach- Grady James, born in January. Dawn in April. They will reside in Olympia, Wash., ers College. Tamara Knapp married Rich Gerhard, '94, is now a certified mental health where he works for a small company that Holschen in January, at Valley Ford, Wash. counselor/marriage and family therapist at manages computer networks. Holly Grimm Matt and Jenny (Gregory) Hirschfelder ('95) Lutheran Social Services in Kennewick. M.L. and Tony Renfrow were married in Spokane participated in the ceremony. Mike Larkin Harvey-Testa, '96, began a new position as a school counselor at Audubon Elementary in 1996. has returned from an "incredibly momen- tous" British Isles tour and is searching for in Spokane in December. Jeanne Helfer, '87. '95 Christy Gallote and her husband, ajob in the Portland, Ore. area. Nick Roghair was honored as 1996 Girls Basketball Jun- Dennis Chivers, are enjoying and trying to lives in Spokane's Westminster House, a ior Coach of the Year for the state of Wash- finish their newly remodeled home. Dennis group-living community service project. He ington after she led her Mead Panthers to is an architect, and Christy runs an in-home plans to work on a master's in education at the state AAAtitle. Doris Herbes, '95, is a daycare. They welcomed a daughter, Brynn, the University of Alaska in the future. Alan staff counselor with the APEXprogram at Ex- in April 1996. Four-year-oldbrother Ian loves Michael and Tina Lieske were married in celsior Youth Center in Spokane. Polly her! Lisa Eaton and Caryn Wilson flew to June 1996. Cameron McGillvray coached Johnson, '96, is a child and family therapist Illinois in October for the La Salle Bank Chi- baseball during the summer of 1996 and at Spokane Mental Health. Cheri Mataya, cago Marathon. The two trained together and entered the radiation therapy program of the '94, has been named executive director for are excited to run another marathon. Lisa British Columbia Cancer Institute in the senior citizen center and Meals on says "We both agree that running 26.2 miles Vancouver, British Columbia. Alexandra Wheels at Mid-City Concerns. Selma Olson, is all worth it when there is a massage tent Markanovich has accepted a position with '95, is working in case management with at the finish line!" Both Lisa and Caryn are the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. Rob Faulk Susan Call in Lewiston, Idaho. Martha teachers. Jenny {Gregory} Hirschfelder is a student worker in USC's Advanced Rough, '96, is currently teaching two mythol- works as an instructional assistant at Grays Biotechnical Consortium while he searches ogy classes at Mead High School. Kate Harbor Community College, where she helps for a permanent position. Schrader Shawgo, '97. has established a adults improve their reading and math skills. private practice as a holistic counselor. Audra Frasier has relocated to Veradale, '97 Amanda (Smith) and Nathan Probst Wendy Staudenraus has a new son, Mat- Wash., and is employed by Sprint PCS as a were married in December in Prosser, Wash., thew Scott, born in February. Celeste customer service representative in Spokane. and are living in Pullman. Larry Turner is an Swartling, '95, is in Seattle working as di- Leonard "Lenny" Wiersma is finishing his account executive for Northwest Retirement rector of the Washington Academy of Lan- master's degree in sports psychology at in Corvallis, Ore. guages. Leslie Weaver-Burdett, '97, is treat- Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. ment coordinator at Excelsior Youth Center Laurie (Hydorn) skouge works at Itron Inc. in Spokane. Master of International Man- as an information services technician. Heidi agement: Kathy Hightaian received MIM's (Oksendahl) and John Sedgwick ('96) were faculty award for academic excellence, and married in August. Heidi is a physical Michelle-Lynne Morimoto received the out- therapist's aide and hopes to get her standing community service award at the master's in physical therapy. John works at MIM graduation celebration in December.

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